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Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 2.26.2017   Sutherland Springs promoted its healing powers Prolific author and historian Richard B. McCaslin has compiled the history of a small Texas town that once held great promise as a health resort. Sutherland Springs, Texas: Saratoga on the Cibolo (University of North Texas Press, $24.95 hardcover) details the rise and fall…

Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole >> archive Texas artists interviewed about their work Robert Craig Bunch, assistant librarian at the McNay Art Museum of San Antonio, has published a remarkable book that provides insights into the philosophies, imaginations, influences and insights of sixty-four Texas artists. The Art of Found Objects:…

For the past thirty-plus years, for five days in March, Austin transforms into the epicenter of cutting-edge technology, music, film, journalism, and storytelling. The South by Southwest conference launched in 1987 and since then has grown to celebrate annually the newest, sweetest, coolest, or hottest new thing in technology in all of its forms. Attendees…

Texas poets laureate Morton and Birkelbach embark on three-year arts project, “Words of Preservation: A Poets Laureate National Parks Tour” Texas poets laureate Karla K. Morton and Alan Birkelbach, both award-winning writers with eleven published books, kicked off a joint three-year project titled “Words of Preservation: A Poets Laureate National Parks Tour” last year during…

Michelle Newby is a reviewer for Kirkus Reviews and Foreword Reviews, writer, blogger at TexasBookLover.com, member of the Permian Basin Writers’ Workshop advisory committee, and a moderator for the Texas Book Festival. Her reviews appear in Pleiades Magazine, Rain Taxi, Concho River Review, Mosaic Literary Magazine, Atticus Review, The Rumpus, PANK Magazine, and The Collagist.…

ConDFW XVI, February 10-12 Black History Month Writer’s Showcase, Cedar Hill, February 11-12 Houston Authors Bash, February 11-12 Teen Bookfest By the Bay, Corpus Christi, February 18 Inprint Poets & Writers Ball, Houston, February 18 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Children’s Book Fair, Austin, February 18-19 Ongoing Exhibits Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 2.19.2017   Texas artists interviewed about their work Robert Craig Bunch, assistant librarian at the McNay Art Museum of San Antonio, has published a remarkable book that provides insights into the philosophies, imaginations, influences and insights of sixty-four Texas artists. The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists (Texas A&M University…

Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor Pickers, poets, and pursuits: two new booksexplore the lives of Texas music legends Review essay by Si Dunn TEXAS MUSIC Craig Clifford and Craig D. Hillis, editors Pickers and Poets: The Ruthlessly Poetic Singer-Songwriters of Texas Texas A&M University Press John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music…

5th Annual San Antonio Book Festival to feature more than 100 authors, April 8 SAN ANTONIO—The San Antonio Book Festival (SABF) has released its lineup of more than 100 national, regional, and local authors who will appear at the 5th annual Festival, scheduled for Sat., Apr. 8, 2017. A detailed schedule of author sessions will…

by Si Dunn TEXAS MUSIC Craig Clifford and Craig D. Hillis, editors Pickers and Poets: The Ruthlessly Poetic Singer-Songwriters of Texas Texas A&M University Press John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music 978-1-6234-9446-9 (hardcover, $29.95); 978-1-6234-9447-6 (ebook), 280 pages, index December 2016 Lloyd Sachs T Bone Burnett: A Life in Pursuit University of Texas…