{"id":656,"date":"2018-12-31T13:15:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=656"},"modified":"2018-12-31T13:15:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:15:56","slug":"lone-star-reviewsmichelle-newby-nbcc-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=656","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>MYSTERY\/THRILLER<\/p>\n

Brett Burlison<\/span><\/p>\n

Riverside<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Barton Creek Press<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-0-9969696-0-4 (ebook also available), 348 pages, $13.95; January 2016<\/p>\n

Riverside by Brett Burlison<\/span> is a well-written mystery thriller that deftly captures the atmosphere of its Austin settings in the early 1990s. Readers who know the Texas capital city will recognize many neighborhoods and establishments not far from the sprawling University of Texas at Austin campus. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Cookbook stirs up memories as well as recipes<\/h1>\n

Longtime Texas Highways senior editor Nola McKey<\/span> has written a cookbook that stirs up memories as well as recipes. From Tea Cakes to Tamales: Third-Generation Texas Recipes<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Texas A&M University Press, $29.95 flexbound) includes more than 100 recipes that have been passed down from grandmothers, great-grandmothers, great-aunts and, in a few cases, grandfathers and great-uncles.<\/p>\n

McKey began her quest with recipes from her own family and friends, then expanded the search to represent the culinary heritage of Texas\u2019s various ethnic cultures. All the recipes go back at least three generations, and some are fifth- and sixth-generation Texas cuisine.<\/p>\n

More than half of the recipes are for desserts \u2014 cakes, pies, cookies and puddings \u2014 which seems appropriate. Isn\u2019t that what you remember most fondly from your own grandmother\u2019s kitchen?<\/p>\n

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Meatless:<\/span> Laura Samuel Meyn<\/span> of Fort Worth and Anthony Head<\/span> of Hays County have produced a colorful cookbook, Meatless in Cowtown: A Vegetarian Guide to Food and Wine, Texas-Style<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Running Press, $22 paperback).<\/p>\n

A few examples: Buck Up Vegetarian Vegetable Soup, Meatless in Cowtown Frito Pie, Enchiladas for a Crowd, White Cheddar-Green Chile Mac and Cheese, Grilled Tofu Steaks with Sweet and Spicy Barbecue Sauce, and Tamale Pie with Black Beans and Sweet Potato, as well as a host of desserts. Meatless in Cowtown is one of the featured cookbooks at the upcoming Culinary Cuisine Luncheon and Texas Cookbook Gala, part of the West Texas Book Festival in Abilene. Read more at abilenetx.com\/apl<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Cowgirl recipes:<\/span> Chef, caterer, and cooking show host Christine Gardner<\/span> of Palestine, Texas, is the author of the pocket-sized Celebrations from a Cowgirl\u2019s Kitchen: Texas Fiestas, Fandangos & Feasts<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Great Texas Line Press, $7.50 paperback).<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span>More than 80 recipes are included in the menus for 11 Texas-themed parties, such as a vintage bridal brunch, a Sunday church potluck, a Fourth of July fish fry, a wild game gathering, and a cattleman\u2019s cocktail party. Each party event includes an introduction setting the scene and six to eight menu items. Of course, readers are welcome to simply pick out their favorite items and create their own party menu.<\/p>\n

Tortillas:<\/span> Eat More Tortillas<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Donna Kelly<\/span> and Stephanie Ashcraft<\/span> (Gibbs Smith, $16.99 hardcover) should have a lot of appeal to Texas cooks. The full-color book offers dozens of mouth-watering recipes using tortillas, such as Green Chile Eggs Benedict, Tortilla Quiches, Tuna Melt Triangles, Slow Cooker Burrito Casserole, Tex-Mex Meatloaf, and Sloppy Joe Tacos.<\/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

Meacham to receive A. C. Greene Award at 16th annual West Texas Book Festival, Sept. 19-24, Abilene<\/h1>\n

Leila Meacham, the national New York Times best-selling author<\/span> of Roses, Tumbleweeds, Somerset, Titans,<\/span> and more will be the featured keynote speaker Sat., Sept. 24, at the West Texas Book Festival and will be recognized as this year\u2019s A.C. Greene award winner. The A.C. Greene award is presented annually to a distinguished Texas author for lifetime achievement. The award is named for author, columnist, and Abilene native A.C. Greene.<\/p>\n

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The sixteenth annual festival, September 19-24, 2016, will also feature panels with other authors. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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LONE STAR LISTENS interviews\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Kay Ellington, Editor and Publisher<\/span><\/h1>\n

