{"id":762,"date":"2018-12-31T13:51:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=762"},"modified":"2018-12-31T13:51:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:51:42","slug":"12-11-16-news-briefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=762","title":{"rendered":"12.11.16 News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lone Star Lit\u2019s Literary Tour of Texas: Burnet, San Antonio<\/h1>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Texas Hill Country is a treat any time of year<\/span> \u2014 but the opportunity to travel to San Antonio and the rolling, wooded country north of it in early December, when towns are a-twinkle with holiday lights, is a real treat.<\/p>\n

Kay Ellington<\/span> and Barbara Brannon<\/span> were the guest presenters at the monthly Coffee Talks series at the Herman Brown Free Library<\/span><\/a><\/span> in Burnet, a historic town with a good many dedicated readers and writers. (Above, library director Betsy Engelbrecht, right, with library supporters and Paragraph Ranch <\/span>authors Brannon and Ellington, far right). The library welcomes visitors not only to its author presentations, but to its J. Frank Dobie Geneaology Room, its superb collection of Texana, and its main circulation room (below), with a striking portrait of Comanche chief Quanah Parker.<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span>San Antonio<\/span> is the nation\u2019s seventh largest city, and it offers destinations for writers and book lovers commensurate with its size and rich culture. We visited only a few during our one day in the Alamo City, including the San Antonio Central Library<\/span><\/a> (above), an architectural lodestone that houses world-class art \u2014 such as the Chihuly sculpture at left \u2014 as well as books and media; across the street, the Southwest College of Art,<\/span><\/a><\/span> where student work is on display in the circa 1851 former Ursuline Convent Gemini Ink, the center for writers and readers that has occupied four differ San Antonio locales since 1992.<\/p>\n

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San Antonio\u2019s enchilada-red Central Library offers stunning views of the Alamo City.<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span>At Gemini Ink<\/span>, founder and board member Nan Cuba <\/span>joined current development director Bernadette Smyth<\/span> to provide a history and tour of this groundbreaking literary arts program that serves diverse local audiences. Their upcoming events include readings from their own class members, presentations by visiting authors and, in May 2017, a lecture and reading by U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.<\/a><\/p>\n

Above, from right: Barbara Brannon, Kay Ellington, Bernadette \u201cBernie\u201d Smyth, Nan Cuba<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span>The Twig Bookshop<\/span><\/a><\/span> is another must-visit bookish stop. Not only did owner Claudia Maceo<\/span> (at right, top right) show us around the store, but through the latest additions to the renovation of the Pearl Brewery<\/span> complex, including the Hotel Emma<\/span> and its own library, open to guests and for special events. The Twig will be selling books later this week when National Book Award nominee Paulette Jiles<\/span> reads from her latest novel, News of the World,<\/span> at the hotel.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>To cap it off, dinner at Cappy\u2019s in Alamo Heights also involved a bookish holiday treat: a copy of Enchiladas: Aztec to Tex-Mex<\/span> signed by authors Cappy Lawton <\/span>and Chris Waters Dunn<\/span> and presented by manager Trevor Lawton<\/span> (far right). The book, published by Trinity University Press of San Antonio, is available for purchase at the restaurant.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Writers Resist events slated for Jan. 15, 2017, in three Texas cities<\/h1>\n

Writers Resist, a literary collective born of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election<\/span> that publishes creative expressions of resistance by diverse writers and artists, has prompted the grass-roots organization of events around the nation.<\/p>\n

The idea of poet and cofounder of VIDA Erin Belieu,<\/span> Writers Resist aims to create events in support of democracy across the country and internationally on January 15, 2017. Belieu, along with several other organizers, are planning with local groups to hold events using the framework \u201cWriters Resist:___.\u201d This will allow the local group to focus the event on a specific theme pertinent to the social justice issue(s) they would like to highlight.<\/p>\n

According to the organization\u2019s event guidelines, \u201cWriters Resist<\/span> is not affiliated with a political party. We wish to bypass direct political discourse in favor of an inspired focus on the future, and how we, as writers, can be a unifying force for the protection of Democracy. In order for us to heal and move forward, individually and as a nation, we believe people need something to be for in this anxious moment. The only thing we \u2018resist\u2019 is that which attacks or seeks to undermine those most basic principles of freedom and justice for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

