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In the Chute by Jordan Breal: 11/1 Texas Book Festival 11/13 Latin Grammy Awards 11/25 San Antonio Opera.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-NOV-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: In the Chute by Jordan Breal: 11/1 Texas Book Festival 11/13 Latin Grammy Awards 11/25 San Antonio Opera.(Reporter)

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THE OFFICIAL PREMISE of the Texas Book Festival is to "promote the joys of reading," which neatly glosses over the feelings of inadequacy it also dredges up. So many books! So little time not frittered away on Facebook! Given the TBF's glut of panels and discussions, not to mention all those writers and intellectuals roaming about, seeming well versed is de rigueur, even if--especially if--you're faking it. How to pull off the ruse? Find the list of participating authors (texasbookfestival.org/Authors .php). Pick a name. Google. Skim. Repeat until you can praise a few bestsellers without going into detail, a handy trick ripped from Pierre Bayard's (not TBF-sanctioned) How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read.

If you haven't, for instance, gotten around to Christopher Buckley's latest send-up of D.C., Supreme Courtship, the plot goes something like this: A sexy, gun-toting TV judge from Texas becomes a so-improbable-she's-probable Supreme Court nominee. Who says fiction is stranger than life? Which reminds us: Since the TBF is less than a week before Election Day, you should also at least...

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