9.11.2016 Tim Z. Hernandez<\/a><\/span>: On Herrera, Guthrie, Kerouac’s Bea Franco, and connecting with Texas roots<\/h1>\n

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Award-winning novelist, poet, and performance artist Tim Z. Hernandez <\/span>lives in El Paso, where he is putting the finishing touches on a documentary that complements his latest book, <\/span>All They Will Call You.<\/span> Based on his research surrounding the plane crash at Los Gatos Canyon, a tragedy made famous by Woody Guthrie\u2019s song, the book is slated to be released in January 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

He took time away from this important work to talk with Lone Star Literary Life via email.<\/p>\n

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE: <\/span>Tim, you were born in Dinuba, California, and raised in central California\u2019s San Joaquin Valley, but you have family roots in Texas. What is your family\u2019s Texas connection?<\/p>\n

TIM Z. HERNANDEZ: <\/span>Texas is my ancestral homeland on my father\u2019s side. My relatives have been there, in the Rio Grande Valley, since it was Mexico. All the stories that make up our familial memory take place in Texas: love, death, hopes, struggle, all of it happened on that landscape. My father was the last one born in Texas, before the family followed the migrant farmworkers\u2019 trail north and ended up putting roots down in the San Joaquin Valley, where field work was abundant. My mother\u2019s side comes from New Mexico, but she also spent a large part of her life in Texas. So, I heard these stories growing up, and by the time I moved to El Paso to work with the University of Texas El Paso, it many ways it felt like I was returning home. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Bookish Texas<\/span> event highlights\u00a0 9.11.2016
<\/span>>><\/span><\/a><\/span> GO this week\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Michelle Newby, Contributing Editor<\/span><\/p>\n

FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS IN TEXAS THIS WEEK: Fort Worth, Houston, Midland, Mansfield, Maxwell, Round Top<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>HOUSTON\u00a0 Mon., Sept. 12\u00a0 Brazos Bookstore, James Dennis reads from and signs his debut poetry collection CORRESPONDENCE IN D MINOR, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Tues., Sept. 13\u00a0 O. Henry Museum, O. Henry’s 154th Birthday Party, a fundraiser featuring Skip Hollandsworth discussing and signing The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>WACO\u00a0 Tues., Sept. 13\u00a0\u00a0 Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Chad Conine signs The Republic of Football, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>DALLAS\u00a0 Wed., Sept. 14, Deep Vellum Books, Jessica Luther discusses and signs Unsportsmanlike Conduct, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>DALLAS\u00a0 Thurs., Sept. 15, The Wild Detectives, Richard J. Gonzales reads and signs Raza Rising: Chicanos in North Texas, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>MIDLAND\u00a0 Fri., Sept. 16, Centennial Library, award-winning authors and illustrators Don Tate, Cory Putman Oakes, and Christina Soontornvat sign their books, 4:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>HOUSTON\u00a0 Sat., Sept. 17, River Oaks Bookstore, Dr. Catherine Musemeche discusses and signs Hurt: The Inspiring, Untold Story of Trauma Care, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>HOUSTON\u00a0 Sun., Sept. 18, Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, Inprint presents Cool Brains! with Nathan Hale, author of the Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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News Briefs 9.11.16<\/h1>\n

Lone Star Literary’s Tour of Texas, Fall 2016<\/p>\n

A recent swing through Fort Worth<\/span> provided Lone Star Literary Life a chance to visit several literary locales. We stopped in to say hi to Rebecca Allen (at right, below, with Barbara Brannon, left, and Kay Ellington) and the other staff of TCU Press, then paid a call to several of the city’s bookstores, which we’ll feature in next week’s issue.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>If you haven\u2019t patronized the grand Fort Worth Public Library <\/span>central branch (built in the heart of downtown in 1999), put it on your travel list: not only is the Texas Literary Hall of Fame<\/span> embodied there in a striking mural and a display case, it’s an elegant and welcoming home for all things bookish.\u00a0 >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Second annual Permian Basin Writers’ Workshop slated for Midland Sept. 16\u201318<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

The Permian Basin Writers’ Workshop <\/span>returns to Midland this fall, with a diverse lineup of presenters, speakers, agents, editors, and authors. The event kicks off Friday evening, Sept. 16, 7:30\u20138:30 p.m. at Midland’s historic Yucca Theatre and continues throughout Saturday and Sunday on the campus of Midland College.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Author and journalist ReShonda Tate Billingsley<\/span> will give a keynote presentation Friday evening, \u201cWhen Words Leave the Page,\u201d as part of a program featuring refreshments and author performances.<\/p>\n

