{"id":233,"date":"2018-12-31T11:21:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=233"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:21:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:21:25","slug":"lone-star-reviewsmichelle-newby-nbcc-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC,"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Lone Star Reviews<\/span>Michelle Newby, NBCC,<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

Contributing Editor<\/span><\/h1>\n
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Cooking\/Texas<\/p>\n

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

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

Texas Review Press<\/p>\n

978-1680030204 Paperback, 158 pages; spiral bound, $22.95, 2015<\/p>\n

Reviewed by Rashda Khan<\/p>\n

Cooking with the Texas Poets Laureate<\/span> is a gem. The slim volume contains a bounty of riches in terms of words, wisdom, and recipes. The book features eleven Texas poets laureate \u2014 luminaries like <\/span>Jan Seale, Walt McDonald, Red Steagall, Karla K. Morton,<\/span> and more \u2014 who share their poetry, essays, and family recipes. It is a feast of offerings that you want to take time and savor.<\/span>
>> READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/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><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

978-1626197220 Paperback, 288 pages; $24.99, 2014<\/p>\n

The Big Bend Cookbook<\/span><\/a><\/span> is a lush love letter<\/span> to the remote and wildly beautiful region in southwest Texas. Author Tiffany Harelik<\/span> has put together a gorgeous collection of photographs, facts, personalities, and recipes.<\/p>\n

Photographs showcase natural vistas, flora, and fauna; others highlight regional murals and signs. Harelik has included both historical and contemporary photographs of people and places, adding more depth and interest for the reader. >> READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Writer gets creative in Texas alphabet book<\/span><\/h1>\n

Writer Maria Kernahan and artist Michael Schafbuch<\/span> have teamed up to produce a new, very colorful alphabet book, T is for Texas<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Dry Climate Studios, $19.95 hardcover). The book explores some different topics than most Texas alphabet books.<\/p>\n

For example, B is for Brands, with eighteen brands shown. D is for dancing, which is illustrated by several pair of colorful boots. E is for Enchanted Rock, K for king-sized, illustrated by thirteen other states that fit inside the shape of Texas. The author got pretty creative when it came to X and Z \u2014 with X being for roadrunner tracks in the shape of an X, and Z for the zig-zag of the Rio Grande through Big Bend.<\/p>\n

Children should be attracted to the large, bright illustrations and the rhyming, easy-to-read\u00a0 text.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span>World War II novel:<\/span> Swift<\/span><\/a><\/span> by College Station author Robert A. Shearer<\/span> is a short, fast-paced historical novel set in Texas in the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, $15 paperback).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attack on Pearl Harbor changed the lives of millions of Americans,\u201d Shearer writes. He was three, living with his parents in Dallas, when the war broke out. Soon they were in a small town, where Shearer\u2019s mother said they couldn\u2019t leave their apartment for three weeks. \u201cThis is a historical account of how murder, mayhem, morbid racism, mental illness, and mobilization for war changed our lives. Some of the details are fictional, and all of the names of original characters have been changed, so the story is historical fiction, a murder mystery, a chronicle of a case of military justice, and a case study in mental disturbance,\u201d Shearer says. Read more at www.tamupress.com.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Series completed: <\/span>Abilene novelist Lynn Vadney<\/span> completes her five-book \u201cThe Compound Series\u201d of post-apocalyptic adventure novels with the publication of The Stone Is Turned<\/span> (Desert Willow Publishing).<\/p>\n

The series began with two novels, Sinking Sand<\/span> and Not the Least Bit Sorry,<\/span> set two and a half years after massive terrorists\u2019 attacks virtually destroy society.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe series has been about our nation in crisis,\u201d writes Vadney. \u201cMay our leaders, in whatever capacity, remain fearless and dedicated.\u201d The Stone Is Turned<\/span> covers the period from May to December, three years after the attacks, Vadney notes, and \u201claw and order is gaining a toehold in one small Texas town.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more on the series, go to desertwillowpublishingonline.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

Are you ready for some football (books)?<\/h1>\n

Lone Star Literary Life\u2019s Best Texas Football Books<\/span> special section kicks off Sunday, Aug. 9<\/p>\n

Two-a-days, the Twelfth Man, and the Cotton Bowl are just some of the iconic touchstones of Texas culture and by extension Lone Star literature.<\/p>\n

On Sun., Aug. 9, we pay tribute to the best Texas football books by interviewing H. G. \u201cBuzz\u201d Bissinger,<\/span> author of Friday Night Lights,<\/span> as his publisher releases the 25th anniversary edition of the book. (See his fall event schedule in Texas, below.)<\/p>\n

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We\u2019d like to bring you in on some coverage as well. (Zone, no blitz). We\u2019re doing an informal poll of the best Texas football books through the years. Titles like Semi-Tough, The Junction Boys, The Hundred Yard War,<\/span> and Billy Lynn\u2019s Long Halftime Walk<\/span> come to mind. What are yours?<\/p>\n

Email your suggestion to us at info@lonestarliterary.com, and we\u2019ll publish the poll results in our Aug. 9 issue. And you\u2019ll automatically be entered in a drawing to win a free copy of Friday Night Lights<\/span> 25th Anniversary Edition.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor Cooking\/Texas Ethredge, Elizabeth Cooking with the Texas Poets Laureate Texas Review Press 978-1680030204 Paperback, 158 pages; spiral bound, $22.95, 2015 Reviewed by Rashda Khan Cooking with the Texas Poets Laureate is a gem. The slim volume contains a bounty of riches in terms of words, wisdom, and recipes. […]<\/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-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","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=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}