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Glenn Dromgoole’s Texas Reads column appears weekly at LoneStarLiterary.com
Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 5.27.2018 Photos capture grandeur of Texas scenes If I were selecting the most elegant Texas book of the year published so far in 2018, two titles would be at the top of the list. Last week I told you about Horses of the American West: Portrayals by Twenty-Four Artists by Heidi…
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Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC,
Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor TEXAS COOKING Paula Forbes, with photography by Robert Strickland The Austin Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from Deep in the Heart of Texas Harry N. Abrams Hardcover, 978-1419728938, 240 pages, $29.99 March 20, 2018 Reviewed by Angelina LaRue Good food and Austin are synonymous. We often think of little…
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Villareal, A People’s History_052018
HORROR Raymond A. Villareal A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising: A Novel Mulholland Books Hardcover, 978-1-3165-6168-6 (also available as an e-book and audio book), 432 pgs., $27.00 June 5, 2018 “These pages are compiled for everyone: those who lived through this time, and those who did not survive. I hope … they give you…
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Lone Star ListensAuthor interviews by Kay Ellington, LSLL Publisher
Don Graham, whom the Dallas Morning News has called “our premier scholar and critic on Texas literature, films and pop culture,” is J. Frank Dobie Regents Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a writer-at-large with Texas Monthly magazine. He received the Carr P. Collins Prize for Best…
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Glenn Dromgoole’s Texas Reads column appears weekly at LoneStarLiterary.com
Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 5.20.2018 Artists offer paintings, photos, sculptures of horses We’re not even halfway through 2018, but two books already are vying for the title of most elegant Texas book of the year. The first is Horses of the American West: Portrayals by Twenty-Four Artists by Heidi Brady and Scott White (Texas A&M…
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Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC,
Contributing Editor TEXAS COOKING Paula Forbes, with photography by Robert Strickland The Austin Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from Deep in the Heart of Texas Harry N. Abrams Hardcover, 978-1419728938, 240 pages, $29.99 March 20, 2018 Reviewed by Angelina LaRue Good food and Austin are synonymous. We often think of little restaurants around Austin with brightly…
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Forbes, The Austin Cookbook_051318
TEXAS COOKING Paula Forbes, with photography by Robert Strickland The Austin Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from Deep in the Heart of Texas Harry N. Abrams Hardcover, 978-1419728938, 240 pages, $29.99 March 20, 2018 Reviewed by Angelina LaRue Good food and Austin are synonymous. We often think of little restaurants around Austin with brightly colored oil…
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5.20.18 News Briefs
Storybook capital plans colorful Children’s Art & Literacy Festival for 2018 Seventh annual event celebrates “The Day the Crayons Quit” illustrator June 7–9; early bird discount tickets available through May 15 ABILENE — The official Storybook Capital of Texas is celebrating all things Oliver Jeffers at the seventh annual Children’s Art & Literacy Festival (CALF),…
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5.13.18 News Briefs
Storybook capital plans colorful Children’s Art & Literacy Festival for 2018 Seventh annual event celebrates “The Day the Crayons Quit” illustrator June 7–9; early bird discount tickets available through May 15 ABILENE — The official Storybook Capital of Texas is celebrating all things Oliver Jeffers at the seventh annual Children’s Art & Literacy Festival (CALF),…
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Harden, Seasons of My Mother_051318
MEMOIR Marcia Gay Harden The Seasons of My Mother: A Memoir of Love, Family, and Flowers Atria Books Hardcover, 978-1-5011-3570-5 (also available as an e-book, an audio book, and on Audible), 336 pgs., $26.00 May 1, 2018 My mother thinks herself timid. This is incorrect. I confess to teenage contempt at what I (mis)perceived as…