{"id":578,"date":"2018-12-31T12:54:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=578"},"modified":"2018-12-31T12:54:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:54:56","slug":"lone-star-reviewsmichelle-newby-nbcc-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=578","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

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

>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Two books focus on Texas lore, culture<\/span><\/h1>\n

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<\/a><\/span>Two new attractive hardback books<\/span> make it their mission to try to explain \u2014 in an entertaining way \u2014 what it means to be a Texan.<\/p>\n

How to Be a Texan: The Manual<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Andrea Valdez<\/span> (University of Texas Press, $21.95) is the more serious and comprehensive of the two, but it is quite engaging as well.\u00a0 Valdez wrote \u201cThe Manual\u201d column for Texas Monthly magazine for several years before becoming editor of the magazine\u2019s web site, so she is certainly well-versed in Texas lore and culture.\u00a0 She divides the book into eight sections, with several sub-topics in each chapter. The chapters are Talk Like a Texan, Look Like a Texan, Rites of Passage, Tend the Ranch, Hunting and Fishing, Cook Like a Texan, Relax Like a Texan, and Tour Like a Texan.<\/p>\n

Much of the book is written in a how-to style, such as how to buy custom cowboy boots, how to shoot a .22, how to shoe a horse, how to field dress a deer, how to cook King Ranch chicken or Frito pie, how to play 42, how to dance the two-step.<\/p>\n

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Y\u2019all Need This Book: The Definitive Guide to Being a Texan<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Jay B. Sauceda<\/span> (Gibbs Smith, $19.95) covers a lot of the same ground but in a more graphic \u2014 or heavily illustrated \u2014 style.<\/p>\n

Sauceda divides his book into seven sections \u2013 Teachin\u2019 Texan, Texan Traits, Talkin\u2019 Texan, Dressin\u2019 Texan, Texan Traditions, Eatin\u2019 Texan and Drivin\u2019 Texan. But he takes a more light-hearted approach, relying a lot more on pictures and illustrations to get his messages across.<\/p>\n

One rather peculiar entry is the \u201cTexas Road Trip Simulator,\u201d fourteen black and white pages showing an empty highway. Readers are invited to slowly turn the pages and imagine that they are driving from San Antonio to El Paso \u2014 and then repeat the process an additional 828 times to get the full experience of making the trip.<\/p>\n

Another entry is a graphic \u201cguide to understanding y\u2019all.\u201d It shows a picture of one man \u2014 that\u2019s \u201cyou\u201d \u2014 then two men (\u201cy\u2019all), then four men (\u201call y\u2019all\u201d).<\/p>\n

Two books, two different styles, both with the same focus: helping readers understand and celebrate what is special about being a Texan.<\/p>\n

So which would I recommend? Probably the more authoritative Valdez book if you like to read. If you\u2019d rather flip through a book and look at the pictures and scan the limited text, the Sauceda volume might be more to your liking (or likin\u2019, as we say in Texas).<\/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
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6.26.2016\u00a0 Judy Alter:
A remarkable life in Texas letters<\/h1>\n

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For the greater part of five decades, Judy Alter <\/span>has been a force in Texas letters, as an editor, a press director, and an author. With nearly eighty books of her own published, she\u2019s not slowing down in retirement, but she paused to answer a few questions from us about her life in literature.<\/p>\n

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE: <\/span>Judy, your work has been recognized with awards from the Western Writers of America, the Texas Institute of Letters, and the National Cowboy Museum and Hall of Fame. You\u2019ve been honored with the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement by WWA and inducted into both the Texas Literary Hall of Fame and the WWA Hall of Fame. But how did you get started in this business?<\/span><\/p>\n

JUDY ALTER: <\/span>Just out of graduate school, I read a friend\u2019s mother\u2019s memoir and itched to do something with it. Being taught to support, defend, document, all I could do was annotate it. Some YA books inspired me to turn it into fiction, and it was marketed to a YA audience. That was After Pa Was Shot. I caught the fiction bug right then. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Lone Star Literary Life reveals our 2016 Texas Readers\u2019 Favorite Bookstores TOP TEN<\/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

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

Bookish Texas<\/span> event highlights\u00a0 6.26.2016
<\/span>>><\/span><\/a><\/span> GO this week\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Michelle Newby, Contributing Editor<\/span><\/h1>\n

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AUSTIN\u00a0 Sun., June 26, BookPeople, Journalist NOLA McKEY speaking & signing From Tea Cakes to Tamales: Third-Generation Texas Recipes, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0\u00a0 Sun., June 26, Malvern Books, celebrating the recent release of We\u2019ll Live Tomorrow, the debut novel from journalist and aid worker Will Everett, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Tues., June 28, BookPeople, Writer IAN FRAZIER speaking & signing Hogs Wild: Selected Reporting Pieces, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>DALLAS\u00a0 Tues., June 28, The Wild Detectives, Joe Milazzo reads from his new book of poetry, Habiliments, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>LUBBOCK\u00a0 Tues., June 28, Mahon Library, Caprock Writers’ Alliance meeting featuring BEST-SELLING AUTHOR KAREN WITEMEYER, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SOUTH PADRE ISLAND\u00a0 Thurs., June 30, Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: Gwen Cowgill discusses and signs And then there was Cuba, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SAN ANTONIO\u00a0 Sat., July 2, The Twig Book Shop, Bruce Judisch reading and signing Quimby Pond, 11AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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News Briefs 6.26.16<\/h1>\n

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS<\/h1>\n

Writers\u2019 League of Texas Agents & Editors<\/h1>\n

The annual Writers\u2019 League of Texas<\/span> Agents & Editors Conference wraps up today in Austin. Pen\/Faulkner award winner Benjamin Alire Saenz gave the keynote address on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Below, top: Director Becka Oliver (standing) kicks off the conference with panelists; bottom: literary agent Ann Collette of the Rees Agency shares her insights about suspense writing.<\/p>\n

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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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VISIT AUSTIN, Texas\u2019 #1 Bookish Destination!<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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COMING UP ON TOUR: FICTION<\/h1>\n

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GUARDIANS IN BLUE
by Ken Bangs<\/h1>\n

Visit with Ken June 28 through July 7<\/p>\n

6\/28 My Book Fix Blog \u2013 Review<\/p>\n

6\/29 Books and Broomsticks \u2013 Excerpt #1<\/p>\n

6\/30 Missus Gonzo\u00a0 \u2013 Review<\/p>\n

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WINNING TEXAS
by Nancy Stancill<\/h1>\n

Visit with Nancy June 30 – July 9<\/p>\n

6\/30 Texas Book Lover\u00a0 \u2013 Promo<\/p>\n

7\/1 The Librarian Talks \u2013 Review<\/p>\n

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WEST TEXAS MIDDLEWEIGHT<\/h1>\n

by Frank Sikes<\/h1>\n

Visit with Frank July 1 through July 10<\/p>\n

7\/1 Country Girl Bookaholic\u00a0 \u2013 Review<\/p>\n

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