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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

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Texas artists interviewed about their work<\/h1>\n

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Robert Craig Bunch, assistant librarian at the McNay Art Museum of San Antonio,<\/span> has published a remarkable book that provides insights into the philosophies, imaginations, influences and insights of sixty-four Texas artists.<\/p>\n

The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Texas A&M University Press, $50 hardcover) is presented in question-and-answer style, focusing on how the artists incorporate everyday found objects into their paintings, collages, and other artistic creations.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond the art itself,\u201d Bunch writes, \u201cno source is more primary to understanding art and artist than his or her words. \u201cAmazingly enough, there exists no prior book of interviews with artists from across Texas. Since 2010 I have interviewed more than 60 of Texas\u2019 finest artists with the intention of compiling my questions and their responses into a substantial, illustrated book.\u201d<\/p>\n

The volume includes more than 70 color plates. The interviews are presented alphabetically, beginning with Margaret Adie<\/span> of San Marcos and concluding with Steve Wiman<\/span> of Austin. Most of the artists still live and work in Texas, but a few have moved on to other locales.<\/p>\n

These are no cookie-cutter interviews. The author obviously researched his subjects before posing the questions. A few examples:<\/p>\n

To Paul Horn,<\/span> Houston: \u201cWhy do you sleep with the TV on? How does this enter your dreams and your art?\u201d<\/p>\n

To Lance Letscher,<\/span> Austin: \u201cWhat role have quilts played in your art?\u201d<\/p>\n

To Kathleen Packlick,<\/span> Houston: \u201cWhy have postage stamps been a recurring element in your work?\u201d<\/p>\n

To Ken Little,<\/span> San Antonio: \u201cHow has music helped shape your art?\u201d<\/p>\n

Bunch posed one common question to conclude each interview: \u201cWhich artists have meant the most to you?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fourth book:<\/span> Lubbock author Nathan Dahlstrom,<\/span> writing under the pen name S. J. Dahlstrom,<\/span> has produced his fourth novel featuring twelve-year-old Wilder Good, who loves the outdoors. In The Green Colt<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Paul Dry Books, $8.95 paperback), Wilder\u2019s grandfather gives him a young colt. Wilder names him Bluebonnet and begins working with him, keeping a journal about his progress, and learning the joy and the pain of loving a horse.<\/p>\n

Dahlstrom, a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Hank the Cowdog creator John Erickson,<\/span> writes value-driven and action-oriented books for middle school readers encouraging them to get out and explore nature. A fifth novel, Black Rock Brothers,<\/span> is coming soon. Read more about the series at wildergood.com.<\/p>\n

Glenn Dromgoole\u2019s<\/span> latest book is West Texas Stories<\/span><\/a><\/span>Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

>> <\/span>Check out his previous Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Lit<\/a><\/span>erary Life<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Bookstore briefs<\/h1>\n

Absolutely Fiction welcomes readers in Lufkin<\/h1>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>During our Lone Star Literary Bookish Tour of Texas, <\/span>we\u2019re always pleased to discover new bookstores along the trail. On a recommendation, we stopped in at Absolutely Fiction<\/span><\/a><\/span> in Lufkin, where owner Becky Jackson<\/span> (above, center) gave us the nickel tour. Jackson\u2019s store, which opened in July 2016, is the first bookstore to serve Lufkin, which lost its Waldenbooks six years ago. >>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

2.19.2017\u00a0 Julie Baker Finck of the Barbara Bush Houston Literary Foundation talks about a first lady’s wish for literacy and endless opportunity<\/h1>\n

On this Presidents\u2019 Day weekend it seems only appropriate<\/span> to learn more about the literacy support of Texas\u2019s resident presidential family\u2014the Bushes. While First Lady Laura Bush<\/span> of Dallas, herself a onetime librarian, is widely known for her work with libraries and reading, her mother-in-law, <\/span>First Lady Barbara Bush<\/span>, of Houston, has also lent her support to a similar cause. The president of the Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation, <\/span>Julie Baker Finck, <\/span>took time from her busy schedule last week to talk about their organization and the family\u2019s involvement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE: <\/span> I think I speak for all Americans when I say I was totally inspired by seeing President George Bush and Mrs. Bush at the Super Bowl, especially since they had both been so recently hospitalized. How are they doing now?<\/span><\/p>\n