Billingsley is the national bestselling author of more than forty books. She writes adult and teen fiction as well as nonfiction. Several of her books have been optioned for movies, including her sophomore novel, Let the Church Say Amen,<\/span> directed by actress Regina King, and produced by TD Jakes and Queen Latifah. Billingsley made her on-screen movie debut in the film, which aired in August 2015 and was one of BET\u2019s highest rated original programs. TV One recently released the TV version of her book The Secret She Kept<\/span> on July 10, 2016 and will be airing The Devil is a Lie<\/span> in fall 2016.<\/a>>>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Kaling added to 2016 Texas Teen Book Festival lineup<\/h1>\n

Award-winning Actress, Comedian, and Writer to Speak at TTBF on October 1<\/h1>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>Mindy Kaling, creator and star<\/span> of the critically acclaimed series The Mindy Project,<\/span> will join this year’s stellar roster of authors at the 2016 Texas Teen Book Festival on Sat., Oct. 1, 2016, at St. Edward\u2019s University. Kaling will discuss both of her comedic memoirs with Sarah Pitre<\/span> of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and Forever YA Book Club.<\/p>\n

Admission to Kaling\u2019s discussion is free. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and will take place at 10:15 a.m. at the St. Edward\u2019s University Recreation and Convocation Center. Prior to the discussion, Kaling will sign copies of both of her books, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)<\/span> and Why Not Me? <\/span>The signing is limited to the first 250 people who purchase either book from the Festival store. The Festival store will open at 8:00 a.m. in the Alumni Gym. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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COMING UP ON TOUR: FICTION<\/h1>\n

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Riverside by Brett Burlison<\/h1>\n

Visit with Brett September 13\u201323<\/p>\n

9\/14 Review Country Girl Bookaholic<\/p>\n

9\/15 Author Interview 1 The Librarian Talks<\/p>\n

9\/16 Video Guest Post It’s a Jenn World<\/p>\n

9\/17 Review Kara The Redhead<\/p>\n

9\/18 promo StoreyBook Reviews<\/p>\n

9\/19 Excerpt 2 My Book Fix Blog<\/p>\n

9\/20 Review Missus Gonzo<\/p>\n

9\/21 Author Interview 2 Reading By Moonlight<\/p>\n

9\/22 Review Margie’s Must Reads<\/p>\n

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A Wife of Noble Character
by Yvonne Georgina Puig<\/h1>\n

Visit with Yvonne September 14\u201323<\/p>\n

9\/14 Video Guest Post 1 Texas Book Lover<\/p>\n

9\/15 Review My Book Fix Blog<\/p>\n

9\/16 Author Interview 1 Missus Gonzo<\/p>\n

9\/17 Excerpt The Page Unbound<\/p>\n

9\/18 Review Reading By Moonlight<\/p>\n

9\/19 Guest Post 2 The Crazy Booksellers<\/p>\n

9\/20 Video Guest Post 3 A Novel Reality<\/p>\n

9\/21 Review Hall Ways Blog<\/p>\n

9\/22 Author Interview 2 The Librarian Talks<\/p>\n

9\/23 Review It’s a Jenn World<\/p>\n

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The Republic of Football
by Chad S. Conine<\/h1>\n

Visit with Chad through September 19<\/p>\n

9\/11 Review Reading By Moonlight<\/p>\n

9\/12 Trailer Texas Book Lover<\/p>\n

9\/13 Guest Post 2 Missus Gonzo<\/p>\n

9\/14 Review It’s a Jenn World<\/p>\n

9\/15 Author Interview 2 Kara The Redhead<\/p>\n

9\/16 Review Country Girl Bookaholic<\/p>\n

9\/17 Guest Post 3 The Crazy Booksellers<\/p>\n

9\/18 Promo A Novel Reality<\/p>\n

9\/19 Review The Librarian Talks<\/p>\n

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The Greenlee Project
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Visit with Amanda through September 16<\/p>\n

9\/11 Author Interview 1 My Book Fix Blog<\/p>\n

9\/12 Review The Page Unbound<\/p>\n

9\/13 Guest Post Forgotten Winds<\/p>\n

9\/14 Excerpt 2 Margie’s Must Reads<\/p>\n

9\/15 Review Kara The Redhead<\/p>\n

9\/16 Author Interview 2 StoreyBook Reviews<\/p>\n

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