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<\/span><\/span>Lone Star Reviews<\/span>Michelle Newby, NBCC,<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

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History<\/p>\n

Paul, Richard,
and Steven Moss<\/span><\/p>\n

We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

University of Texas Press, 978-0-292-77249-6, hardcover, May 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Reviewed by Amy Foster, PhD<\/p>\n

President Eisenhower signed the executive order<\/span> creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958. For the past six decades, that agency has pushed the limits of human presence in space. But the image of NASA\u2019s white, male, pocket protector\u2013toting engineers and technicians who put America\u2019s astronauts into space\u2014the image that we know so well from <\/span>Tom Wolfe\u2019s<\/span> iconic book <\/span>The Right Stuff<\/span>\u2014misses an important cadre of NASA employees. Finally there is a book to rectify that oversimplified image.<\/span>
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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Author of Arkansas mysteries now writes in Texas<\/span><\/h1>\n

Although her books are still set in Arkansas,<\/span> popular novelist Joan Hess<\/span> has called Austin, Texas, home for about five years. When her daughter became pregnant with twins, Hess moved from Fayetteville to Austin and has stayed.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span><\/span>Pride v. Prejudice<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Minotaur Books, $25.99 hardcover) is the twentieth book in her Claire Malloy Mystery series, featuring a bookstore owner who is married to the town\u2019s deputy police chief and gets involved in solving murder mysteries. The series is set in the fictional town of Farberville, thought to closely resemble Fayetteville, home of the University of Arkansas.<\/p>\n

Hess also has penned sixteen novels in her Maggody Mysteries series featuring Arly Hanks, the young female police chief in Maggody, Ark., population 755. She said she hopes to get back to the Maggody series in the next year or so.<\/p>\n

In Pride v. Prejudice,<\/span> Claire Malloy gets called for jury duty, only to be singled out for humiliation and rudely dismissed by the prosecuting attorney, who harbors a grudge against her husband.<\/p>\n

Bent on revenge, Claire begins investigating the defendant\u2019s case\u2014a woman accused of murdering her husband\u2014in hopes of embarrassing the offending and overly ambitious prosecutor. But the more she learns, the worse it looks for the defendant, in spite of her claims of innocence.<\/p>\n

Quite a dog: <\/span>College Station author Kathi Appelt<\/span> tells the story of a very special dog in her picture book Mogie: The Heart of the House<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Atheneum Books, $17.99 hardcover, illustrated by Mark Rosenthal). The book is based on a dog that actually took up residence at the Ronald McDonald House in Houston.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span>\u201cMogie knows when a kiddo needs him,\u201d Appelt writes. \u201cHe knows when to sit quietly beside the girl who is suffering from an asthma attack or the boy who has just lost his sister. He knows when a child needs to play fetch or when a staff member needs a quick lick on the cheek.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has an innate knowing about being a goofball and a warm companion,\u201d she adds. \u201cMostly, he is a best pal to whomever needs a best pal at that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Appelt says she is basically a cat person, she also had a successful series of children\u2019s books a few years ago featuring a hound dog named Bo and his pal, baby Bubba.\u00a0 Appelt, author of more than thirty books, won the A. C. Greene Award in 2009 given to a distinguished Texas author. Read more at kathiappelt.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Glenn Dromgoole<\/span> is co-author of 101 Essential Texas Books.<\/span><\/a><\/span> Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

>> <\/span>Check out his previous Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Lit<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Four Christian fiction writers from Texas named finalists for 2015 Carol awards<\/h1>\n

Texans Gillian Bronte Adams, Kelly Irvin, Lisa Wingate, and Karen Witemeyer <\/span>(noted by asterisks below) have been named among the finalists for the 2015 Carol Awards. The winners will be announced September 19 during the gala awards dinner at the annual American Christian Fiction Writers conference in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Look for a special focus on Christian literature in Lone Star Literary Life Sept. 6 and 13, <\/span>along with special guest Lisa Wingate<\/span> on Lone Star Listens Sunday, Sept. 6.<\/p>\n

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Contemporary<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Family Standing<\/span> by Jennifer AlLee<\/span> (Abingdon Press)<\/p>\n

Lizzy & Jane<\/span> by Katherine Reay<\/span> (HarperCollins Christian Publishing)<\/p>\n

* The Story Keeper<\/span> by Lisa Wingate (<\/span>Tyndale House)<\/p>\n

>>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span>, including full list of finalists<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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LONE STAR LISTENS <\/span>interviews\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Sarah McCoy: On using history as a manual for today<\/span><\/h1>\n

