 Paperbacks Plus6115 La Vista Dr., Dallas, TX 75214 (214-827-4860) program room, and admission is free unless otherwise stated. literary events taking place at other venues in the Dallas and North Texas area.  Friday, September 29, 2006at 7:30 p.m. Writer's Garret reading with Robin Hemley & Will Clarke. Robin Hemley has published seven books of nonfiction and fiction and directs the CNF program at the University of Iowa and the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Vermont College. Will Clarke is a Dallas novelist whose Lord Vishnu's Love Handles is being made into a major film; his second novel, The Worthy, was also just released and is being optioned for film. Free. Sunday, October 8, 2006, at 1 p.m. The Writer's Garret presents another Writers' Block: The WWI Trench Poets & the Modern Era with Al Roberts. Al Roberts was co-host of a PBS nationally televised program and has a lifelong interest in literature and poetry. Free.  Sunday, October 15, 2006, at 7 p.m. WordSpace presents a celebration of Sentence, a journal of prose poetics founded and edited by former Dallasite Brian Clements. Working with Contributing Editors Maxine Chernoff and Russell Edson, Clements has published some of the best contemporary English-language poetry in the prose form and garnered considerable recognition for his work. Dallas-area writers have been a vitally important part of the success of Sentence. Joe Ahearn, Carol Bardoff, Christopher Soden, Susan Briante, Ann Howells, Dennis Gonzalez, Tia Black, Daryl Scroggins, Rebecca Spears, Chris Murray, John Richards, Kyle Vaughn, Shin Yu Pai, Michael Helsem and Charles Kesler have all had their work published in one of the first four issues of Sentence. WordSpace is proud to present a reading of some of that work. Free. Friday, November 3, 2006, at 7 p.m. NEXT-ON-DECK: WordSpace presents Writers in the Universities Our series in support of this area’s emerging writers working in colleges and universities concentrates this fall on the mentors. Joining Renee Rossi, a student in the low-residency MFA program at Vermont College and a practicing otolaryngologist, will be Susan Briante, who is completing her PhD dissertation for the University of Texas at Austin, and is a faculty member at The University of Texas at Dallas. We will also be featuring Karen X, a veteran performer of the Dallas poetry scene, adjunct instructor of creative writing at Brookhaven College, and founder of the Dharma Broads performance collective. Free. Sunday, November 5, 2006, 3-5 p.m. The Writer's Garret presents another Writers' Block Panelists: BEATRIZ TERRAZAS (Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist), SANDERIA SMITH (fiction writer), JACK MYERS (Texas Poet Laureate), and WAYNE MILLER (author of Only the Senses Sleep). Free. Friday, November 10, 2006, 7-9 p.m. Writer's Garret reading with Ben Fountain & Cristina Henriques Ben Fountain is the author of a new collection of short fiction and the recipient of TIL and Pushcart awards. His new collection of short fiction was favorably reviewed by The Dallas Morning News, and his work has also been published in Harper's and The Paris Review. Christina Henriquez's Come Together, Fall Apart was published by Penguin. Free. Saturday, November 25, 2006, at 7 p.m. 
Richard Dobson and Charlotte Webb readingPerforming songwriter Richard Dobson will read from The Gulf Coast Boys, his picaresque tale of guitar slinging outlaws questing for music, mayhem, romance, and adventure. Ranger Rita, writing as Charlotte Webb, will read from Cruisin Central, her rock 'n' roll novel of the early '60s in Phoenix, Arizona. We hope Richard will bring his guitar and charm us with some of the songs he has written and recorded for his personal soundtrack. Free.  Sunday, December 10, 2006, at 7 p.m.WordSpace presents a program of some of this area’s finest poets: Jerry Kelly, Martha Heimberg, Sharon Bailey and Tim Cloward. Jeremiah Kelley holds a BA degree from Harvard University. He has published poetry in The Texas Observer as well as a number of little magazines in North Texas, and has forth-coming fiction in Southwest Review. He lives in old East Dallas with his wife, Patty Turner. Martha Heimberg is assistant professor of English at Northwood University in Cedar Hill, Texas, creative writing instructor at Richland College and arts critic for Dallas Weekly. Five-time winner of Dallas Press Club's Katie Award for arts criticism, community affairs and business writing, she has also won the Texas Historic Commission Griffin Award and the Sierra Club Award for writing. Sharon Bailey is a poet who for the last eight years has worked as Director of Education for the Center of Nonprofit Management. She holds an MA from the University of Texas at Dallas and her critical interest has been in the work of Flannery O’Conner, Toni Morrison and Wolfram von Eschenbach. Tim Cloward teaches history and is assistant principal at Yavneh Academy of Dallas. He is the founder of the poetry/ performance troupe Dancing Tongue, and has worked with Poetry Circus and Question Authority, both acclaimed performance poetry ensembles. His work is included in Three Dallas Poets and he holds a PhD from the University of Texas at Dallas. Free. "The best Texas poets have always been songwriters..." —Robert Trammell  
