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Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 4.5.15Texas book commemorates 1964 Civil Rights Act The University of Texas Press has published an impressive full-color coffee-table book celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Destiny of Democracy ($39.95 hardcover), grew out of the Civil Rights Summit held last April at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library…

SUBSCRIBE Don’t miss a reading or a good read! Subscribe to our FREE weekly e-newsletter LONE STAR LISTENS interviews>> archiveAntonio Ruiz-Camacho: Aspiring writers must read “the serious stuff” Kay Ellington, Editor & Publisher Veteran journalist Antonio Ruiz-Camacho was named a Dobie Paisano fellow in 2014. His first book, Barefoot Dogs; Stories, was published this month…

TeenBookCon set for April 11 in Houston Twenty-eight authors and illustrators will be showcased in Houston Sat.,, April 11, 2015, for TeenBookCon, a free, all-day event at Alief Taylor High School designed to connect Houston teens with national authors and illustrators of young adult fiction and graphic novels. TeenBookCon is a day-long event featuring panel…

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition, Austin, February 10–July 6, 2015 Armadillo Rising: Austin’s Music Scene in the 1970s, Wittliff Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, February 9 – July 3, 2015 Our Lady of the Lake Literary Festival, San Antonio, March 27 – April 12 Texas Writers: a Humanities Texas Exhibition, San Antonio, April 1…

San Antonio Book Festival, April 11, reflects topics of national trends, including immigration, effects of war, and climate change The San Antonio Book Festival will feature more than 75 acclaimed national, regional, and local authors Sat., April 11, 2015. In its third year, SABF is a free, day-long, family-friendly event that draws thousands to the…

Michelle Newby is contributing editor at Lone Star Literary Life, reviewer for Foreword Reviews, freelance writer, member of the National Book Critics Circle, and blogger at www.TexasBookLover.com. Her reviews appear or are forthcoming in Pleiades Magazine, Rain Taxi, World Literature Today, South85 Journal, The Review Review, Concho River Review, Monkeybicycle, Mosaic Literary Magazine, Atticus Review,…

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition, Austin, February 10–July 6, 2015 Wildcatter Exchange, Fort Worth, March 27 – 28 Dogwood Book Festival, Palestine, March 28 Armadillo Rising: Austin’s Music Scene in the 1970s, Wittliff Collection, Texas State, San Marcos, February 9 – July 3 Sunday, March 22 Austin Half Price Books North Lamar, Christina M. Berrywill sign…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 3.29.15Graphic novel focuses on cattle drives The second book in the Texas Tales Illustrated series from TCU Press is The Cattle Drives ($5.95 paperback). Written by retired teacher Mike Kearby and illustrated by Mack White, the graphic novel is reminiscent of the old classic comic books. It’s serious history in a…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole Crows, buzzards and coyotes featured in children’s books Crows, buzzards, and coyotes might seem like unlikely characters to feature in a children’s book, but two Texas authors have done just that in their new volumes. Veteran children’s author Kathi Appelt of College Station has two new picture books — one featuring…

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE • News, reviews, and events for Bookish Texas • www.LoneStarLiterary.com Contact: Kay Ellington      What: State-wide Recognition Editor and Publisher     Who: Lone Star Literary Life Lone Star Literary Life     When: 2015 Top Bookish Destinations 1923 29th Street     Where: Online Publication Lubbock, TX 79411 Phone: 806.773-5445 Email: info@LoneStarLiterary.com LUBBOCK, TX – What do…