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About the Highland Park Literary Festival

The Highland Park Literary Festival began as a collaboration between interested parents and the English Department of Highland Park High School in Dallas. Since 1995, HPHS students have enjoyed meeting, working with, and learning from distinguished writers, including George Plimpton, Doug Wright, Michael Chabon, Tim O'Brien, Russell Banks, Anchee Min, Billy Collins, and this year's keynote speaker, Tobias Wolff.

At the festival's heart are almost 80 student workshops led by accomplished novelists, journalists, poets, songwriters, and playwrights. Also, at a student-run open-mic night, students perform their own works.

For the community, we offer an evening with our keynote speaker. Please make plans to hear one of America's great storytellers, Tobias Wolff, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 18, 2010, at Highland Park High School. (map) The evening is free and open to the public.

The Highland Park Literary Festival gratefully acknowledges the support of La Fiesta de las Seis Banderas, HP Arts, the Highland Park High School PTA, and generous individual donors.