{"id":85,"date":"2018-12-31T10:40:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T10:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=85"},"modified":"2018-12-31T10:40:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T10:40:58","slug":"cities-recognized-as-top-bookish-destinations-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"Cities Recognized as Top Bookish Destinations In Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE \u2022 News, reviews, and events for Bookish Texas \u2022 www.LoneStarLiterary.com<\/p>\n

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Kay Ellington\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What: State-wide Recognition<\/p>\n

Editor and Publisher\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Who: Lone Star Literary Life<\/p>\n

Lone Star Literary Life\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When: 2015 Top Bookish Destinations<\/p>\n

1923 29th Street\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Where: Online Publication<\/p>\n

Lubbock, TX 79411<\/p>\n

Phone: 806.773-5445<\/p>\n

Email: info@LoneStarLiterary.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

LUBBOCK, TX \u2013 What do a city that\u2019s named a lily after a beloved author, a museum that gives away a book a day to children, and a sculpture garden of children\u2019s book characters have in common?<\/span> They were all ranked yesterday among Texas\u2019s Top Ten Bookish Destinations by Lone Star Literary Life.<\/p>\n

As Texans contemplate road trips with warmer weather, one of the most popular literary news outlets in the state has ranked Texas\u2019s Top Ten Bookish Destinations just in time to help travelers with spring travel plans. http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/top-texas-bookish-destinations-2015.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/a><\/span>Texas’s Top Ten Bookish Destinations 2015<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Communities named to the list and their literary destinations (whether cited in the writeup or not) are eligible to add the Top Texas Bookish Destination badge (see below) to their websites and social media.<\/p>\n

#10 San Angelo<\/span> is home of the best-selling Western author Elmer Kelton, whom the city has honored with a mural, statue, and lily; it also boasts an independent bookstore and a top-notch public library<\/p>\n

#9 Canyon<\/span> is celebrating 50 years of Texas, a play written by Paul Green, the \u201cfather of American outdoor drama\u201d that has attracted visitors and engaged locals for generations, and has a strong independent bookstore as well as a New York Times best-selling author as its university writer-in-residence<\/p>\n

#8\u00a0 El Paso<\/span> offers a bi-cultural and bi-lingual literary heritage and attractions<\/p>\n

#7 Dallas<\/span>\u00a0 Big D offers unparalleled spoken word events, as well as, bookstores, a book festival, and the infamous locale of the Texas Book Depository<\/p>\n

#6 Kyle\/San Marcos<\/span> has the Katherine Anne Porter childhood home and the Witliff Collections, with many of the Southwest\u2019s greatest literary archives, including a special exhibit on Lonesome Dove<\/p>\n

#5 Abilene<\/span> is the home of the National Center for Children\u2019s Illustrated Books, which features a sculpture garden of children\u2019s book characters, and in 2015 the West Texas Book Festival celebrates its 15th Year<\/p>\n

#4\u00a0 San Antonio<\/span> has the O. Henry home, several excellent bookstores, a top-tier book festival, the Alamo (subject of many books), several publishers, and the book arts at the Southwest School of Arts<\/p>\n

#3 Houston<\/span> is the home of the nationally renowned University of Houston Creative Writing Program, many bookstores and several publishers, and literature inspired by the space program.<\/p>\n

#2 Midland\/Odessa:<\/span> The Permian Basin is home of George W. Bush Childhood Home, where visiting children are given a book a day; the nationally recognized Centennial Library and the 2014 Library of the Year; One Book Odessa; and Books in the Basin, the largest book festival west of I-35.<\/p>\n

#1 Austin<\/span> is the state\u2019s top literary destination, with a multitude of independent bookstores, the Texas Book Festival (one of the largest in the country), the O. Henry Museum, literary journals, a vibrant independent and university press publishing scene, numerous writers\u2019 groups and spoken word events, the Writers\u2019 League of Texas, and the LBJ Library.<\/p>\n

Honorable mentions went to Archer City<\/span> (hometown of Larry McMurtry and site of his bookstore, Booked Up); Mason<\/span> (home of Old Yeller author Fred Gipson and site of Old Yeller Days); and Nacogdoches\/Hawkins\/Jefferson<\/span> (home of Kathy L. Murphy\u2019s celebrated Beauty and the Book store and the Pulpwood Queen\u2019s Girlfriend Weekend).<\/p>\n

While the rankings are subjective \u2013 selected by Lone Star Literary Life staff following weeks of careful research and tabulation of factors such as number and activity of bookstores, literary festivals, writers\u2019 groups and book clubs, libraries, writers\u2019 homes to visit, authors connected with destinations or using them as settings for books, creative writing programs, and opportunities for publishers and publishing \u2014 Texas is a large state with a vibrant literary scene, and the choices were challenging.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe concentrated primarily on those aspects of literary life that make a place \u2018visitable,\u2019\u201d said Kay Ellington, LSLL founding editor and publisher. \u201cAnd we tried capture the bookish flavor and fabric of each\u00a0 place that might attract readers and writers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lone Star Literary Life is published online weekly on Sundays, by free digital subscription.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE \u2022 News, reviews, and events for Bookish Texas \u2022 www.LoneStarLiterary.com Contact: Kay Ellington\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What: State-wide Recognition Editor and Publisher\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Who: Lone Star Literary Life Lone Star Literary Life\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When: 2015 Top Bookish Destinations 1923 29th Street\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Where: Online Publication Lubbock, TX 79411 Phone: 806.773-5445 Email: info@LoneStarLiterary.com LUBBOCK, TX \u2013 What do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}