As a child growing up in a military family <\/span>and a wife who married an Army husband, El Paso author Sarah McCoy has been able to live in many of the settings of her books. From visits to her mother\u2019s relatives in Puerto Rico, to her childhood family stationed in Germany, to settling in at Fort Bliss and El Paso as an military spouse for the past eight years, she\u2019s seen firsthand the places she writes about.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 An adept and active author on social media, McCoy utilized her keyboard to answer our interview questions via email for Lone Star Listens.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span>LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE: <\/span>First of all, Sarah McCoy, welcome to Texas. I understand that you have come to Texas because your husband is a military physician at Fort Bliss. What has surprised you about living in Texas and El Paso?<\/span><\/p>\n

SARAH McCOY: <\/span>Thanks so much for the warm welcome! I must admit, however, after living here eight years, I feel very much at home in my Texas community. We were in Norfolk, Virginia, in 2007 when my husband received orders to report to Fort Bliss. We\u2019ve been here ever since, which has been one of the biggest surprises\u2014to answer the second half of your question. Military personnel are typically moved around with much more frequency. I consider it a blessing that we\u2019ve stayed for as long as we have. I\u2019ve come to love the great Southwest, its people, stories, and culture.
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Mockingbird, Watchman: Texas bookstores celebrate Lee novels with events July 13, 14<\/h1>\n

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<\/span><\/span>To celebrate the July 14, 2015, release<\/span> of Mississippi novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner Harper Lee’s<\/span> long-awaited novel Go Set a Watchman,<\/span> Texas chain and independent bookstores have scheduled special events throughout the week.<\/p>\n

HPB.com, the blog of Texas-based chain Half Price Books, posted a quiz on “14 Things You Should Know About Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird.”<\/a><\/span> Here’s one: The book that Scout tells her father about, The Gray Ghost,<\/span> was a real children\u2019s book by Robert F. Schulkers<\/span>\u2014part of a series of adventure titles in the 1920s that Lee read when she was young.<\/p>\n

On Monday, July 13, starting at 9 a.m., <\/span>all Barnes & Noble stores invite guests to participate in reading Lee’s acclaimed novel To Kill a Mockingbird<\/span> from start to finish with special guest readers, including authors or local celebrities. (All Texas events are listed here on our Bookish Texas Events page<\/a><\/span>.)\u00a0\u00a0 >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Texas football classic Friday Night Lights 25th Anniversary edition debuts in August; author Bissinger in Lone Star Listens Aug. 9<\/h1>\n

<\/span><\/span>Before the book, the movie, and the TV show,<\/span> it all started in Odessa, Texas, in 1988. Author H. G. \u201cBuzz\u201d Bissinger<\/span> returns this fall to the literary landscape that inspired <\/a>Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream<\/span><\/a><\/span> with Da Capo Press\u2019s 25th anniversary edition of the book.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Bissinger (right), a former reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer and now author of six books, plans tour dates in Texas Sept. 14-18, 2015. We\u2019ll have more information on his schedule as details become available.<\/p>\n

Advertisers and publishers with other fall titles: Special Football Edition of Lone Star Literary Life August 9. Perfect for advertising your Texas football-themed books and titles. For more information, email us at info@lonestarliterary.com<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

BOOKS AND ADVANCE REVIEW COPIES RECEIVED<\/h1>\n

Jodi Thomas’s Ransom Canyon series to launch this fall; titles from regional and university presses among new offerings<\/h1>\n

The list below includes all materials received by Lone Star Literary Life during May and June 2015. Notices do not indicate that a title is scheduled for review in a future issue, nor do they preclude a future review or author interview.<\/p>\n

Cruz, Kathy<\/span><\/p>\n

Dateline: Purgatory: Examining the Case That Sentenced Darlie Routier to Death<\/span><\/p>\n

True crime \/ Texas<\/p>\n

Texas Christian University Press<\/p>\n

978-0-87565-610-6, paperback, 224 pgs., $22.95<\/p>\n

April 13, 2015<\/p>\n

Ethredge, Elizabeth<\/span><\/p>\n

Cooking with the Texas Poets Laureate<\/span><\/p>\n

Cooking<\/p>\n

Texas Review Press<\/p>\n

978-1-68003-020-4, spiral-bound, 158 pgs., $22.95<\/p>\n

May 7, 2015<\/p>\n

Falkin, Mark<\/span><\/p>\n

Contract City<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction<\/p>\n

Bancroft Press<\/p>\n

978-1-61088-144-9, hardcover, 278 pgs., $22.95<\/p>\n

January 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Fox, Phoebe<\/span><\/p>\n

