Lucas’s work has appeared in One Story, The Baffler, Slate and other publications. He holds an MFA from the New Writers Project at UT-Austin. Lucas lives with his family in Austin.
His debut novel, The Slip, is the winner of the 2025 Kirkus Prize for fiction, a Washington Post Top 10 Book of 2025, one of the New York Times Book Review’s 100 Notable Books of 2025, a NYTBR Editors’ Choice, and a USA Today national bestseller.
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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.
