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Writers League of Texas Benefit at Scholz Garten
The venerable Writers League of Texas has endured hard times recently. They’ve cut back on some of their Austin-based activities that variously help writers of all stripes. Yet they were able to put together a small fundraiser at Scholz Garten this week.
Laura Castro and Diane Hernandez
Big literary names like Stephen Harrigan (“The Gates of the Alamo”) and Lawrence Wright (“The Looming Tower”) were on hand to lend support. So was advocacy marketer and fresh author Sherry Matthews (“We Were Not Orphans”), as well as St. Edwards University humanities dean Lou Brusatti and tireless promoter of good causes, Laura Castro.
Brenda Wendler and David Hernandez
I’m not sure where the League took a wrong financial turn — and the fundraiser didn’t seem to be a good time to quiz the board of directors, of which Brusatti is president. (He’s also my boss at St. Ed’s, where I teach one class in entertainment journalism.) But I’m eager to find out, and then spread the word on efforts to rebuild. Groups like the League help keep Austin the creative haven it has become.
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