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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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\u00a0Texas artists feature river themes in paintings<\/h1>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>A noted Texas conservationist and a leading Texas art historian and collector<\/span> have teamed up with twenty contemporary Texas artists to produce an extraordinary book, Of Texas Rivers & Texas Art<\/span> (Texas A&M University Press, $35 hardcover).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s early in the year, but I have to figure that this stunningly beautiful volume will be one of the finest Texas books produced this year. Authors Andrew Sansom<\/span> and William E. Reaves<\/span> contribute thoughtful introductory essays. Sansom, executive director of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University, writes about \u201cRivers and People.\u201d Reaves, co-owner of Reaves\/Foltz Fine Art in Houston and author of Texas Art and a Wildcatter\u2019s Dream,<\/span> delves into \u201cTracing the River as Muse in the Lone Star Landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then the artists take over, featuring fifty-four full-color pages of their work. Each painting gets a full page, with a few spread over two pages. The featured artists, in alphabetical order and by place of residence, are: Randy Bacon<\/span> (Abilene), Mary Baxter<\/span> (Marfa), David Caton<\/span> (Utopia), Margie Crisp<\/span> (Elgin), Keith Davis<\/span> (Austin), Fidencio Duran<\/span> (Austin), Jon Flaming<\/span> (Richardson), Charles Ford<\/span> (Houston, deceased), Pat Gabriel<\/span> (Fort Worth), Hunter George<\/span> (Houston). Also featured are Billy Hassell<\/span> (Fort Worth), Lee Jamison<\/span> (Huntsville), Robb Kendrick<\/span> (Austin), Laura Lewis<\/span> (Mason), William Montgomery<\/span> (Elgin), Noe Perez<\/span> (Corpus Christi), Jeri Salter<\/span> (Round Rock), Erik Sprohge<\/span> (Houston), Debbie Stevens<\/span> (Cypress), and William Young<\/span> (Palestine).<\/p>\n

At the end of the book, each artist is profiled in two or three pages, including his or her career highlights and featured exhibitions. Their paintings will be on display at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts through April 9 and then at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin June 5\u2013Aug. 13 and the Witte Museum in San Antonio Sept. 2\u2013Nov. 27. This book will brighten anyone\u2019s library or coffee table. And at $35, it\u2019s a real bargain.<\/p>\n

San Marcos Springs:<\/span> Underwater photographer and filmmaker Ron Coley<\/span> has published a gorgeous oversized collection of photographs, paintings and essays on The Fountains of Saint Mark: The Amazing San Marcos Springs<\/span> (Ron Coley Books, $60 hardcover).<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Noted Texas author Stephen Harrigan,<\/span> in a foreword, writes, \u201cFor four decades Ron has been a guardian, advocate and chronicler of the San Marcos Springs. In this book\u2014the work of a lifetime \u2014he has collected everything he\u2019s learned and everything he\u2019s seen about a place that is the shimmering, gleaming idea of what a body of water ought to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Formerly a tourist attraction known as Aquarena Springs, San Marcos Springs transitioned into an environmental education complex under Coley\u2019s direction. Spring Lake now is the home of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment. Coley opens each of the eight chapters in the book with a brief essay, followed by a painting by Janet Skaggs Hardin<\/span> based on Coley\u2019s photography, and then the underwater photographs themselves. You can read more about the book\u2014and order it\u2014at RonColeyBooks.com<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/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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TOP BOOKISH DESTINATIONS 2017<\/h1>\n

<\/span><\/span>From the spur of Texas\u2019s boot-heel<\/span> to the tip of the toe, we\u2019ve traveled the state in search of some delectable destinations for book lovers. Check out all ten on the map this week!
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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

3.12.2017\u00a0 Roadside reading: Austin photojournalist Ryann Ford on capturing America\u2019s vanishing rest-stop icons<\/h1>\n

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This week, we hope lots of Lone Star Lit\u2019s readers<\/span>have the chance to hit the road and travel to some of Texas\u2019s top bookish destinations. The state\u2019s many classic rest areas and roadside parks enrich any journey by car\u2014and Austin-based photographer Ryann Ford<\/span> has just the book to help you appreciate them.<\/p>\n

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE:<\/span> Ryann, you were born and raised in California, yet relocated to Austin. What brought you to the Lone Star State?<\/span><\/p>\n

RYANN FORD:<\/span> After I graduated from Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California, a couple of friends from photography school moved to Austin and were always telling me what a fun city it was and encouraged me to make the move. Being new to the industry and trying to compete with so many other professional photographers in Los Angeles was really challenging, so moving to a new, very affordable town (back then!) with not much competition sounded like a fun adventure. It was a great move, indeed, I love it here.<\/p>\n

I think anyone who travels a lot or who has grown up in Texas has zipped past what we used to call \u201croadside parks\u201d\u2014now, they call them \u201crest areas\u201d\u2014and had them capture our imagination. Many travelers we\u2019d like to stop have a picnic at the more scenic or offbeat ones, but rarely do we take the time. The beauty of your book is that you did. What was your inspiration for the series of photos?<\/p>\n

Not long after I got to Texas in 2007, I started to accept photography assignments, some of which took me all over Texas. >>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 3.12.2017
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SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK: Denton, Dallas, Waco<\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Mon., March 13\u00a0 LBJ Library Auditorium, \u201cThe Son\u201d Preview and Conversation with author and producer Philipp Meyer, and lead actor Pierce Brosnan, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN<\/span>\u00a0 Tues., March 14\u00a0 BookWoman, INF Press (a new local poetry press) launch readings featuring Shattering is Gradual by Jenna Opperman and New Monsters by Andrea Eames, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>HOUSTON\u00a0 Tues., March 14\u00a0 Murder By the Book, Jacqueline Winspear will sign and discuss her new Maisie Dobbs novel, In This Grave Hour, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>IRVING\u00a0 Wed., Mar. 15, <\/span>Irving Public Library – Valley Ranch, Young Writer’s Workshop: Learn the art of world-building from Polly Holyoke, author of the award-winning middle-grade novel The Neptune Project, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Thurs., Mar. 16, BookPeople, WRITERS’ LEAGUE OF TEXAS presents CELEBRATING TEXAS INDEPENDENTS with Colleen Devine Ellis (University of Texas Press), Will Evans (Cinestate, Deep Vellum Publishing), Abby Fennewald (BookPeople), and Sunny Leal (fields magazine), 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>AMARILLO\u00a0 Sat., Mar. 18\u00a0 The Oasis, Texas High Plains Writers meeting: Bethany Claire presents “How to Perfect your Book Launch by Starting Early and Finishing Strong,” 10AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>DRIPPING SPRINGS\u00a0 Sat., Mar. 18\u00a0 Texas Night Sky Festival, Amy Jackson reads Cassandra and the Night Sky, 5:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SAN ANTONIO\u00a0 Sun., Mar. 19 The Twig Book Shop, Lucy A. Warner reads and signs Zap! Boom! Pow! Superheroes of Music, 11AM<\/span>Mary Fillmore reads and signs An Address in Amsterdam, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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News Briefs 3.12.17<\/h1>\n

Writers\u2019 League Celebrates \u201cTexas Independents\u201d statewide throughout March 2017; next stop, March 16, BookPeople (Austin)<\/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. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/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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