Dessa at the Texas Book Festival

Join host Elizabeth McQueen at the Texas Book Festival as she talks to rapper, intellectual, and Billboard Top 200 recording artist Dessa  about her literary debut memoir, My Own Devices, a work that stitches together poignant insights on love, science, and language—a demonstration of just how far the mind can travel while the body is on a six-hour ride to the next gig.

Date: Sunday October 28th

Time: 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM

Session Location: 8th Street Tent, 8th and Congress Ave.

Signing Location: Adult Signing Tent

📸 Sam Gehrke

Check out the Texas Book Festival

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Listen to Dessa’s interview on the This Song podcast

Watch Dessa perform “Good Grief” from KUTX Live at the Four Seasons

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