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Review: SISTERS FIRST by Jenna Bush Hager & Barbara Pierce Bush
I reviewedSisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life (Grand Central Publishing) by Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush for Lone Star Literary Life. These first-person narrations are...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 11/6-12
Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of November 6-12, 2017: Special Events:45th Annual Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book & Arts Festival, Houston, October 28-Novovember 12Barbara Bush...
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Review: WHAT UNITES US by Dan Rather & Elliot Kirschner
I reviewedWhat Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism (Algonquin Books) by Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner for Lone Star Literary Life. This collection of essays is passionate, eloquent, and urgently...
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Excerpt & Giveaway: CHICANO SOUL by Ruben Molina
CHICANO SOULRecordings and History of an American Culture(Anniversary Edition)byRuben Molina Genre: Music / Chicano HistoryPublisher: Texas Tech University Presson Twitter┃ on FacebookDate of...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 11/13-19
Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of November 13-19, 2017: Special Events:Odessa Shakespeare Festival, November 17-182017 Wizard World Comic Con Austin, November 17-19Ongoing Exhibits:Fact,...
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Promo: LAMAR'S FOLLY by Jeffrey Stuart Kerr
LAMAR'S FOLLYbyJeffrey Stuart Kerr Genre: Texas Historical FictionPublisher: Texas Tech University Presson Twitter┃ on FacebookDate of Publication: November 15, 2017Number of Pages: 320Mirabeau Lamar...
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Review: THE GIRLS OF THE GOLDEN WEST by James Ward Lee
I reviewedThe Girls of the Golden West (TCU Press) by James Ward Lee for Lone Star Literary Life. This is sweetly satisfying debut fiction from the eighty-five-year-old founding director of the...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 11/20-26
Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of November 20-26, 2017: Ongoing Exhibits:Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Midland,...
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New First-Fiction Prize for Texas!
El Paso author Sergio Troncoso has endowed a new award for Best Work of First Fiction ($1,000) for the Texas Institute of Letters!The Sergio Troncoso Award will be given to a first novel or short-story...
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Review: TEXAS BLOOD by Roger D. Hodge
I reviewedTexas Blood: Seven Generations Among the Outlaws, Ranchers, Indians, Missionaries, Soldiers, and Smugglers of the Borderlands (Alfred A. Knopf) by Roger D. Hodge for Lone Star Literary Life....
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 11/27-12/3
Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of November 27-December 3, 2017: Special Events:First Paragraph Ranch Weekend Writers' Retreat with Tex Thompson, Spur, December 1-3Texas Christian University...
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Excerpt: SEA OF RUST by C. Robert Cargill
SEA OF RUSTbyC. ROBERT CARGILL Genre: Post-Apocalyptic Robot WesternPublisher: Harper Voyager, an imprint of Harper CollinsDate of Publication: September 5, 2017Number of Pages: 384It’s been thirty...
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Review: CALLING MY NAME by Liara Tamani
I reviewedCalling My Name (Greenwillow Books) by Liara Tamani for Lone Star Literary Life. This is finely wrought young-adult fiction, comparing favorably to Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret...
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Monday Roundup: Texas Literary Calendar 12/4-10
Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of December 4-10, 2017: Special Events:13th Annual SIGNATURES AUTHOR SERIES featuring Paula Hawkins (The Girl on the Train), The Woodlands, December 8Humanities...
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TexasBookLover Named a TOP 50 TEXAS BLOG!
My blog has been named to the list of Top 50 Texas Blogs! Thanks so much to the lovely people at Feedspot. If you'd like to discover the other forty-nine top Texas blogs, then click here.
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Excerpt: UP NEAR DALLAS by Gina Hooten Popp
UP NEAR DALLASWinds of Change -- Book IIIbyGINA HOOTEN POPP Genre: Texas Historical Fiction / RomanceDate of Publication: November 12, 2017Number of Pages: 307Scroll down for the giveaway!The year is...
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Review: DURATIONS: A MEMOIR & PERSONAL ESSAYS by Carolyn Osborn
I reviewedDurations: A Memoir and Personal Essays (Wings Press) by Carolyn Osborn for Lone Star Literary Life. This is a valuable account of growing up against the backdrop of WWII by a Texas literary...
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Excerpt: YONDERINGS - TRAILS & MEMORIES OF THE BIG BEND by Ben H. English
YONDERINGSTrails and Memories of the Big BendbyBen H. English Genre: Memoir / Travel / TexasPublisher: TCU Presson Twitter┃ on Facebook┃ on InstagramDate of Publication: November 17, 2017Number of...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 12/11-17
Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of December 11-17, 2017: Special Events:Kwanzaa Fort Worth Poetry & Storytelling, December 16Half Price Books Kids & YA Book Giveaway (#HarveyRelief),...
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Texan Author, HBO Actor Turk Pipkin Embarks on Ambitious Literary Feat
Veteran author and actor Turk Pipkin launched The Book of the Every-Other Month Club on Indiegogo in November. Pipkin's Book Club is an ambitious effort to publish and release six original books over...
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