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Choices are always goodbye to something.

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Jun 05, 2024, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
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Come pass a visit for a reading of Dark Roux and poetry by Ellie White.
Sun, Apr 21
Austin Independent Book Fair
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So many of Austin's book stars will be out in the afternoon on Sunday. Y'all come pass visit and get in on Central Texas's book scene!

Contests and Publications

Kallisto Gaia Press, Joshua Tree Novel Prize~Finalist

Dark Roux, Unsolicited Press, 2022

Hidden River Arts, Hawk Mountain Short Story Collection ~ Longlisted

Faulkner Wisdom-Words Competition ~ Finalist

Black Lawrence Press, The Hudson Prize ~ Semi-Finalist

Texas Review Press, George Garrett Fiction Prize ~ Finalist

Leapfrog Press, Fiction Prize ~ Longlisted

The Writing District, Monthly Winner

Barrelhouse Magazine, Special Villains Issue

Deep South Magazine

Coffin Bell Journal, Issue 1.3

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Check out my 5 picks for best books about South Louisiana culture

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Read the Interview with Amos Jasper Wright in Well Read Magazine

The March 1st issue of Well Read contains a mutual interview with the author of Petrochemical Nocturne and Nobody Knows How It Got This Good.

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Read the Interview with Amos Jasper Wright in Well Read Magazine

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