JULIE BAKER FINCK:<\/span> President and Mrs. Bush are doing great, and continue to be grateful both for the exceptional care they received at Houston Methodist \u2014 and the many good wishes and prayers they received from their fellow Houstonians and friends around the world. Most of all, they are happy to be home and spending time with family and friends.<\/p>\n

Tell us about the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation. How and when did it get started?<\/p>\n

In 2013 Neil and Maria Bush formed the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation to carry forth Mrs. Bush\u2019s legacy and focus deeply on the literacy cause in the Bush family\u2019s hometown and the nation\u2019s fourth largest and most diverse city. Founded on Mrs. Bush\u2019s belief, \u201cIf you help a person to read, then their opportunities in life will be endless,\u201d the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life through the power of literacy and the breaking of the intergenerational cycle of low literacy in our city.\u00a0 >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Bookish Texas<\/span> event highlights\u00a0 2.19.2017
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SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK: Austin, Johnson City, Dallas, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Bryan, Alpine, Round Rock, Mission, Mount Vernon<\/span><\/span><\/span>HUNTSVILLE\u00a0 Mon., Feb. 20\u00a0 County Museum\/Gibbs-Powell House, Gary Pinkerton discusses and signs Trammels Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North, 5:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>COLLEGE STATION\u00a0 Tues., Feb. 21\u00a0 George Bush Presidential Library & Museum, Presidents Day with Kate Andersen Brower, author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and Power of America\u2019s Modern First Ladies, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>HOUSTON, Tues., Feb. 21\u00a0 Brazos Bookstore, Amanda Eyre Ward reads and signs THE NEARNESS OF YOU, 7PM<\/span><\/span>ALSO SIGNING IN AUSTIN Wed., Feb. 22\u00a0 BookPeople, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>HOUSTON\u00a0 Wed., Feb. 22, <\/span>Brazos Bookstore, Karl Jacoby discusses and signs THE STRANGE CAREER OF WILLIAM ELLIS, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Thurs., Feb. 23, Texas State Library & Archives, an evening with best-selling author Ben Fountain in correlation with the Texas Center for the Book’s Read Across Texas: The Veteran Experience, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>DALLAS\u00a0 Thurs., Feb. 23\u00a0 SMU – Fondren Library, Texas Man of Letters: Bill Wittliff\/Virgil Musick Exhibit, Panel Discussion, and Book Signing, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>GRANBURY\u00a0 Sat., Feb. 22, Hood County Library, Writers’ League of Texas workshop: Texas Writes with Meg Gardiner and Susan Wittig Albert, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SAN ANTONIO\u00a0 Sun., Feb. 26The Twig Book Shop, Rick Goff reads and signs A Gorilla Ridin’ on a Half a Hot Dog, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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News Briefs 2.19.17<\/h1>\n

Texas poets laureate Morton and Birkelbach embark on three-year arts project, \u201cWords of Preservation: A Poets Laureate National Parks Tour\u201d<\/h1>\n

Texas poets laureate Karla K. Morton and Alan Birkelbach,<\/span> both award-winning writers with eleven published books, kicked off a joint three-year project titled \u201cWords of Preservation: A Poets Laureate National Parks Tour\u201d last year during the National Park System\u2019s 100-year anniversary.<\/p>\n

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Texas Poets Laureate Karla K. Morton<\/span> (above, left) and Alan Birkelbach<\/span> will visit 50 or more of the 59 U.S. National Parks to commemorate the 100-year history of the parks. (Photos provided)<\/p>\n

They will visit fifty or more of the U.S. National Parks during the tour, documenting their journey through poetry and photography, ultimately creating one or more books, to help celebrate the next one hundred years. Their plan is to donate a percentage of sales to the National Park Service.>>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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8th annual New Fiction Confab schedued for April 1, Austin<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Dan Chaon, Patty Yumi Cottrell, Alexandra Kleeman, John Pipkin, Deb Olin Unferth and Yoojin Grace Wuertz <\/span>will take part in\u00a0 the Austin Public Library Friends Foundation\u2019s 8th annual New Fiction Confab, which takes place April 1, 2017.<\/p>\n

