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2017 Lone Star Bloggers' Choice Awards: BEST FICTION BOOK
Click to learn more about:Badlands by Melissa LenhardtHidden Sea by Miles ArceneauxComfort Plans by Kimberly FishThe Big Inch by Kimberly FishThese Healing Hills by Ann GabhartThe Day the Angels Fell...
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Review: THE LINE BECOMES A RIVER - DISPATCHES FROM THE BORDER by Francisco Cantú
I reviewedThe Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border (Riverhead Books) by former Border Patrol agent Francisco Cantú for Lone Star Literary Life. This is a profoundly disturbing memoir,...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 2/26-3/4
Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of February 26-March 4, 2018: Special Events:Humanities Texas presents Texas Storytime: A Family Reading Program, Midland, February 8-March 15FESTIBA 2018:...
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Review: LITERARY SAN ANTONIO, edited by Bryce Milligan
I reviewedLiterary San Antonio (Texas Christian University Press), edited by Bryce Milligan of Wings Press, for Lone Star Literary Life. This anthology is rich in voice, genre, and place, timed to...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 3/5-11
Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of March 5-11, 2018: Special Events:Humanities Texas presents Texas Storytime: A Family Reading Program, Midland, February 8-March 15122nd Annual Texas State...
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Interview with Lynn H. Blackburn, author of BENEATH THE SURFACE
BENEATH THE SURFACEDive Team InvestigationsBook OnebyLynn H. BlackburnGenre: Suspense / Romance / ChristianPublisher: RevellDate of Publication: March 6, 2018Number of Pages: 352Scroll down for the...
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2018 Texas Institute of Letters Prize Winners Announced
Each year the Texas Institute of Letters (TIL) awards more than $20,000 to recognize outstanding literary works in several categories. Eligibility for the awards requires that the author be born in...
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Review: EVERYONE KNOWS YOU GO HOME by Natalia Sylvester
I reviewed Austinite Natalia Sylvester's new novel, Everyone Knows You Go Home (Little A), for Lone Star Literary Life. In the storied tradition of magic realism, Everyone Knows You Go Home is a fine...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 3/12-18
Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of March 12-18, 2018: Special Events:Humanities Texas presents Texas Storytime: A Family Reading Program, Midland, February 8-March 15SXSW Conference &...
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Giveaway: KILLING IN C SHARP by Alexia Gordon
KILLING IN C SHARPA Gethsemane Brown Mystery, Volume 3 byAlexia GordonGenre: Paranormal MysteryPublisher: Henery PressDate of Publication: March 6, 2018Number of Pages: 288Scroll down for the...
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Review: DOUBLE VISION by William Middleton
I reviewedDouble Vision: the Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil (Alfred A. Knopf) by William Middleton for Lone Star Literary Life. It is impossible to overstate the...
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Interview & Giveaway: A TARGET ON MY BACK by Erleigh Wiley
A TARGET ON MY BACKA Prosecutor's Terrifying Tale of Life on a Hit ListbyErleigh WileyGenre: True CrimePublisher: Skyhorse PublishingFacebook Twitter Instagram Date of Publication: October 3,...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 3/19-25
Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of March 19-25, 2018: Special Events:The Beall Poetry Festival, Waco, March 21-23Houston Public Library Foundation 2nd Annual Beyond the Page Benefit Luncheon,...
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Review: HIGH WHITE SUN by J. Todd Scott
I reviewed J. Todd Scott's second border-noir novel, High White Sun (Putnam Books), for Lone Star Literary Life. It's a good book, like the first (The Far Empty), and he's a versatile, talented writer,...
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Book Release Blitz for BONNIE & CLYDE: DAM NATION
DAM NATION BOOK RELEASE BLITZ Bonnie and Clyde #2byCLARK HAYS AND KATHLEEN McFALLGenre: Historical / Alternative History / Romance Publisher: Pumpjack PressDate of Publication: March 24, 2018Number of...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 3/26-4/1
Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of March 26-April 1, 2018: Special Events:Anime Matsuri Convention, Houston, March 29-April 13rd Annual Books2Eat Celebration, Houston, March 3116th Annual...
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FOREWORD REVIEWS announces 2017 INDIES Awards Finalists
Foreword Reviews announced the 2017 INDIES finalists, and Texas is all over the place! Many of the finalists appeared on Lone Star Literary Life's Lone Star Book Blog Tours, and I reviewed four of the...
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Review: WHAT WE RECKON by Eryk Pruitt
Y'all, every word of this review is true, I swear it.I reviewedWhat We Reckon (Polis Books) by Eryk Pruitt for Lone Star Literary Life. "What We Reckon is East Texas noir with elements of farce, a wild...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 4/2-4/8/18
Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of April 2-8, 2018: Special Events:Mega Corazón 2018 Spoken-Word Marathon, San Antonio, April 2Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Dallas, April...
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Interview: Jodi Thomas, author of MORNINGS ON MAIN
MORNINGS ON MAIN:A Small-Town Texas NovelbyJodi ThomasGenre: Mainstream RomancePublisher: HQNNumber of Pages: 320 pagesAVAILABLE APRIL 10, 2018!Jillian James has never had a place to call home....
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