Tretter to discuss Austin “counter narrative” at book signings

University of Calgary professor Eliot Tretter (formerly of the University of Texas at Austin) returns to town this week for a series of events related to the release of his new book, Shadows of a Sunbelt City: The Environment, Racism, and the Knowledge Economy in Austin. On Tuesday, he will be at the Austin History Center, 810 Guadalupe St., at 6:30 p.m. for a discussion about affordability, gentrification and economic segregation. On Wednesday, he will be at BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar Blvd., at 7 p.m., for a discussion led by Allen Campbell of KOOP Radio. Then, on Thursday, he will be at MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop, at 5:30 p.m., where Rich Heyman of the UT Geography Department will lead a discussion about the book’s “counter narrative to a popular perception of Austin as a progressive city.” All book sales proceeds from this event will go to the collectively run MonkeyWrench as well as to Food for Black Thought.