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Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22 The Alchemy of Mind and Spirit: Intersections of Science and Poetry, Austin, September 26-January 13 Special Events Alamo City Comic Con, San Antonio, October 28-30 Jewish Book & Arts Fair, Houston, October…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 11.6.16    Two of the hottest Texas books of the year Two of the most talked-about Texas books this fall are Paulette Jiles’s novel News of the World, and the story of the popular couple on HGTV, Chip and Joanna Gaines from Waco. Both books were featured prominently in the October issue…

sponsored by Globe Pequot / Lone Star Books MEMOIR Shelley Armitage Walking the Llano: A Texas Memoir of Place University of Oklahoma Press, 2016 Hardcover, 978-0806151625, 216 pages, 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5, $24.95 Reminiscent of the work of memoirists Terry Tempest Williams and John McPhee, Walking the Llano is both a celebration of an…

From history to sports to photo essays and more, you’ll find these terrific new titles at your neighborhood bookstore or online. 2016 Lone Star Lit Holiday Gift Guide • BOOKS OF FAITH Sponsored by Baker/Revell • Sponsored by Bethany House Faith and Romance Johnnie Alexander When Love Arrives Baker/Revell, 2016 Paperback, 978-0800726416, 368 pages, $14.99…

Books for ages 4–8 (and their parents, grandparents, and older friends) Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus Grandfather Ghandi 4 – 8 years Grade Level: Preschool – 3 Hardcover,978-1442423657, 48 pages, $17.99 Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2014 One thick, hot day, Arun Gandhi travels with his family to Grandfather Gandhi’s village. Silence fills the air—but…

Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor TEXAS SPORTS Chad S. Conine The Republic of Football: Legends of the Texas High School Game University of Texas Press Hardcover, 978-1477303719 (also available as an ebook), 288 pgs., $24.95 September 6, 2016 Reviewed by François Pointeau A sportswriter since the late 1990s, Chad S. Conine has written…

Texas Book Festival features more than 290 authors; First Editions Gala; Lit Crawl, Austin, Nov. 5–6 It’s Book Festival Week! Lone Star Literary Life will be on hand to cover the 2016 Texas Book Festival. More than 290 authors will present at dozens of venues in and around the state capitol the weekend of Nov.…

Michelle Newby is contributing editor at Lone Star Literary Life, reviewer for Kirkus, freelance writer, member of the National Book Critics Circle, blogger at www.TexasBookLover.com, and a moderator at the 20th annual Texas Book Festival. Her reviews appear in Pleiades Magazine, Rain Taxi, World Literature Today, High Country News, South85 Journal, The Review Review, Concho…

TEXAS SPORTS Chad S. Conine The Republic of Football: Legends of the Texas High School Game University of Texas Press Hardcover, 978-1477303719 (also available as an ebook), 288 pgs., $24.95 September 6, 2016 Reviewed by François Pointeau A sportswriter since the late 1990s, Chad S. Conine has written a history of Texas high school football…

Lone Star Book Reviews of Texas books appear weekly at LoneStarLiterary.com Mac Engel is a columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Since 1998, he has covered the Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars, and Dallas Cowboys as well as colleges, high schools, and the Olympics. His Big Mac Blog was named the best blog in Texas by…