{"id":917,"date":"2018-12-31T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=917"},"modified":"2018-12-31T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:40:12","slug":"lone-star-reviewsmichelle-newby-nbcc-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=917","title":{"rendered":"Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC,"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\">\n<h1><span id=\"u249664\"><span id=\"u249665\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"58\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/newby%2c%20michelle_headshot_sm.jpg\"  id=\"u249665_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u249663\">Lone Star Reviews<\/span><span id=\"u249663-5\">Michelle Newby, NBCC,<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<h1 id=\"u249663-8\"><span id=\"u249663-7\">Contributing Editor<\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"pu249643-120\">\n<div id=\"u249643-120\">\n<p id=\"u249643-3\"><span id=\"u249650\"><span id=\"u249651\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline220.jpg\"  id=\"u249651_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249643-9\"><span id=\"u249643-4\"><span id=\"u249656\"><span id=\"u249657\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"59\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dromgoole%2c%20glenn_headshot2b.jpg\"  id=\"u249657_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u249643-5\">Texas Reads<\/span><span id=\"u249643-8\">Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u249643-13\"><span id=\"u249643-12\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt;&gt; archive<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u249643-16\">Texas writer explores how Jonestown tragedy happened<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249643-20\"><span><span id=\"u249659\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/The-Road-to-Jonestown\/Jeff-Guinn\/9781476763828\" id=\"u249660\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer float\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/guinn%2c%20road%20to%20jonestown_cover%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u249660_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-23\"><span>How could more than 900 people line up<\/span> and drink a poisoned punch, knowing they would die?<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-32\">In <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/The-Road-to-Jonestown\/Jeff-Guinn\/9781476763828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Simon &#038; Schuster, $28 hardcover), Fort Worth author <span>Jeff Guinn<\/span> takes an in-depth look at the people and events leading up to the mass suicide, or massacre, in the South American jungle village of Jonestown, Guyana, in November 1978.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-35\">Not everyone who drank the punch did it willingly, Guinn points out. About 300 of the victims were children and another 300 or so were elderly. A few escaped the compound before and during the mass poisoning, which was recorded on audiotape. At one point, Jones could be heard trying to convince his screaming wife, Marceline, to drink the poison. After the poisonings, Jones either shot himself or had someone do it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-38\">The Jonestown story revolves around James Warren \u201cJim\u201d Jones and the Peoples Temple church that he founded and led, first in Indiana, then California, and finally Guyana.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-41\">\u201cJim Jones was undeniably a man of great gifts,\u201d Guinn writes, \u201cand one who, for much of his life and ministry, achieved admirable results on behalf of the downtrodden. Yet he was also a demagogue who ultimately betrayed his followers whether he always intended to or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-44\">Guinn shows how Jones built his church into a cult and gained political influence by fighting racism, injustice, and inequality. An avowed socialist and Marxist, Jones grew increasingly paranoid in his long, ranting sermons, warning his parishioners of looming concentration camps, nuclear holocaust, and other envisioned disasters.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-47\">In Guyana, he promised them, they would build an idealistic agricultural ministry that would help feed hungry people throughout South America. Instead, Guinn notes, the members who followed him there found themselves living in an overcrowded jungle village where they were overworked, underfed, and subjected to nightly \u201csermons\u201d that would go on for hours, predicting \u201cimminent slaughter by U.S. government agents, Guyanese soldiers, and mercenaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-50\">As the jungle experiment floundered, Jones tried unsuccessfully to get permission from Russia to move his cult there.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-53\">The fatal ending came on Saturday, Nov. 18, 1978. Congressman Leo Ryan had been to Jonestown to investigate whether cult members were being held against their will. As he and his entourage were boarding a plane to leave at a nearby airstrip, Jones\u2019s henchmen gunned down Ryan and four others and wounded three more.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-56\">In the compound, Jones told his followers, \u201cWe are not committing suicide. It\u2019s a revolutionary act. We can\u2019t go back. They won\u2019t leave us alone. They\u2019re now going back to tell more lies, which means more congressmen. And there\u2019s no way, no way we can survive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-59\">Jeff Guinn, author of twenty books ranging from a biography of notorious murderer Charles Manson to a fictional autobiography of Santa Claus, has been named the A.C. Greene Award winner for 2017. He will be honored at the West Texas Book Festival in September, in Abilene.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-68\"><span id=\"u249643-61\">Glenn Dromgoole\u2019s<\/span> latest book is <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/West-Texas-Stories-Glenn-Dromgoole\/dp\/089112490X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1477246332&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=West+Texas+Stories.