**Eddie Vega is appearing in our Opening Ceremony.** Eddie Vega (the Taco-Poet of Texas) is a poet, storyteller, and educator. He is the author of Chicharra Chorus and Somos Nopales. His poetry […]
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Shelly Plante
Shelly Plante is the statewide Nature Tourism Manager in the Outreach and Education Program of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. She has been with TPWD for more than 25 years […]
View AuthorBecky Aikman
Becky Aikman is the author of three books of narrative nonfiction: Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II, her memoir, Saturday Night […]
View AuthorAntero Garcia
Antero Garcia is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University and a vice president of the National Council of Teachers of English. He has authored […]
View AuthorAngela Montoya
Angela Montoya has been obsessed with the magic of storytelling since she was a little girl. She hasn’t seen a day without a book in her hand, a show tune […]
View AuthorAnn Tashi Slater
Ann Tashi Slater’s essays, fiction, and interviews appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Paris Review, Oprah Daily, Lit Hub, Guernica, Granta, and elsewhere. She is a […]
View AuthorArnie Segovia
Arnie “ArnieTex” Segovia is a Texas-based pitmaster, content creator, and barbecue competitor. He’s known for his authentic Texas-Mexican recipes and his traditional blend of Southwest, Texas, and Norteño cooking techniques. […]
View AuthorAndrea “Vocab” Sanderson
Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson is a poet, singer, and hip-hop artist. A San Antonio native, she is the author of the collection She Lives in Music. Sanderson was a slam poet […]
View AuthorAnel I. Flores
Anel I. Flores fuses transfeminism, queerness, and Xicanidad into multidisciplinary visual and literary art centering gender and body autonomy, joy, and healing for Latina/e/x BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, birthing bodies, women, and […]
View AuthorAndrew Ho
Andrew Ho is a first-generation Vietnamese American, born and raised in Houston, Texas. After university, he spent three years living and traveling throughout Thailand, which heavily shaped the way he […]
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