February 2026 One Page Salon
February 3 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CST
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The One Page Salon (called “the best literary evening in town” by the Austin American-Statesman) is a monthly reading series presented by the Writers’ League of Texas.
On Tuesday, February 3, join us for our next edition of the one-of-a-kind One Page Salon! It will be a night of revelry and literary fun. Five outstanding writers – Jess Hagemann, Toby LeBlanc, Stephanie Macias, Melissa O. Meeks, & Deb Olin Unferth – will read one page from a work in progress or recently published work, which means the audience will be among the first to hear new material from our talented line-up. Your host for the evening will be Becka Oliver.
The One Page Salon takes place on the lovely outdoor patio (weather permitting) at Radio Coffee & Beer in South Austin where attendees can enjoy coffee and beer and other libations. There are some food trucks if you want to pick up a tasty bite to eat and Reverie Books will be on hand selling an assortment of great reads, including our readers’ latest books.
CONTINUING YOUR WRITING JOURNEY
Featured Presenter(s)
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Jess Hagemann’s recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Beneath the Bluebonnets: Tales of Terror from Texas Women, Three Seasons of Winter, and Last Girls Club, among others. Her debut novel Headcheese (2018) won an IPPY Award in Horror. Paste Magazine named her sophomore novel Mother-Eating, which marries Marie Antoinette and cults, one of the “Most-Anticipated Horror Books of 2025.” Jess received her MFA from the Jack Kerouac School, and has been awarded a teaching fellowship at McNeese State University as well as a writing residency at Dear Butte. She lives in Austin.
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Toby LeBlanc grew up in the prairies of Scott, Louisiana, surrounded by both English and French. He's been known to talk to trees and slip extra seasoning into food when no one is looking. Some of his writing can be found in Barrelhouse Magazine and Coffin Bell Journal. He is a review contributor for The Southern Review of Books. His novel, Dark Roux, was published by Unsolicited Press in 2022. Soaked, his short story collection, was released in 2025 from Cornerstone Press. His most recent manuscript was a finalist for the Faulkner-Wisdom competition in New Orleans. -
Stephanie Macias is a Latinx writer, artist, and musician living in Austin, TX. She received an MFA in fiction from the University of Texas at Austin and has received support from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and Vermont Studio Center. Her stories have been shortlisted for The Masters Review Best Emerging Writers anthology, a finalist for the Jesmyn Ward Prize, longlisted for the DISQUIET Prize, and nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize four times. Her work has appeared in StoryQuarterly, Brink, No Tokens, Southern Humanities Review, Crazyhorse, and more. She is the managing editor at American Short Fiction. -
Melissa O. Meeks is the creator of the Austin-based Tarot Community, Arcana Craft, exploring the intersection of spiritual and creative practice through monthly Tarot Circle sessions and collective readings published through her Substack newsletter, ArcanaCraft.com. Melissa is a Fulbright scholar with a doctorate in German and comparative literature, a stay-at-home parent and (when the mood strikes) an effective kitchen witch. She also sings lead vocals in a couple of rowdy Girl Guitar bands, the Bad Angel Blues and 3x Clockwise. She is working on the seventh-year iteration of her debut novel about a fictional garage-psych band in 1970s Austin, whose music affords them access to the potent, unseen realms of the more-than-human world. -
Deb Olin Unferth is the author of seven books, including the novels Earth 7 (forthcoming June 2026), Barn 8 and Vacation, the memoir Revolution, finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, two story collections, and the graphic novel I, Parrot. Her fiction and essays have appeared in over fifty magazines and journals, including Harper’s, the New York Times, The Paris Review, Granta, and McSweeney’s. She has received a Guggenheim fellowship, three Pushcart Prizes, a Creative Capital Fellowship for Innovative Literature, fellowships from the MacDowell, Yaddo, and Ucross residencies.
She’s a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches for the Michener Center, the New Writers’ Project, and she also directs the Pen City Writers, the prison creative-writing program at a south Texas penitentiary. Originally from Chicago, she lives in Austin with the philosophy professor Matt Evans.
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