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

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

>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Disturbing story of abuse begins in Texas<\/span><\/h1>\n

<\/a><\/span><\/span>A well-intentioned program that put intellectually disabled men to work<\/span> on a turkey farm in Texas won a national award in 1968 but eventually became the source of a scandal that rocked Iowa and the nation.<\/p>\n

Dan Barry<\/span> tells the disturbing story in The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Harper, $26.99 hardcover). The story revolves around thirty-two men, most of them former residents of the Texas State School network, who lived in an old schoolhouse in a small Iowa town and worked at a turkey processing plant for sixty-five dollars a month for thirty-five years.<\/p>\n

When Iowa authorities finally intervened in 2009, they found the men living in roach-and-rat-infested squalor and suffering from numerous neglected physical ailments, including one man with a broken kneecap.<\/p>\n

Ten of the men were former residents of the Mexia State School, seven were from the Abilene State School, and others were from Austin, Lufkin, Richmond, and other campuses. They started working on a turkey farm in Goldthwaite, Texas, but in a few years were contracted to a turkey processing plant in Iowa, still under the supervision of the Texas operation known as Henry\u2019s Turkey Service.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Henry\u2019s boys,\u201d as they became known around the small Iowa town of Atalissa, became an accepted part of the community, singing in church, riding in parades, dancing at town gatherings. In the early years, the townspeople were invited to Christmas parties at the old school, but as the years went by the parties ended and conditions quietly deteriorated.<\/p>\n

Iowa authorities brushed off several early efforts to call attention to the situation, including one social worker\u2019s report in 1974 detailing twenty specific complaints and concluding, \u201cOnce the resident becomes an employee of Henry\u2019s Turkey Service, he for all practical purposes loses most basic human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barry, a New York Times<\/span> reporter and columnist, relates the story in a dispassionate style from a variety of viewpoints, always keeping the thirty-two men at the center of the narrative. The case eventually went to trial in federal court as a civil matter, with a stunning verdict. At the end of the book, Barry summarizes the status of the men, telling when they were born, at what state school they resided, and where they are today. About half returned to Texas to live in group homes or with family. About half chose to stay in Iowa \u2014 under much better conditions.<\/p>\n

PBS and the Times<\/span> produced a Point of View documentary two years ago about \u201cThe Men of Atalissa\u201d that can be viewed online.<\/p>\n

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>erary Life<\/span><\/h1>\n

Texas Teen Book Festival sets October 2016 lineup<\/h1>\n

Young Adult Book Festival Will Feature Award-Winning Authors Sabaa Tahir, Ally Carter, Jeffery Self, and More<\/h1>\n

AUSTIN\u2014 The Texas Teen Book Festival announced today the 2016 lineup, featuring Sabaa Tahir, Ally Carter, Jeffery Self, Traci Chee, John Corey Whaley, and more. TTBF takes place on Saturday, October 1 at St. Edward\u2019s University.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Your TTBF Programming Committee has been chomping at the bit to let you in on the outstanding list of bestselling YA authors who will be attending the festival this year, but we were sworn to secrecy,\u201d said Shawn Mauser, TTBF Festival Director. \u201cWell, now the secret-keeping is over, and we are beyond excited to announce our full lineup, right here and right now. Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 1 and start reading. TTBF 2016 is coming.” >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lone Star Literary Life reveals our 2016 Texas Readers\u2019 Favorite Bookstores TOP FIVE!<\/h1>\n

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Texas readers have spoken! <\/span>More than 1,000 of Lone Star Literary Life\u2019s readers have cast ballots in our statewide contest to recognize Texas\u2019s favorite bookstores. Their selections are as diverse as the state itself, and honorees include big indies, small indies, chain stores, used bookstores, and new bookstores in every far-flung corner of the state.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From the shadows of Houston\u2019s skyscrapers to the winds whistling down the plains, from the Piney Woods of East Texas to the beachside burbs on the coast, Texas bookshops are connecting with their communities, and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase Texas\u2019s Top Ten Favorite Bookstores. Today, we unveil the full results of your votes!\u00a0 >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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6.19.16\u00a0 Terry Jennings, the Outlaw Country era, family, and \u201cwriting a book that I had promised my dad I would write\u201d<\/h1>\n

