Annabelle Tometich, has been awarded the Southern Book Prize in Nonfiction. Annabelle spent eighteen years as a food critic for her hometown newspaper before writing her debut memoir. The Mango Tree revolves around her mother’s 2015 arrest for shooting a BB gun at a couple she claimed were stealing her mangoes. Parts of her story sound so unbelievable they must be true.
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t was a means of introducing Corpus Christi readers to the finest writers working in America today–while also introducing contemporary authors to their readers in Coastal Texas. We celebrate reading and we celebrate American literature as, twice a year, we host these public readings.
The Art Museum of South Texas auditorium provides a welcoming venue for the readings, whose audiences fill the auditorium. The night before each reading, patrons have the opportunity to visit and dine with the author at a private reception.