The Breakup Doctor<\/span><\/p>\n

Women’s contemporary fiction<\/p>\n

Henery Press<\/p>\n

978-1-940976-15-0, paperback, 298 pgs., $15.95<\/p>\n

June 1, 2014<\/p>\n

Gaines, Grady, with Rod Evans<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve Been Out There: On the Road with Legends of Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll<\/span><\/p>\n

Music biography\/history<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/p>\n

978-1-62349-270-0, hardcover, 192 pgs., $23.00<\/p>\n

March 16, 2015<\/p>\n

Gustafson, Mark<\/span><\/p>\n

A Naturalist’s Guide to the Texas Hill Country<\/span><\/p>\n

Natural history<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/p>\n

978-1-62349-235-9, flexbound; 360 pgs.; 328 color photos, 3 maps, table, bib., index pgs., $24.95<\/p>\n

May 6, 2015<\/p>\n

Hafertepe, Kenneth<\/span><\/p>\n

A Guide to the Historic Buildings of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County<\/span><\/p>\n

Texas history & travel<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/p>\n

978-1-62349-272-4, flexbound; 376 pgs., 230 color photos, bib., index pgs., $24.95<\/p>\n

June 24, 2015<\/p>\n

Harelik, Tiffany; foreword by Grady Spears<\/span><\/p>\n

The Big Bend Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Heart of West Texas<\/span><\/p>\n

Food and Cooking<\/p>\n

American Palate (History Press)<\/p>\n

978-1-62619-722-0, paperback; 288 pgs.; recipes and full color photographs throughout pgs., $24.99<\/p>\n

October 14, 2014<\/p>\n

Henderson, Rebecca<\/span><\/p>\n

A Stake in West Texas: Pulling a Chain and Raising a Family across Big Oil Country<\/span><\/p>\n

Memoir<\/p>\n

History Press<\/p>\n

9781626193802; paperback; 128 pgs.; with B\/W photographs pgs., $19.99<\/p>\n

January 21, 2015<\/p>\n

Kent, Kathleen<\/span><\/p>\n

The Outcasts<\/span><\/p>\n

Historical fiction<\/p>\n

Little, Brown (Back Bay Books)<\/p>\n

978-0-316-20611-2, paperback, 352 pgs., $16.00<\/p>\n

October 1, 2014<\/p>\n

Kneese, Carolyn, and John DeMers, with Lynn Ashby<\/span><\/p>\n

Bragging Rights: The Dallas-Houston Rivalry<\/span><\/p>\n

Social history<\/p>\n

Bright Sky Press<\/p>\n

978-1-939055-62-0, 207 pgs., $24.95; hardcover<\/p>\n

October 1, 2014<\/p>\n

Lansdale, Joe R.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paradise Sky<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction<\/p>\n

Mulholland Books<\/p>\n

978-0316329378; hardcover, 416 pgs., $26.00<\/p>\n

June 15, 2015<\/p>\n

Lukas, T. K.<\/span><\/p>\n

Orphan Moon <\/span>(Book One of the Orphan Moon Trilogy)<\/p>\n

Historical fiction<\/p>\n

Chevalier Publishing<\/p>\n

978-0996235617, paperback, 318 pgs.<\/p>\n

March 23, 2015<\/p>\n

Martinello, Marian L.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chili Queen: Mi Historia<\/span><\/p>\n

Historical fiction<\/p>\n

Texas Christian University Press<\/p>\n

978-0-87565-613-7, paperback, 200 pgs., $22.95<\/p>\n

February 29, 2015<\/p>\n

Milazzo, Joe, with introduction by Robin Myrick<\/span><\/p>\n

Crepuscule W\/Nellie<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction<\/p>\n

Jaded Ibis Press<\/p>\n

978-1-937543-60-0, paperback; 408 pgs.<\/p>\n

October 30, 2014<\/p>\n

Neal, Bill; foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken<\/span><\/p>\n

Skullduggery, Secrets, and Murders: The 1894 Wells Fargo Scam That Backfired<\/span><\/p>\n

History\/Law<\/p>\n

Texas Tech University Press<\/p>\n

978-0-89672-917-9, hardcover, 256 pages; 35 halftones; index\u00a0 pgs., $34.95<\/p>\n

April 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Nelson, Willie, with David Ritz<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s a Long Story: My Life<\/span><\/p>\n

