Book-Club & Dinner Event: The Search Committee by José Skinner

We are reading the award winning novel "The Search Committee" by José Skinner who is also a friend of our meetup! Available at Alienated Majesty Books 613 W 29th St, Austin 78705 The author will be in attendance! 'The Search Committee' Is a Subtle Rebuke of The Border Literary Canon -- Texas Observer José Skinner is the author of two short story collections, Flight and Other Stories (University of Nevada Press) and The Tombstone Race (University of New Mexico Press). He worked as an English/Spanish court and conference interpreter in New Mexico before earning his MFA in fiction at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His fiction and translations have appeared in Quarterly West, Colorado Review, Other Voices, Bilingual Review, Puerto del Sol, and other literary journals, and his nonfiction in anthologies such as Desde las Heridas: Transborder Testimonies and Our Lost Border: Essays on Life Amid the Narco-Violence. He co-founded and directed the bilingual MFA in creative writing the University of Texas-Pan American. He now lives in Austin. Meetup Structure: We will meet at Arpeggio Restaurant to discuss the book over dinner. We are expected to order food and drinks at the venue. After Introductions, we will have an open discussion on the book. Multiple copiess of the book are available at Austin Public Library.