The flagship Writers Resist event, co-sponsored by PEN America, is being held on January 15, 2017, in New York City. Prominent writers, including American poet laureates Robert Pinsky and Rita Dove, will gather on the steps of the New York Public Library to \u201cre-inaugurate\u201d their commitment to the fundamental principles of democracy.<\/p>\n

Events in Texas to date include:<\/p>\n

San Antonio<\/h1>\n

Sun., Jan. 15, 2017, 1:00 pm<\/p>\n

Alamo Brewery, 415 Burnet St., San Antonio, Texas 78202<\/p>\n

Call for info: (210) 734-9673<\/p>\n

Houston<\/h1>\n

Sun., Jan. 15, 5:00-8:00 pm<\/p>\n

Co-sponsors:\u00a0 Calypso Editions and Librotraficante<\/p>\n

Austin<\/h1>\n

Sun., Jan. 15<\/p>\n

BookPeople<\/p>\n

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December \u201cProfessor\u2019s Corner\u201d to focus on poems by Texas poet laureate Larry D. Thomas, Dec. 14, Denton<\/h1>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span>Dr. Stephen Souris,<\/span> professor of English at Texas Woman\u2019s University, will lead a presentation and discussion of poet Larry D. Thomas\u2019s<\/span> work Wed., Dec. 14, 2016 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm at the Denton South Branch Library.<\/p>\n

\u201cProfessor’s Corner: A Literary Discussion Group\u201d started in 1999, to meet a public need for high quality presentations on literary topics aimed at the general public with an emphasis on discussion.<\/p>\n

Right: Larry D. Thomas (from author\u2019s website)<\/p>\n

All the sessions this season will be devoted to Texas poets laureate. Texts of the poems to be discussed will be handed out at the session; poems will be selected from the volume devoted to this month\u2019s poet in TCU Press\u2019 Texas Poets Laureate Series.<\/p>\n

The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n

Dr. Stephen Souris, on the TWU faculty since 1992, has developed a course on Texas poets and is working on an anthology of teachable poems in the TCU Press\u2019 ten-volume Texas Poets Laureate Series, along with an instructor\u2019s guide. He is also the host for the Texas Poets Podcast project (www.TexasPoetsPodcast.com<\/span><\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n

Future sessions (7:00 pm on the second Wed. of the respective month):<\/p>\n

Jan. 11, 2017, Poems by Texas Poet Laureate James Hoggard<\/span><\/p>\n

Feb. 8, Poems by Texas Poet Laureate Paul Ruffin<\/span><\/p>\n

March 8, Poems by Texas Poet Laureate Alan Birkelbach<\/span><\/p>\n

April 12, Poems by Texas Poet Laureate David. M. Parsons<\/span><\/p>\n

May 10, Poems by Texas Poet Laureate Walt McDonald<\/span><\/p>\n

June 14, Poems by Texas Poet Laureate Jan Seale<\/span><\/p>\n

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Meinzer and Chappel team up for another Texas ranch-history coffee-table volume<\/h1>\n

State Photographer of Texas<\/span> Wyman Meinzer<\/span> and outdoors writer and novelist Henry Chappell,<\/span> who teamed up a decade ago to produce 6666: Portrait of a Texas Ranch<\/span> (Texas Tech University Press, 2006), have debuted their newest book collaboration, Horses to Ride, Cattle to Cut: The San Antonio Viejo Ranch of Texas (Badlands Design and Production, 2016). The duo signed copies at the Candlelight at the Ranch event at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock Dec. 10 and have also held recent events at the George W. Bush Library and in South Texas.<\/p>\n

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Above: Photographer Wyman Meinzer (left) and author Henry Chappell (right); Sylinda Meinzer (center) at the National Ranching Heritage Center Dec. 10.<\/p>\n

The book, published under the auspices of the East Foundation<\/span><\/a><\/span>, is available at the Witte Museum bookstore and the Museum of South Texas History as well as from Meinzer\u2019s online store<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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