Schedule Of Events

Locations : Texas A&M Corpus Christi 6300 Ocean Dr., Corpus Christi, TX 78412; University Center, Bayview Room

10 a.m Remarks : Opening Remarks J.D. Leza, Charles Etheridge, Stefan Sencerz

Welcoming remarks from People's Literary Festival committee members to kick off Day 2.

10:15 a.m Session 11 : Flowing: Intergenerational Stories through Coastal Bend Waters Anel I. Flores (San Antonio, TX) and Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson (San Antonio, TX)

Join authors Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson and Anel I. Flores for a transformative writing workshop celebrating intergenerational storytelling inspired by the waters of the Gulf Coast. Through guided prompts and creative exercises, participants will dive into themes of limitless love, activism, and the powerful voices carried by the tides.  This workshop will explore the interconnectedness of water, memory, and resilience, culminating in an afternoon reading where participants can share their creations. Together, we'll honor the Gulf Coast as a source of life, storytelling, and collective empowerment as it lives across families and flows into our connected rivers.

1:30 p.m Session 12 : Reading & Discussion Robin Carstensen, Anel Flores y Andrea Vocab Sanderson

3 p.m Session 13 : Performance Workshop - Breakers Improv Meredith Melville, Associate Professor of Theatre, TAMUCC
The Breakers Improvisation Ensemble is comprised of up to 6 current undergraduate students majoring in Theatre.  It is a scholarship performance ensemble and is the only ensemble like it in the nation. In addition to performing in the Department of Theatre and Dance, they engage in community outreach, campus collaborations, perform and teach improvisation.

Location : House of Rock, 511 Starr Street, Corpus Christi, TX 78401

6 p.m. Session 14 : Rotating Readers

Healing, Love, Mental Health, Gender Equity (Poetry, Spoken Word/Open Mic/Poetry Slam) - Zachary Kluckman (Albuquerque, NM)

Queerness/Feminism (Creative Nonfiction) - Kat Moore (Denton, TX), Manhood, Fathers and Sons (Poetry) - Christopher Soden (Dallas, TX), Grief and Resilience (Poetry) - Cindy Huyser (Austin, TX), Mark Esparanza (Edinburg, TX), Adolescent Faith, Disillusionment, and Self-Discovery (Fiction) - Kristopher Cisneros (Corpus Christi, TX), Beach Inspired Poetry (Poetry) - Clemmie-Li Clyde (Corpus Christi, TX), Transracial Adoption, Grief, Cultural Connections, Taiwanese Diaspora, YA Romance (Fiction) - Stefany Valentine (Corpus Christi, TX), Teachers Who Poet - Annie Huckabee (Corpus Christi, TX), Poets and authors reading their work.

7 p.m Session 15 :Poet Night Kiya Vance, Word of Mouth

9 p.m Session 16 : Rotating Readers Adolescents, Children's Picture Book, Science (Other/Multiple Genres) - Randal Gritzner (Sebastian, TX)

Adolescents, Children's Picture Book, Science (Other/Multiple Genres) - Angela Rosko (Welasco, TX)

Rey A. Banda (Welasco, TX), D.M. Georgia Smith (Plano, TX), Georgia Smith (Plano, TX), Kelly Ann Ellis (Houston, TX), Monique Randal (Garland, TX), Teachers Who Poet - Joseph Wilson (Corpus Christi, TX), Creative and Inspirational Poetry - Karen Mondragon (Corpus Christi, TX), Poets and authors reading their work.

10 p.m Session 17 : Moon Jazz Kiya Vance

Location : Bridge Block Party, Downtown Corpus Christi, TX

6 p.m Session 19 : Poets Writing Forthcoming