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Literary Night · Dallas College, Brookhaven Campus · October 15, 2026

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  • Stacie Adams, Business Council for the Arts CEO, welcomes the audience
  • Andrew Tolle, Dallas College, welcomes the audience
  • Host at the podium
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  • Audience
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  • Audience applauding
  • Audience
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  • Audience
  • Jessica Sullivan (Harwood International) reads Mind Break
  • Jessica Sullivan reading
  • Brittani Sanchez (Harwood International) reads When the Mirror Breaks
  • Brittani Sanchez reading
  • Kal Grant (Northern Trust) reads Go West
  • Kal Grant reading
  • Pallavi Srivastava (Tolleson Wealth Management) reads When The Model Breaks
  • Pallavi Srivastava reading
  • Jaritza Ramirez (Tolleson Wealth Management) reads A Conversation with Grief
  • Jaritza Ramirez reading
  • Dominic Kollasch (UT Dallas) reads She's Resting
  • Dominic Kollasch reading
  • Estefanie Garduno Rapp (UT Dallas) reads Traveling to My Home Country
  • Estefanie Garduno Rapp reading
  • Danielle Timmons (UT Dallas) reads Always
  • Danielle Timmons reading
  • Gideon Ogunniran (UT Dallas) reads Homeland
  • Gideon Ogunniran reading
  • Orlando Rodriguez (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas) reads Sunrise
  • Orlando Rodriguez reading
  • Daylan Burgess (TRG) reads One Step
  • Daylan Burgess reading
  • Joel Thomas (TRG) reads Collision
  • Joel Thomas reading
  • Nancy Tarleton (Parkland Health) reads
  • Nancy Tarleton reading
  • Randall Garrett, Dallas College School of Creative Arts, Entertainment and Design
  • Korinne West (Texas Woman's University) reads early listening at the local record shop
  • Korinne West reading
  • Rodolfo Arellano (Perkins&Will) reads Frijolito
  • Rodolfo Arellano reading
  • Kendra Unruh (Dallas College) reads The Last Miles
  • Kendra Unruh reading
  • Faye Bajo (Dallas College) reads A Sacred Trend
  • Faye Bajo reading
  • Emma Young (UT Southwestern Medical Center) reads Morning Dew
  • Emma Young reading
  • Tosin Adeyemi (UT Southwestern Medical Center) reads On Witnessing
  • Tosin Adeyemi reading
  • Jennifer Wang (UT Southwestern Medical Center) reads Eye of a Tiger
  • Jennifer Wang reading
  • Madison Manker (Heritage Auctions) reads A Conversation with Exhaustion
  • Madison Manker reading
  • Sonja Magdaleno (Heritage Auctions) reads The Hound of Dracula
  • Sonja Magdaleno reading
  • Michael Morgan (Heritage Auctions) reads Front Runners
  • Michael Morgan reading

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