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>West Texas Stories<\/span><\/a><\/span>Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249643-75\"><span id=\"u249643-70\">&gt;&gt; <\/span><span id=\"u249643-73\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/texas-reads.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out his previous Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Lit<\/a><\/span><span id=\"u249643-74\">erary Life<\/span><\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249643-79\"><span id=\"u249647\"><span id=\"u249648\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline220.jpg\"  id=\"u249648_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-84\"><span id=\"u249643-82\"><span id=\"u249653\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thelongcenter.org\/event\/neil-gaiman\/\" id=\"u249654\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer float\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/neilgaiman_lonestarliterary_220x500.jpg\"  id=\"u249654_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-88\">\u00a0<span id=\"u249644\"><span id=\"u249645\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline220.jpg\"  id=\"u249645_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249643-90\">Two Texas publishers snag Ippy Awards<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249643-94\"><span>In the 2016 IPPY awards announced last week,<\/span> presented by the Independent Book Publishers\u2019 Association, two Texas books have garnered awards.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249643-97\">Fiction With Characters Or Topics Addressing Religion<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249643-103\">SILVER: <span>Foy: On the Road to Lost,<\/span> by <span>Gordon Atkinson<\/span> (Material Media)<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249643-106\">Travel Essay Books<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249643-112\">SILVER: <span>Vagabonding with Kids: How One Couple Embraced an Unconventional Life to Work Remotely and Show Their Kids the World,<\/span> by <span>A.K. Turner<\/span> (Brown Books Publishing Group)<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-115\">(Information from The Independent Book Publishers\u2019 Association)<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249643-118\">* * * * *<\/p>\n<div id=\"pu249747\">            <a href=\"http:\/\/materialmedia.com\/product\/foy\" id=\"u249747\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/foy%20ad%20march%202017_2.jpg\"  id=\"u249747_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/utpress.utexas.edu\/books\/courtney-unruh-the-texanist\" id=\"u249745\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/texanist_banner%20ad%20apr%202017.jpg\"  id=\"u249745_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Grave-Tender-Eliza-Maxwell\/dp\/1477818472\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&#038;qid=&#038;sr=\" id=\"u249743\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/maxwell%2c%20the%20grave%20tender%20ad%20apr%202017.jpg\"  id=\"u249743_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a>                  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diannmills.com\/books\/deep-extraction\" id=\"u249692\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   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id=\"u249604\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarpublicity.com\/\" id=\"u249605\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/lonestarbookblogtours%20sm.png\"  id=\"u249605_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249603-88\">COMING UP ON TOUR: NONFICTION<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249603-91\"><span id=\"u249622\"><span id=\"u249623\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/neugebauer%2c%20a%20witness%20to%20history_blog%20tour%20montage%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u249623_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249603-94\">A Witness to History by Janet Neugebauer <span id=\"u249603-93\">Visit with Janet April 26\u2013May 5, 2017<\/span><\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249603-96\">4\/26 Review Reading By Moonlight<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-98\">4\/27 Promo Texas Book Lover<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-100\">4\/28 Sneak Peek Images StoreyBook Reviews<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-102\">4\/29 Review Syd Savvy<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-104\">4\/30 Promo Missus Gonzo<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-106\">5\/1 Sneak Peek Images CGB Blog Tours<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-108\">5\/2 Review Forgotten Winds<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-110\">5\/3 Promo Books and Broomsticks<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-112\">5\/4 Sneak Peek Images Chapter Break Book Blog<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-114\">5\/5 Review Hall Ways Blog<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249603-118\">CONTINUING UP ON TOUR: FICTION<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249603-121\"><span id=\"u249616\"><span id=\"u249617\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   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id=\"u249603-160\">4\/23 Promo A Novel Reality<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-162\">4\/24 Review The Page Unbound<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249603-166\">RECENTLY ON TOUR: FICTION<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249603-169\"><span id=\"u249631\"><span id=\"u249632\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/lane%2c%20evidence%20of%20things%20not%20seen_blog%20tour%20montage%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u249632_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249603-171\">Evidence of Things Not Seen by Lindsey Lane<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249603-175\"><span id=\"u249628\"><span id=\"u249629\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline300.jpg\"  id=\"u249629_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249603-177\"><span id=\"u249603-176\">Lone 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id=\"u249603-208\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2022 Lone Star Listens