Memoir<\/p>\n

Little, Brown<\/p>\n

978-0-316-40355-9; hardcover, 400 pgs., $30.00<\/p>\n

May 5, 2015<\/p>\n

Paul, Richard, and Steven Moss<\/span><\/p>\n

We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program<\/span><\/p>\n

History<\/p>\n

University of Texas Press<\/p>\n

978-0-292-77249-6, hardcover, 274 pgs., $30.00<\/p>\n

May 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Roach, Joyce Gibson<\/span><\/p>\n

The Land of Rain Shadow: Horned Toad, Texas<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction \/ Texas<\/p>\n

Texas Tech University Press<\/p>\n

978-0-89672-926-1, paperback, 136 pgs., $24.95<\/p>\n

June 15, 2015<\/p>\n

Scofield, Sandra<\/span><\/p>\n

Mysteries of Love and Grief: Reflections on a Plainswoman’s Life<\/span> (Advance Reading Copy)<\/p>\n

Creative nonfiction<\/p>\n

Texas Tech University Press<\/p>\n

978-0-89672-941-4, hardcover, 176 pgs., $29.95<\/p>\n

September 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Spirit Thom<\/span><\/p>\n

Petrichor! (Ammil, Pirr, Zwer, Smeuse\u2026)<\/span><\/p>\n

Poetry<\/p>\n

Phillip Abbott<\/p>\n

Saddle-stitched, 40 pgs.<\/p>\n

June 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Sublett, Jesse<\/span><\/p>\n

1960s Austin Gangsters: Organized Crime That Rocked the Capital<\/span><\/p>\n

Texas history<\/p>\n

History Press<\/p>\n

978-1-62619-840-1, paperback, 176 pgs., $19.99<\/p>\n

March 9, 2015<\/p>\n

Thomas, Jodi<\/span><\/p>\n

Ransom Canyon<\/span> (Advance review copy)<\/p>\n

Contemporary romance<\/p>\n

HQN Books<\/p>\n

978-0-373-78844-6; paperback, 368 pgs., $7.99<\/p>\n

September 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Tunnell, John W. Jr., and Jace W. Tunnell; forewrod by Thomas R. Hester<\/span><\/p>\n

Pioneering Archeology in the Texas Coastal Bend: The Pape-Tunnell Collection<\/span><\/p>\n

Texas archeology<\/p>\n

978-1-62349-274-8, hardcover, 384 pgs.; 136 color photos; 10 b\/w photos; 8 maps; chart; bib.; index pgs., $50.00<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/p>\n

May 20, 2015<\/p>\n

Updegrove, Mark K.; foreword by John Lewis<\/span><\/p>\n

Destiny of Democracy: The Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library<\/span><\/p>\n

History<\/p>\n

Briscoe Center for American Studies; distributed by Tower Books of University of Texas Austin<\/p>\n

978-0-9885083-3-0; hardcover, 230 pgs,; full color photographs throughout pgs., $39.95<\/p>\n

March 15, 2015<\/p>\n

Vermillion, Patricia; illustrations by Cheryl Pilgrim<\/span><\/p>\n

Hound Dawg<\/span> (Advance review copy)<\/p>\n

Children’s picture book<\/p>\n

Texas Christian University Press<\/p>\n

978-0875656151; hardcover, 40 pgs., $21.95<\/p>\n

Aug. 31, 2015<\/p>\n

West, Nancy G.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dang Near Dead<\/span><\/p>\n

Mystery<\/p>\n

Henery Press<\/p>\n

978-1-94196-216-9; hardcover, 238 pgs., $31.95<\/p>\n

Sept. 30, 2014<\/p>\n

Winn, Catherine A.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond Suspicion<\/span> (A Whispering Springs Mystery)<\/p>\n

YA mystery<\/p>\n

Poisoned Pencil<\/p>\n

978-1-9293-4510-6, paperback, 230 pgs., $10.95<\/p>\n

May 5, 2015<\/p>\n

Wood, Ernie<\/span><\/p>\n

One Red Thread<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction<\/p>\n

Tyrus Books<\/p>\n

978-1-4405-8273-8; hardcover, 336 pgs., $24.99<\/p>\n

Nov. 2014<\/p>\n

Written and photographed by Deborah Florey<\/span><\/p>\n

Ethan’s Story: How One Child Learned Respect<\/span><\/p>\n

Children’s picture book<\/p>\n

My 3 Kids Inc.<\/p>\n

Spiral-bound, 30 pgs., $12.99<\/p>\n

January 1, 1999<\/p>\n

Yarbrough, Paul H.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Mississippi Whisper<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction<\/p>\n

