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4.9.2017\u00a0 <\/a><\/span>karla k. morton\u2019s passion for poetry<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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This interview will not do full justice to Karla K. Morton, <\/span>2010 Texas Poet Laureate \u2014 although Lone Star Lit will try. To get the true sense of her verve, her passion, and her evangelism for poetry and words, you owe it to yourself to go to YouTube.com and see one of her readings or interviews. The Fort Worth poet spent years submitting poems to journals; overcame cancer; and was selected the first female Texas poet laureate in seventeen years. Via email from El Paso\u2014where there was a huge literary gathering held ths week in conjunction with the Texas Institute of Letters induction\u2014Morton was interviewed about her life, path to poetry, and, yes, her middle initial.<\/p>\n

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE: <\/span>Karla, you were born in Fort Worth, but spent many of your formative years in Rendon, Texas. Tell us about your Rendon raising. What was it like?<\/span><\/p>\n

KARLA K. MORTON: <\/span>Rendon is the perfect Texas town! It is small enough to know and love your neighbors, yet you can access a larger city like Fort Worth in twenty minutes.<\/p>\n

My neighbors who owned the empty lot next door had horses, and encouraged me to love on them as often as possible \u2014 which I did! My grandparents lived just down the road in Alvarado. They had twenty acres and raised catfish. My grandpa would give us guns to keep the water moccasins away \u2014 and let me tell you, twenty free-to-roam acres and real guns made for a wonderful childhood! <\/a><\/span>>>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 4.9.2017
<\/span>>><\/span><\/a><\/span> GO this week\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Michelle Newby, Contributing Editor<\/span><\/h1>\n
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK: Austin, Denton<\/span><\/span><\/span>ton Public Library – Jungman, El Dia de los Ninos, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN<\/span>\u00a0 Mon., April 10\u00a0 BookPeople, DAVID SHIELDS speaking & signing Other People: Takes & Mistakes (in conversation with Clay Smith), 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>DALLAS\u00a0 Tues., April 11 Half Price Books Mother Ship, Melissa Lenhardt launches the paperback release of Sawbones, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>FORT WORTH\u00a0 Tues., April 11\u00a0 <\/span>Fort Worth Area Book Club, Fresh Fiction presents JoAnna Grace discussing and signing Why the River Runs, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>HOUSTON\u00a0 Tues., April 11\u00a0 <\/span>Murder By the Book, Dominic Smith will sign and discuss the paperback release of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>DALLAS\u00a0 Wed., Apr. 12\u00a0 The Wild Detectives, Harry Hunsicker reads and signs The Devil’s Country, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>FORT WORTH\u00a0 Wed., Apr. 12\u00a0 B&N – Hulen, The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple book signing with Jeff Guinn, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Thurs., Apr. 13\u00a0 BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Jan Benson & Agnes Eva Savich hosted by Cindy Huyser, 7:15PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>TYLER\u00a0 Fri., Apr. 14\u00a0 UT Tyler, meet & greet (8:30AM), presentation and Q&A (10AM), and second presentation (1PM) with Dr. Temple Grandin, author of The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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News Briefs 4.9.17<\/h1>\n

El Paso: TIL’s Moment in the Sun<\/h1>\n

by Chrisine Granados<\/p>\n

Watch for a roundup of this important event in this week\u2019s Midweek Update!<\/span> >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Texas Mountain Trail Writers to hold 25th annual retreat, Sat., April 29, at historic Indian Lodge<\/h1>\n

The Texas Mountain Trail Writers group invites both beginning to advanced authors<\/span> to join them for a one-day retreat at the Indian Lodge in the historicDavis Mountain State Park in scenic Big Bend area, Sat., April 29, 2017. It will mark the group\u2019s twenty-fifth year of hosting the retreat.<\/p>\n

Presenters of this year\u2019s retreat are Barbara Brannon<\/span> and Kay Ellington<\/span> of Lubbock, Texas, editors of Lone Star Literary Life and coauthors of the Paragraph Ranch series of novels. The novels have been praised by readers for realistic characters, authentic West Texas settings, and interesting plots.\u00a0 >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cheryl Etchison graduated from the University of Oklahoma\u2019s School of Journalism and began her career as an oil and gas reporter. From there she moved on to public relations and now fiction; she lives in Austin. \u00a0 >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\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 as you plan your literary travels!\u00a0 >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Evidence of Things Not Seen by Lindsey Lane\u00a0 Visit with Lindsey April 12\u201321, 2017<\/span><\/h1>\n

4\/12 Video Guest Post Forgotten Winds<\/p>\n

4\/13 Playlist Texas Book Lover<\/p>\n

4\/14 Review Reading By Moonlight<\/p>\n

4\/15 Excerpt Take Me Away<\/p>\n

4\/16 Author Interview Missus Gonzo<\/p>\n

4\/17 Review It’s a Jenn World<\/p>\n

4\/18 Scrapbook Books in the Garden<\/p>\n

4\/19 Review CGB Blog Tours<\/p>\n

4\/20 Guest Post StoreyBook Reviews<\/p>\n

4\/21 Review The Page Unbound<\/p>\n

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The Grace Tender by Eliza Maxwell\u00a0 Visit with Eliza April 10\u201324, 2017<\/span><\/h1>\n

4\/10 Promo Margie’s Must Reads<\/p>\n

4\/11 Review Hall Ways Blog<\/p>\n

4\/12 Excerpt Missus Gonzo<\/p>\n

4\/13 Review Books in the Garden<\/p>\n

4\/14 Book Trailer CGB Blog Tours<\/p>\n

4\/15 Review Momma On The Rocks<\/p>\n

4\/16 Promo Books and Broomsticks<\/p>\n

4\/17 Author Interview StoreyBook Reviews<\/p>\n

4\/18 Review My Book Fix Blog<\/p>\n

4\/19 Deleted Scene Texas Book Lover<\/p>\n

4\/20 Scrapbook Reading By Moonlight<\/p>\n

4\/21 Review Forgotten Winds<\/p>\n

4\/22 Playlist Blogging for the Love of Authors and Their Books<\/p>\n

4\/23 Promo A Novel Reality<\/p>\n

4\/24 Review The Page Unbound<\/p>\n

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Sandpiper Cove by Irene Hannon\u00a0 Visit with Irene April 4\u201313, 2017<\/span><\/h1>\n

4\/9 Author Interview 1 Books and Broomsticks<\/p>\n

4\/10 Review Missus Gonzo<\/p>\n

4\/11 Guest Post StoreyBook Reviews<\/p>\n

4\/12 Review The Page Unbound<\/p>\n

4\/13 Author Interview 2 Chapter Break Book Blog<\/p>\n

RECENTLY ON TOUR: FOR CHILDREN<\/h1>\n

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ALMOST A MINYAN by Lori S. Kline\u00a0 Visit with Lori through April 7, 2017<\/span><\/h1>\n

4\/2 Author Interview 2 Margie’s Must Reads<\/p>\n

4\/5 Illustration Preview 3 Chapter Break Book Blog<\/p>\n

4\/6 Review Byers Editing Reviews & Blog<\/p>\n

4\/7 Author Interview 3 StoreyBook Reviews<\/p>\n

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A Stolen Heart by Amanda Cabot<\/h1>\n

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\u2022 Lone Star Listens Interviews<\/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