Interviews<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-212\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2022 Lone Star Book Reviews<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-216\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2022 Texas Reads<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-220\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2022 Events<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-224\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2022 Announcement: LSLL Launches<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249603-228\"><span id=\"u249625\"><span id=\"u249626\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline300.jpg\"  id=\"u249626_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"u249504-280\">\n<h1 id=\"u249504-5\"><span id=\"u249504\">LONE STAR LISTENS interviews\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span id=\"u249504-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span id=\"u249504-2\">&gt;&gt; archive<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-7\"><span id=\"u249504-6\">Kay Ellington, Editor and Publisher<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-12\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/red-steagall-040217.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4.23.2017\u00a0 <\/a><\/span>Poet Chen Chen on arriving and belonging, the craft of writing, and Texas<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249504-17\"><span id=\"u249504-15\"><span id=\"u249511\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/chen-chen-042317.html\" id=\"u249512\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/chen%2c%20chen_lone%20star%20listens%20montage%20sm378x312.jpg\"  id=\"u249512_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-31\"><span id=\"u249504-19\">Lubbock poet Chen Chen has been featured <\/span>on the <span id=\"u249504-21\">PBS Newshour<\/span> and in <span id=\"u249504-23\">OUT magazine.<\/span> He is the author of <span>When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities,<\/span> winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize from BOA Editions, and a Kundiman and Lambda Literary Fellow. His work has appeared in publications such as <span id=\"u249504-27\">Poetry, The Massachusetts Review, The Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, Best of the Net,<\/span> and <span id=\"u249504-29\">The Best American Poetry.<\/span> He spoke with us via email last week. Chen\u2019s poem &#8220;Things Stuck in Other Things Where They Don\u2019t Belong\u201d is reprinted following this interview, with the author&#8217;s permission.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-35\"><span>LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE: <\/span><span id=\"u249504-34\">Chen, you were born in China, and raised in China until you were three. What brought you to the U.S., and how has being an immigrant affected your life?<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-43\"><span>CHEN CHEN: <\/span>My father decided he wanted to study in the States. He started off as a graduate student in religion at Texas Christian University and then eventually switched to education. He lived in Texas on his own for a bit, before my mother and I came. It was a difficult decision for my mother, since she loved the big network of family and friends she had in China\u2014coming to the United States meant leaving behind a whole life. As for the second question, I can say that being an immigrant has deeply affected my sense of family structure&#8230;most of my extended family still lives in China. But really, I\u2019m not sure I can answer that question in any satisfying way here; I think I wrote my first book in order to answer that question. I\u2019m still answering that question. Basically, being an immigrant has affected every aspect of my life. Understanding the specifics of different stories of immigration is so important. I wish the phrase \u201cthe immigrant experience\u201d didn\u2019t exist, because it seems silly to me, this idea that there\u2019s some general or monolithic experience of something so complicated.\u00a0 <span id=\"u249504-42\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/chen-chen-042317.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-47\"><span id=\"u249535\"><span id=\"u249536\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u249536_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-49\">Texas&#8217;s only statewide, weekly calendar of book events<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-59\"><span id=\"u249504-50\">Bookish Texas<\/span><span id=\"u249504-53\"> event highlights\u00a0 4.23.2017 <br \/><\/span><span id=\"u249504-56\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/go.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span id=\"u249504-54\">&gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u249504-57\"> GO this week\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span id=\"u249504-58\">Michelle Newby, Contributing Editor<\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"accordionu249545wrapper\"><span id=\"accordionu249545\"><span id=\"accordionu249545_position_content\"><span id=\"u249553\"><span id=\"u249556-4\"><span>SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK: Huntsville, Killeen, McAllen, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Katy, Pflugerville, Fort Davis, San Marcos<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u249549\"><span id=\"u249550-5\"><span><span id=\"u249550\">ABILENE\u00a0 Mon., April 24<\/span>\u00a0 Abilene Public Library, Texas Author Series: Mike Cox will discuss Texas Disasters, 12PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u249560\"><span id=\"u249561-6\"><span><span>AUSTIN<\/span>\u00a0 Mon., April 24\u00a0 <span id=\"u249561-3\">BookPeople, Founder of Whole Foods Market JOHN MACKEY speaking &#038; signing The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevity, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u249570\"><span id=\"u249572-7\"><span id=\"u249572-3\">HOUSTON\u00a0 Mon., April 24\u00a0 <span id=\"u249572-2\">Brazos Bookstore, Adam Bray discusses and signs STAR WARS: THE VISUAL ENCYCLOPEDIA, 7PM<\/span><\/span><span id=\"u249572-5\">ALSO SIGNING IN AUSTIN\u00a0 wed., April 26, BookPeople, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u249567\"><span id=\"u249568-5\"><span><span