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  • April Poetry In Place

    Poetry In Place is a project documenting the relationship of residents of Dallas with the Trinity River, one of the main geographical features motiving the placement of the city when…

  • Hear Me, See Me: The Love That Dares

    Bishop Arts Theatre Center 215 S. Tyler St., Dallas, TX, United States

    Join us for the second installment of the Correspondence Project, a 3-part collaboration with LGBTQ history organization Badge Of Pride. Featuring performances of iconic texts from the LGBTQ literary canon…

  • Tap The Mic: Dallas Is Lit Edition

    Trinity Cider 2721 Main St., Dallas, TX, United States

    Tap The Mic, our monthly open mic, is making a special appearance at Dallas Is Lit! Come out to Trinity Cider on Thursday, May 7th for a beverage, community and…

  • Narrative Power & The Futures We Create: A Community Symposium

    Bishop Arts Theatre Center 215 S. Tyler St., Dallas, TX, United States

    In uncertain times, the power of language to shape both the current moment and the world we move into. Narrative Power & The Futures We Create is a community-centered gathering…

  • Late Night Lit: Vibez N Verzuz 2026

    Bishop Arts Theatre Center 215 S. Tyler St., Dallas, TX, United States

    Welcome to Late Night Lit: Vibez N Verzuz, where the vibes are lit and the poets definitely come out to spit. The Dallas Is Lit! poetry slam is back, and the…

  • Dallas Is Lit! 2026 Book & Author Fair

    Arts Mission Oak Cliff 410 S. Windomere Ave., Dallas, TX, United States

    The Dallas Is Lit! Book & Author Fair is back! Join us for a family-friendly day at Arts Mission Oak Cliff, featuring over a dozen vendors selling books and literary-adjacent…

  • How To Write Genre Fiction: A Dallas Is Lit Panel

    Arts Mission Oak Cliff 410 S. Windomere Ave., Dallas, TX, United States

    Join us at 11am at the Dallas Is Lit Book & Author Fair for a FREE panel on writing genre fiction with Shaun Hamill, Kate Khavari and Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam,…

  • The Common Language Project: Time Reading

    Bishop Arts Theatre Center 215 S. Tyler St., Dallas, TX, United States

    The Dallas Is Lit! Literary Festival closes out with the reading by contributors to the Common Language Project: Time. RSVP for the Common Language Project Reading

  • Lyceum Series: L. A. Johnson – Time & Poetic Structure

    The Writer's Garret 215 S. Tyler St., Dallas, TX, United States

    Welcome to the lyceum. These free, monthly workshops are held on the third Saturday of the month, and offer writers of every genre and skill level an opportunity to learn,…

  • May First Draughts Prose Writer Meet Up

    The Wild Detectives 314 W 8th St, Dallas, TX, United States

    It's time again for First Draughts, the monthly meetup for prose writers! Meet us in the backyard at The Wild Detectives on the third Tuesdays of each month to grab…