The Wild Detectives

06/07/2026

Wednesday June 17!
Anna Badkhen is coming back to The Wild Detectives for a conversation around her new essay collection, To See Beyond, alongside Alysia Nicole Harris.

In our hyper-informed digital era of climate catastrophe, historically unmatched migration, and genocide, To See Beyond confronts a difficult contradiction: the pain and struggles of others are more visible than ever, yet hostility and loneliness persist. Through reflections on contemporary literature and stories drawn from encounters across the world, Badkhen considers how people continue to live, create, and care for one another amid uncertainty and despair.

“No book I have read in recent years is more relevant to our time, more insightful, more probing, more unsparing in its analysis or more generous of heart than To See Beyond. Anna Badkhen’s lifetime of deep reading and dangerous living has yielded these profoundly moving essays that range from Canary Islands myth to hunger stones, from ‘radical hope’ and child soldiers to micro-love and prayer beads and a lifejacket graveyard on Lesvos. Through it all, she insists on asking the common questions that unite us: How to dream, how to love, how to build a better world?”
Ben Fountain

Anna Badkhen is the author of eight books of nonfiction, including To See Beyond and Bright Unbearable Reality, longlisted for the National Book Award. Born in the Soviet Union and a former war correspondent, she is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Barry Lopez Visiting Writer in Ethics and Community Fellowship, and the Joel R. Seldin Award for Excellence in Peace and Justice Journalism, among other honors.

Dr. Alysia Nicole Harris is a poetic intercessor connecting communities in Atlanta, Corsicana, and abroad. She holds a PhD from Yale and an MFA from NYU, using language and spoken word to deepen human understanding. Alysia is the founder and executive director of Meetinghouse Revival, an organization that preserves Black history by restoring Black churches, and she admires Anna greatly.

06/05/2026

As everyday, we’ll be here until midnight.

06/04/2026

NEXT THURSDAY 💃🏽💥✨
If you missed it the first time, you already know the gozadera was of seriously unhinged levels. This time, vamos a romperla aún más!

Join us for a two-hour salsa dance class at the bookstore, led by professional dancer Diego Velásquez, with music by DJ Elkin Pautt. This session is designed for all levels, whether you’re stepping onto the dance floor for the first time or looking to refine your basics. You’ll learn rhythm, timing, and essential moves.

Come early to save your spot!

06/02/2026

Books can knock at your door!
Yes, we have an online store, it is not as cozy as our shelves but the stock is enormous. Now you can also get ebooks, if you prefer.

You can browse bookshop.org at the link in bio

06/01/2026

TWD Book Club gathers to discuss Offseason, Ideas On Tap brings Dr. Radhi Dani to talk about Mental Health in the Trump Era, 2 P’s in a Pod are back!

05/30/2026

Donation Collection for our 409 E 9th Street neighbors at The Wild Detectives.

We will be collecting donations of Hygiene Products for our neighbors affected by the loss of their homes.

Come in open to close Saturday and Sunday to drop any of the following new items on our table in the backyard.
We will deliver them Monday morning to Mission Oak Cliff and other local organizations.

Brushes
Combs
Conditioner
Deodorant
Dry shampoo
Face wash
Floss
Loofahs/wash cloths
Mouthwash
Pads
Shavers
Shaving cream
Shampoo
Tampons
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Tweezers
Wipes

All other items please feel free to reach out to local organizations to checkwhat they need.
This is a very hard time for so many and your donations are greatly appreciated.

05/30/2026

Weekly Literary Moment! 📚💥
TWD Toilet Sessions

Our scale is intimate. It’s the kind of experience we are pleased to offer in our space, whether a writer’s talk or a music show, or just the everyday cozy ambiance. So, what’s more intimate than the toilet? Some visiting artists share a little bit of themselves from the ultimate intimate premises of the shop.

Kendra Allen is a Dallas born-and-raised writer who was the featured poet in the May edition of Inner Moonlight, in our backyard. She’s the author of the memoir Fruit Punch, the poetry collection The Collection Plate, and the essay collection When You Learn the Alphabet, which won the 2018 Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction. She received an M.F.A. from the University of Alabama. Some of her other works can be found on, or in, The Paris Review, Oxford American, The Rumpus, High Times, and more.

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry series at the shop, curated by poet Logen Cure, the second Wednesday of every month.

05/29/2026

The itinerary of The New York Times’ 36 Hours in Dallas starts in our neighborhood!

Thanks and !

05/28/2026

05/25/2026

Bringyour acoustic instruments and join the Loose Sounds collective, Tatiana Țîbuleac is on tour along Monica Cure presenting the translation of The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes, pick a recipe from Fusão for the Cook Book Club Sunday Supper, one week to finish Avigayl Sharp’s Offseason!