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Terry Jennings was born when his father, Waylon Jennings, was nineteen years old.<\/span> Today he is the CEO and founder of Korban Music Group LLC, a music management and publishing company. He has also worked for booking agencies, publishing companies, and as a talent scout for major labels, including RCA Records.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He got his start in the music industry at fifteen by being a roadie for his famous father, and has written a firsthand account of a unique father-and-son relationship. On Thursday afternoon before Father\u2019s Day Sunday, he shared his thoughts with us via email about his famous father, how he wrote this book, and what the next generation of musical Jenningses are up to.<\/p>\n

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE: <\/span>The recollections in your memoir are so vivid. What was your process in pulling together your stories for <\/span>Waylon: Tales of an Outlaw Dad<\/span>? Did you keep a journal when you were growing up, and when you were touring with your father?<\/span><\/p>\n

TERRY JENNINGS: <\/span>God blessed me with a very vivid and long memory. It\u2019s like a detailed autobiographical memory of my life; Dad would many times ask me for details of past events, dates, scores of football games, etc. After Dad died I started writing a book that I had promised my dad I would write. I just felt it was something I had to do. \u201cDad had told me I was practically the only person who was with him from the beginning that wasn\u2019t afraid to tell the truth.\u201d I spent a long time trying to put a square peg in a round hole, but once I yielded all my stories to the Lord everything fell into place. That\u2019s what I call a miracle from God. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT<\/h1>\n

2016 Kids’ Summer Reading: Check it out!<\/h1>\n

sponsored by Blue Wilow Books<\/a><\/span>hop<\/h1>\n

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From read-to-me books to early readers,<\/span> chapter books to middle readers to young adult, you\u2019ll find these terrific new titles at your neighborhood bookstore. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Texas’s only statewide, weekly calendar of book events<\/h1>\n

Bookish Texas<\/span> event highlights\u00a0 6.19.2016
<\/span>>><\/span><\/a><\/span> GO this week\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Michelle Newby, Contributing Editor<\/span><\/h1>\n

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FESTIVALS AND EVENTS THIS WEEK IN AUSTIN: Writers\u2019 League; African-American Book Festival<\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0\u00a0 Thurs., June 23, BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents: Cara Black reading and signing MURDER ON THE QUAI & Lisa Sandlin reading and signing THE DO-RIGHT, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>FRISCO\u00a0 Fri., June 24, B&N – Stonebriar, Laura Bush and Jenna Bush Hager will discuss Our Great Big Backyard, 10AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SAN ANTONIO\u00a0 Fri., June 24, Hotel Emma, How to Be A Texan book signing with Andrea Valdez + frito pie, 4PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Sat., June 25, Bass Concert Hall, an evening with Anderson Cooper, author of The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss, and Andy Cohen, author of The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>GRAPEVINE\u00a0 Sat., June 25, Embassy Suites by Hilton, Colleen Hoover (Slammed), Fisher Amelie (The Seven Deadly series), Tillie Cole (A Thousand Boy Kisses), Nicole Edwards (Pier 70 series), Lee Swift (Morvicti Blood), and Kindle Alexander (A Nice Guys Novel series) are among 48 authors who will sign works at THE TRAVELING BOOKSHELF, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SHANKLEVILLE\u00a0 Sat., June 25, Texas Purple Hull Pea Festival, Nola McKey signs From Tea Cakes to Tamales: Third-Generation Texas Recipes (Also signing Sun., June 26, <\/span>BookPeople, Austin, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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News Briefs 6.19.16<\/h1>\n

Texas Book Festival 2016 leads off with Bush mother and daughter, Ha Jin, Arce, Cronin, Hollandsworth, Myles, Semple, Witliff, and more<\/h1>\n

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The Texas Book Festival has announced sixteen of the authors<\/span> who will participate in this year\u2019s Texas Book Festival, happening November 5 and 6 in and around the State Capitol grounds in Austin. (The festival\u2019s full 2016 lineup will be announced in early September; the festival, in its 21st year, plans to bring more than 250 acclaimed authors to the capital.) >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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