Each year, the Confab invites a handful of early- and mid-career authors to Austin to spend a day leading writing workshops, reading their work, and engaging in conversations with the Austin literary community. <\/a><\/span>>>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Writers\u2019 League Celebrates \u201cTexas Independents\u201d with kickoff event at Odessa College Mar. 2<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

In March 2017 the Writers’ League of Texas will partner with some of the state’s greatest Independents<\/span>\u2014in conjunction with Texas Independence Day\u2014to host a series of free and open events throughout the month of March in communities across the state.<\/p>\n

These panel discussions (featuring authors and experts and including time for questions and networking) will focus on the great opportunities that Texas has to offer, from independent presses, to journals, to bookstores, and beyond, while also answering writers’ burning questions about the publishing process, submitting to agents, catching the eye of an editor, and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cCelebrating Texas Independents: Our Great Literary State’s Independent Presses, Journals, Bookstores & More\u201d<\/span> will kick off in Odessa, Texas, moderated by WLT Executive Director Becka Oliver and four great panelists (including Will Evans, founder and president of Cinestate, and Kay Ellington, publisher of Lone Star Literary Life; the full list of panelists will be available online soon.) <\/a>>>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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BULLETINS FROM DALLAS: REPORTING THE JFK ASSASSINATION by Bill Sanderson<\/h1>\n

Visit with Bill February 21\u2013March 2<\/p>\n

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Lone Star Listens compilation available Aug. 1, for readers, fans, and writers everywhere<\/h1>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span>The present generation of Texas authors<\/span> is the most diverse ever in gender, age, and ethnicity, and in subject matter as well.<\/p>\n

Week in, week out, Lone Star Literary has interviewed a range of Texas-related authors with a cross-section of genre and geography. To capture this era in Texas letters, we’re pleased to bring you<\/p>\n

Lone Star Listens:<\/p>\n

Texas Authors on Writing and Publishing<\/p>\n

edited by Kay Ellington and Barbara Brannon; introduction by<\/p>\n

Clay Reynolds<\/p>\n

Available in trade paper, library hardcover, and ebook Fall 2017<\/p>\n

360 pages, with b\/w illustrations and index<\/p>\n

Featuring novelists, poets, memoirists, editors, and publishers, including:<\/p>\n

Rachel\u00a0 Caine \u2022 Chris\u00a0 Cander \u2022 Katherine\u00a0 Center \u2022 Chad S. Conine \u2022 Sarah\u00a0 Cortez \u2022 Elizabeth\u00a0 Crook \u2022 Nan\u00a0 Cuba \u2022 Carol\u00a0 Dawson \u2022 Patrick\u00a0 Dearen \u2022 Jim Donovan \u2022\u00a0Mac Engel \u2022 Sanderia\u00a0 Faye \u2022 Carlos Nicol\u00e1s Flores \u2022 Ben Fountain \u2022 Jeff\u00a0 Guinn \u2022 Stephen\u00a0 Harrigan \u2022 Cliff\u00a0 Hudder \u2022 Stephen Graham Jones \u2022 Kathleen Kent \u2022 Joe R. Lansdale \u2022 Melissa Lenhardt \u2022 Attica Locke \u2022 Nikki\u00a0 Loftin \u2022 Thomas\u00a0 McNeely \u2022 Leila\u00a0 Meacham \u2022 John\u00a0 Pipkin \u2022 Joyce Gibson Roach \u2022 Antonio\u00a0 Ruiz-Camacho \u2022 Lisa\u00a0 Sandlin \u2022 Donna\u00a0 Snyder \u2022 Mary Helen Specht \u2022 Jodi\u00a0 Thomas \u2022 Amanda Eyre Ward \u2022 Ann\u00a0 Weisgarber \u2022 Donald Mace Williams<\/p>\n

As a collection of insights into the writing and publishing life, the book will be useful in creative writing classes (not just in Texas alone) and other teaching settings, as well as for solo reading and study\u2014and a great Texas reference volume.<\/p>\n

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