Whomst among us can resist the call of a Texas-set drama, where every character grapples with their lives against the state’s conservative landscape? Local author Callie Collins – who calls Austin home after hopping around MFA and fellowship programs in Michigan and Massachusetts – comes to talk about her Seventies period piece at Hyde Park’s fanciest book and coffee shop. First Light describes the story as a classic “collision between hicks and hipsters that ultimately results in tragedy.” Hmm. Do you think these characters will be able to overcome their differences in order to live more fulfilling lives? They might could, reader. They might could. – James Scott