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CLASS Bookstore Presents Meet & Greet with Randall James Tyrone
Sat, Nov 08
|Houston
Come meet Houstonian poet, Randall James Tyrone, as he releases his latest poetry collection, City of Dis, at CLASS Bookstore.
Time & Location
Nov 08, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Houston, 3803 Sampson St C, Houston, TX 77004, USA
About the Event
We are excited to host the book release event for Randall James Tyrone's latest collection of poetry, CITY OF DIS.
Houston Poet Laureate for 2023 - 2025, Aris Kian, will also be in the building as the feature poet for the event.
Here is some information about the book:
Randall James Tyrone’s debut collection City of Dis is a searing exploration of contemporary existence intertwined with medieval notions of damnation, invoking Dante’s “Inferno” to craft a modern-day epic.
Doubling as a novel-in-verse, City of Dis follows the unnamed protagonist as they navigate a cityscape that is both a circle of hell and also the urban sprawl of 21st-century America. Amidst the cacophony of sirens, construction, and hurricanes fueled by climate change, Tyrone weaves a tapestry where pop culture, late-stage capitalism, and the daily struggles imposed by inequities of race and class in this urban inferno collide with arcane theology, existential…
Tickets
General Admission
Sale ends
Nov 08, 9:00 PM
This ticket guarantees admission to the event. The book is not included with this ticket.
$0.00
Ticket/Book Bundle
Sale ends
Nov 08, 9:00 PM
This ticket includes both admission to the event and a copy of the book upon arrival to the event.
$25.00
+$2.06 Tax
+$0.68 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00