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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 11th Annual Buns and Roses Romance Tea for Literacy, Richardson, October 23 15th Annual Celebration…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 10.30.16    Texas author tells Chicken Ranch story Several years ago Jayme Blaschke presented a paper to the East Texas Historical Association on “The Last Madam: The Unexpected Life of the Chicken Ranch’s Edna Milton (1928–2012)”, based on extensive interviews he had with her. Now he has turned his research and knowledge…

Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor BIOGRAPHY / POLITICS & GOVERNMENT Homer Ross Tomlin Homer Thornberry: Congressman, Judge, and Advocate for Equal Rights TCU Press Hardcover (ebook also available), 978-0-87565-637-0, 224 pages August 12, 2016 It’s easy, these days, to be cynical about politicians and about a biography written by the grandson of a…

  We hope you’ll enjoy each Saturday’s full or LIGHT issues where you may find: • Editorial reviews of new Texas-related books • Interviews with Texas authors and book-industry leaders • Excerpts from new or forthcoming Texas-connected titles • The only statewide calendar of book events for the coming week, plus a guide to annual events…

Lone Star Book Reviews of Texas books appear weekly at LoneStarLiterary.com Dr. Robert Brescia, executive director of the John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute at Odessa, Texas, is eminently qualified to speak about Americanism, leadership, ethics, and public service. A graduate of the Army War College and the Command & General Staff College as well…

BIOGRAPHY/POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT Homer Ross Tomlin Homer Thornberry: Congressman, Judge, and Advocate for Equal Rights TCU Press Hardcover (ebook also available), 978-0-87565-637-0, 224 pages August 12, 2016 Reviewed by Si Dunn It’s easy, these days, to be cynical about politicians and about a biography written by the grandson of a Texas politician who entered public…

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…

Full schedule now posted for 2016 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Nov. 5–6 Start mapping out your 2016 Texas Book Festival Weekend More than 290 authors will present at dozens of venues in and around the state capitol the weekend of Nov. 5 and 6, 2016.  Readers are encouraged to come see authors they have always…

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 Texas Writers’ Workshop, Archer City, October 13-16 Dallas Comic Con Fan Expo, Irving, October 14-16…

Each week Lone Star Literary profiles a newsmaker in Texas books and letters, including authors, booksellers, publishers. Kay Ellington has worked in management for a variety of media companies, including Gannett, Cox Communications, Knight-Ridder, and the New York Times Regional Group, from Texas to New York to California to the Southeast and back again to…