id=\"u249568\">DALLAS\u00a0 Thurs., April 27\u00a0 <\/span>The Wild Detectives, A Literary Conversation: Gender and the Fantastic in Hispanic Studies with Professor Patricia Garcia, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u249576\"><span id=\"u249577-5\"><span><span id=\"u249577\">DALLAS\u00a0 Fri., April 28\u00a0 <\/span>Winspear Opera House, Arts &#038; Letters Live hosts writer David Sedaris, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u249573\"><span id=\"u249575-5\"><span>EL PASO\u00a0 Sat., Apr. 29\u00a0 <span id=\"u249575-2\">Rock House Cafe and Gallery, National Poetry Month reading: BorderSenses Presents The Barbed Wire Open Mic Series featuring Poets from the Tumblewords Project, 8PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u249564\"><span id=\"u249565-5\"><span>HOUSTON\u00a0 Sat., Apr. 29\u00a0 <span id=\"u249565-2\">Alley Theatre, Glasstire OFF ROAD hosts a conversation between photographer Catherine Opie and writer Eileen Myles, 4PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u249557\"><span id=\"u249558-4\"><span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Sun., Apr. 30\u00a0 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Amy Jackson reads and signs Cassandra and the Night Sky, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u249546\"><span id=\"u249548-5\"><span>SAN MARCOS\u00a0 Sun., Apr. 30\u00a0 TSU Alkek Library, The Wittliff Collections presents a Sandra Cisneros reading, interview, and book signing, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span><span id=\"u249597\"><span id=\"u249598\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u249598_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-67\">News Briefs 4.23.17<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-69\">Texas Library Association 2017 Highlights<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249504-71\">by Kristine Hall<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-81\"><span id=\"u249505\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/texas-library-association-042317.html\" id=\"u249506\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/txlibassn2017_18%20mills%20and%20hall_hall%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u249506_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/span><span>Lone Star Book Blog Tour coordinator Kristine Hall<\/span> has been in San Antonio this week at the Texas Library Association conference. (Left:: Kristine Hall scores a copy of DiAnn Mills\u2019s newest, <span>Deep Extraction.<\/span>) Check out her full photo gallery here:  <span id=\"u249504-80\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/texas-library-association-042317.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span id=\"u249585\"><span id=\"u249586\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u249586_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-88\">San Antonio Book Festival 2017 Highlights<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249504-90\">by Michelle Newby<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-106\"><span><span id=\"u249600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/san-antonio-book-festival-041617.html\" id=\"u249601\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/sabf%202017_guerrero%2c%20jenny%20browne%2c%20nye_newby%203%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u249601_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/news-briefs-041617.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Lone Star Book Reviews coordinator Michelle Newby<\/span> covered the San Antonio Book Festival earlier this month (Left: Poets <span>Jenny Browne, Laurie Ann Guerrero, <\/span>and <span>Naomi Shihab Nye<\/span>). Check out her full photo gallery here:  <\/a><span id=\"u249504-105\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/san-antonio-book-festival-041617.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-114\"><span><span id=\"u249594\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/san-antonio-book-festival-041617.html\" id=\"u249595\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/sabf%202017_jeff%20guinn%2c%20craig%20johnson%2c%20bill%20wittliff_newby%204%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u249595_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/span><\/span>Right: authors <span>Jeff Guinn, Craig Johnson,<\/span> and <span>Bill Witliff<\/span> at the San Antonio Book Festival.<\/p>\n<p><span><span id=\"u249523\"><span id=\"u249524\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u249524_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-126\">It\u2019s Back! Vote for your Favorite Texas Bookstore<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249504-130\"><span>Lone Star Lit\u2019s second annual Texas Readers\u2019 Favorite Bookstores<\/span> voting will be held May 1 through May 18, 2017. Readers, vote as often as you wish for your Favorite Texas Bookstore.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-136\">We\u2019ll announce the Top 40 finalists on May 7; then, the Top 20 finalists on May 14. Voting begins May 1, 2017! <span id=\"u249504-135\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/news-briefs-042317.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span id=\"u249508\"><span id=\"u249509\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u249509_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-146\">Texas Book Festival Announces 2017 Library Grant Recipients<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-148\">Organization Awards Largest Amount to Date to 44 Public Libraries Across Texas<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249504-154\">AUSTIN \u2014\u00a0 The Texas Book Festival announced the winners of its 2016-17 Texas Library Grants at the Texas Library Association conference in San Antonio today. Forty-four public libraries across 35 Texas counties received grants totaling $100,450 \u2014 the largest amount the organization has awarded in its 21-year history of giving. <span id=\"u249504-153\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/news-briefs-042317.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span id=\"u249517\"><span id=\"u249518\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u249518_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-162\">he Long Center, Austin, Presents An Evening with Neil Gaiman July 6<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249504-165\">AUSTIN\u2014The Long Center for the Performing Arts will host internationally acclaimed author Neil Gaiman at the Long Center stage for one night only, July 6 at 8 pm in Dell Hall.