Wearing worn black jeans and a professorial tweed jacket, Rich Levy hoisted his fist into the air in the spotlight at the Alley Theatre, doing what he’s done so well for decades: Welcoming another bestselling author to Houston Inprint’s Margarett Root Brown Reading Series—the Bayou City’s sprawling nine-month-long book festival.
Levy, both a ham and a nerd, is at ease under the spotlights. He can’t see their faces, but he knows that dues-paying supporters fill the front rows at all Inprint performances, with an annual attendance of around 15,000.