Remembering Bob*Tuesday, June 20th, at 4:00 p.m. ˇAdiós, Bob! Robert Trammell Memorial At Winfrey Point at White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas. All friends of Bob and of WordSpace are welcome to attend. Dallas poet and WordSpace founder Robert Marshall Trammellwas born September 9, 1939, in Dallas, and died May 8, 2006, at his home in Old East Dallas. His ancestors helped establish frontier settlements in East Texas, and Robert founded and directed WordSpace, a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) literary organization dedicated to the use of imaginative language and its creators working in traditional and experimental forms. He was a beloved and long-time resident of the Lakewood area, a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and Southern Methodist University, and a Fellow of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. His books of poetry and prose include "Jack Ruby and the Origins of the Avant-Garde in Dallas," "Cicada," "Famous Men," "Epics," "No Evidence," "Birds: An Almanac," "The Quiet Man Stories," and "Queen City of the Plains." His work appeared in more than 200 magazines including Southwest Review, Exquisite Corpse, Another Chicago Magazine, and The Texas Observer. "Bob spoke his mind whatever the situation and cut a wide and irreverent swath wherever he went. As director of WordSpace and founder and operator of the Barnburner Press, he supported and encouraged countless writers, singers, and artists throughout Texas and beyond, and he inspired many with his example of living and writing on his own terms." 
 Bob's words are featured on eleven wind screens at the Lovers Lane Dart Station in East Dallas.Click here to view larger image. "The station celebrates the history of Dallas with a light-hearted, romantic motif. Trammell's verses, prose poems, and snippets of phrases bring to life several layers of Dallas history, in which Native Americans, turn-of-the-century blues musicians and 1950s sweethearts all appear, interwoven with the design touches of artist Jim Branstetter. The manhole cover on the southbound platform is an easy-to-overlook touch of whimsy..." A collection of Robert Trammell books and related memorabilia is on permanent display in the upstairs program room at Paperbacks Plus, 6115 La Vista Drive (Dallas) and may be viewed upon request. He is survived by his wife Adrienne Cox Trammell; son Clinton Hot Horse Trammell; sister and brother-in-law Billye Sue and Wade Byrum, and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. Memorial gifts to Wordspace may be sent to: Treasurer, Wordspace, 926 Valencia Street, Dallas, Texas, 75223. Related Links Visit the WordSpace site Read the Dallas Morning News obituary by Jerome Weeks Read a couple of poems by Robert Trammell Robert Trammell's MySpace site Additional Notes On Wednesday evening, April 12, 2006, the Writer's Garret celebrated National Poetry Month at the bookstore with a special tribute honoring Dallas poet and WordSpace founder Robert Trammell. Now a decade old, WordSpace has presented hundreds of events at Paperbacks Plus and elsewhere -- seminars, concerts, open readings, and an annual summer literary festival, "Texas UnBound." *These notes were extracted from various sources including obituaries, WordSpace announcements, and personal recollections.
"Go find a jukebox and see what a quarter will do..." —Lucinda THE DALLAS FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY: BACK AT THE BOOKSTORE DFMS meets on the second Saturday of each month at various locations around the metroplex and occasionally at the bookstore. Admission is $2. "The best Texas poets have always been songwriters." —Robert Trammell  The bookstore welcomes inquiries from neighborhood groups and independent writers and musicians who need a place to meet or perform. Call 214-827-4860 for more information and/or to schedule an appointment to check out our program room and discuss availability and terms of use. :: Archive file for 2005 calendar :: Archive file for Spring 2006 calendar :: Archive file for Summer-Fall 2006 calendar Related links: :: WordSpace :: The Writer's Garret :: The Dallas Chapter of the Women's National Book Association ©2006 Paperbacks Plus calendar maintained by Marquetta Herring Tilton. All names, images, music, text and other items contained within are copyrighted material of the respective artists and/or their representative agents, unless otherwise specified (where known). If anyone objects to the use of any of these, please e-mail me and said items will be removed or corrected. Home |