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-172\">\u201cI make things up and write them down\u201d is the way Neil Gaiman describes his varied art. Today, as one of the most celebrated, best-selling writers of our time, Gaiman bends genres while reaching audiences of all ages. In this live event, \u201cAn Evening with Neil Gaiman,\u201d he will tell stories and read stories, answer questions, and in his own words \u201camaze, befuddle and generally delight. It will be fun and odd and not like any other evening with Neil Gaiman.\u201d  <span id=\"u249504-171\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/news-briefs-042317.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span id=\"u249582\"><span id=\"u249583\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u249583_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-182\">Half Price Books to match donations of children\u2019s books in April<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249504-189\"><span>The Half Pint Library program is a book drive<\/span> hosted each year by Texas-based Half Price Books to collect and distribute children\u2019s books to those in need. Books donated through the program provide an escape from the challenges faced by children, while helping to boost literacy skills outside of school. In many cases, children are getting their first book through the Half Pint Library program. The drive accepts any type of children\u2019s book, including Spanish language books, as long as they are in good condition. The program is celebrating its nineteenth year in 2017 and has collected more than 2 million books for pediatric patients, community centers, special schools and many more children in need. <span id=\"u249504-188\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/news-briefs-042317.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span id=\"u249520\"><span id=\"u249521\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u249521_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-197\"><span id=\"u249529\"><span id=\"u249530\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"53\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/tmtw%20banner%20ad.jpg\"  id=\"u249530_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-199\">Texas Mountain Trail Writers to hold 25th annual retreat, Sat., April 29, at historic Indian Lodge<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249504-203\"><span>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<p id=\"u249504-213\">Presenters of this year\u2019s retreat are <span>Barbara Brannon<\/span> and <span>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 <span id=\"u249504-212\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/news-briefs-042317.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-218\"><span><span id=\"u249579\"><span id=\"u249580\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u249580_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-220\">TOP BOOKISH DESTINATIONS 2017<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249504-226\"><span id=\"u249591\"><span id=\"u249592\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"97\" height=\"94\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/bookish%20texas%20promo%20030517.jpg\"  id=\"u249592_img\" \/><\/span><\/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 <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/top-texas-bookish-destinations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-230\"><span><span id=\"u249538\"><span id=\"u249539\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u249539_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u249504-233\">Lone Star Listens compilation available Aug. 1, for readers, fans, and writers everywhere<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u249504-238\"><span><span id=\"u249514\"><span id=\"u249515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/lone%20star%20listens%20interviews_cover%20front2sm.jpg\"  id=\"u249515_img\" \/><\/span><\/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<p id=\"u249504-241\">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&#8217;re pleased to bring you<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-244\">Lone Star Listens:<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-246\">Texas Authors on Writing and Publishing<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-248\">edited by Kay Ellington and Barbara Brannon; introduction by<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-250\">Clay Reynolds<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-252\">Available in trade paper, library hardcover, and ebook Fall 2017<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-254\">360 pages, with b\/w illustrations and index<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-257\">Featuring novelists, poets, memoirists, editors, and publishers, including:<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-259\">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<p id=\"u249504-262\">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<ul id=\"u249504-269\">\n<li id=\"u249504-266\"><span id=\"u249504-264\">Lone Star Listens<\/span> will be available for preorder May 1 and will ship around Aug. 1.<\/li>\n<li id=\"u249504-268\">Examination and review copies will be available May 1 in watermarked pdf format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u249504-272\">* * * * *<\/p>\n<p id=\"u249504-276\"><span><span id=\"u249588\"><span id=\"u249589\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u249589_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole &gt;&gt; archive Texas writer explores how Jonestown tragedy happened How could more than 900 people line up and drink a poisoned punch, knowing they would die? In The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple (Simon &#038; Schuster, $28 hardcover), Fort Worth author Jeff [&hellip;]<\/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-917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917","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=917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}