WiDo Publishing<\/p>\n

978-1937178581; paperback, 296 pgs., $16.95<\/p>\n

December 1, 2014<\/p>\n

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THE PRISON TRILOGY<\/p>\n

Observer: The Ronnie Lee and Jackie Bancroft Spencer Morgan Story, a tale of people, greed,<\/p>\n

envy, manipulation… even crime!<\/p>\n

Observer: The Colonel George Trofimoff Story, the tale of America’s highest ranking military officer<\/p>\n

convicted of spying.<\/p>\n

Observer: The Prison People; The Prison Experience<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span>Celebrate Abilene, the Storybook Capital of Texas, with Shannon exhibition through Sept. 25<\/span><\/h1>\n

For four years running, downtown Abilene has transformed into a childhood adventure, as the annual Children\u2019s Art & Literacy Festival (CALF) celebrates the work of children’s illustrated books. Through Sept. 25 the work of 2015 featured artist <\/span>David Shannon<\/span> (right), will be on display at the National Center for Children\u2019s Illustrated Literature in an exhibition titled “David Goes to the Museum.” Shannon is the author\/illustrator of <\/span>Duck on a Bike, No, David!<\/span> series, <\/span>Good Boy, Fergus!, A Bad Case of Stripes,<\/span> and more. The festival draws about 3,000 people each year from all over Texas and beyond. Learn more at <\/span>www.abilenecalf.com<\/span><\/a><\/span>>> LISTEN NOW (mp3)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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COMING SOON: Bookish Texas Classifieds<\/h1>\n

Looking for a job, a designer, an editor, a publisher?<\/p>\n

Starting in June 2015, we’ll help you find them in our online classifieds section. If you’re interested in advertising for pennies a day, contact ads@LoneStarLiterary.com to run your listing here.<\/p>\n

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New Lone Star Book Blog Tours takes authors on the virtual road<\/h1>\n

Despite the wealth of opportunities for audiences to meet authors<\/span> around Texas any day of the week (witness the dozens of readings and signings in our weekly Bookish Texas list), it\u2019s not always possible for authors to participate in appearances as often as they\u2019d like, to connect with their readers and fans.<\/p>\n

Enter the Book Blog Tour.<\/span> >> READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Coming up this summer. . .<\/h1>\n

NONFICTION<\/h1>\n

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Dateline Purgatory: Examining the Case That Sentenced Darlie Routier to Death<\/span><\/a><\/span> (TCU Press, 2015). Award-winning journalist Kathy Cruz<\/span> (right) enlists current-day legal experts to weigh in on one of the country’s most controversial death penalty convictions. CNN\u2019s Death Row Stories,<\/span> produced by Robert Redford,<\/span> has slated an episode in its upcoming season to examine the Routier case as well.<\/p>\n

FICTION\/CONTEMPORARY<\/h1>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The Story Keeper<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Lisa Wingate<\/span> (Tyndale House, 2014). In 2015 Christy Award winner and Clifton resident Lisa Wingate\u2019s novel The Story Keeper,<\/span> successful book editor Jen Gibbs is at the top of her game with her new position at Vida House Publishing\u2014until a mysterious manuscript from an old slush pile appears on her desk. Turning the pages, she finds herself drawn into a place she thought she’d left behind forever, but the price of a blockbuster next book deal may be higher than she’s willing to pay.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Tours will feature scheduled opportunities with blog hosts on a wide range of perspectives. Watch next week\u2019s LSLL for announcements of our participating bloggers.<\/p>\n

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20th Texas Book Festival set for Oct. 17\u201318; Texas Teen Book Festival, Sept. 26<\/h1>\n

<\/a><\/span>Dates have been set<\/span> for two of Texas\u2019s most highly anticipated annual book events. The 2015 Texas Book Festival will be held October 17\u201318, 2015. The Texas Book Festival Weekend is free and open to the public and takes place in Austin, at the state capitol and surrounding grounds.<\/p>\n

The roster of participating authors is typically released in late July, along with the announcement of the year\u2019s festival poster.<\/p>\n

The Texas Teen Book Festival<\/span> is one of the largest of its kind in the nation, a highly anticipated annual event in the young adult literature world, drawing some of the most popular authors who write for the age group. >> READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cisco Writers Club 39th Annual Summer Writing Contest open for submissions<\/h1>\n

The Cisco Writers Club 39th Annual Summer Writing Contest <\/span>is now accepting entries. Writers anywhere may enter; membership in the Cisco Writers Club is not required. Six categories are available, with several special prizes offered.\u00a0 \u00a0 >> READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor History Paul, Richard, and Steven Moss We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program University of Texas Press, 978-0-292-77249-6, hardcover, May 1, 2015 Reviewed by Amy Foster, PhD President Eisenhower signed the executive order creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}