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<\/span><\/span>Lone Star Reviews<\/span>Michelle Newby, NBCC,<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

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Terry Thompson-Anderson, with photos by Sandy Wilson<\/span><\/p>\n

Breakfast in Texas: Recipes for Elegant Brunches, Down Home Classics, and Local Favorites<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Hardcover, 978-1-4773-1044-1<\/p>\n

311 pages, 8 x 10, 123 color photos, $35.00<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Angelina LaRue<\/p>\n

Terry Thompson-Anderson has the ability<\/span> to reach deep in the heart of Texans and know just what folks want to eat . . . and cook. Her masterful cookbooks hit the spot every time. Thompson-Anderson\u2019s latest offering serves up breakfast in a big Texas way but with lots of variety. And not to worry, if it\u2019s libations you\u2019re looking for, there are plenty of lovely ways to quench your thirst as well.<\/p>\n

The section on party ideas and menus ranges from fun teenage sleepover food to an elegant Mother\u2019s Day brunch. Breakfast in Texas<\/span> is a superb resource for planning everything from Sunday breakfast to all your special occasions. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Middle-grade novel: Finding a place to call home<\/h1>\n

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Thirteen-year-old Stevie Grace Tanner feels safe, loved and happy<\/span> on a small farm outside of Taos, New Mexico, where her new age parents run a fruit and flower stand by the side of the road.<\/p>\n

While Stevie is at school, a drunk driver plows into the stand, killing her parents. Now she is headed to Little Esther, Texas, south of Dallas, where her grandfather \u2014 whom she has never even heard of \u2014 operates the run-down Texas Sunrise Motel. As far as she knows, he is her only surviving relative.<\/p>\n

Stevie \u2014 and grandpa Winston Himmel \u2014 are the main characters in award-winning Texas author Kimberly Willis Holt\u2019s<\/span> new middle-grade novel, Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Henry Holt, $16.99 hardcover). The author won the National Book Award in 1999 for her youth novel, When Zachary Beaver Came to Town<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Stevie (named for rock singer Stevie Nicks) and Winston don\u2019t hit it off from the beginning. Winston sends a hired hand to meet her at the Dallas bus station instead of welcoming her in person. Her grandfather is grouchy and cheap, and Stevie can find no traces of her mother\u2019s life in Winston\u2019s home. No pictures. No relics. No stories. Winston doesn\u2019t talk about her at all.<\/p>\n

Stevie tries to think of ways to make the motel seem a little more vibrant and her grandfather a little happier. She cooks Winston\u2019s favorite meal \u2014 chicken fried steak. She listens to his jazz records. She helps clean rooms when he is short-staffed. She enlists motel workers and residents to plant a garden while he is away for the weekend. But she has a hard time getting through to the sad old man.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, she begins to pick up snippets about her mother\u2019s teenage years. And she learns about more surviving relatives \u2014 on her father\u2019s side \u2014 that she had never heard him mention. Holt tells a powerful, fast-paced story focusing on family, friends, and finding a place to call home.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span><\/span>Hank the Cowdog: <\/span>The newest Hank the Cowdog book, number 69 by master storyteller John R. Erickson,<\/span> is The Case of the Wandering Goats<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Maverick Books, $5.99 paperback). Number 70 is in the works and should be available in September: The Case of the Troublesome Lady.<\/span><\/p>\n

I wrote John an email a few weeks ago asking how he and Kris were doing since the wildfire that destroyed their ranch home near Perryton. He replied: \u201cThanks for your email and concern. We lost our house, guest house, and my office, two banjos and all our clothes. We’ve been living in a small house we had in town. Most of our pastures burned but we lost no cattle. We’ve had some rain and the ranch is greening up.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been a difficult time for us but we’re looking ahead to a new chapter. We’re planning to rebuild. Be well.\u201d<\/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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LONE STAR LISTENS interviews\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Kay Ellington, Editor and Publisher<\/span><\/h1>\n

5.14.2017\u00a0 \u201cCock your hammer, hold on tight, and let the wild ponies run\u201d: Mike Blakely’s always working on a new Western story in book or in song<\/h1>\n

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Some of Lone Star Lit\u2019s readers may know of Mike Blakely,<\/span> the award-winning singer-songwriter. Some may know Mike Blakely, the award-winning novelist. Yes, he\u2019s one and the same, and he talks with us this week in Lone Star Listens about how he manages to live two very different creative lives.<\/p>\n

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE: <\/span>What a fascinating life you have led, with life imitating art and vice versa, Mike. I understand that you grew up on the family ranch near Wharton, Texas, northeast of Victoria. What was that like?<\/span><\/p>\n

MIKE BLAKELY:<\/span> Except for the fire ants, mosquitoes, and venomous cottonmouths, it wasn\u2019t too bad! Seriously, it was a great way to grow up, living in the country and working on the ranch. At a young age, I learned to ride a horse and work cattle, haul hay, drive a tractor, build fences and barns, and generally work hard using my hands and my brain. For leisure, I learned to hunt and fish and enjoy wildlife and the great outdoors. I was taught to finish everything I started. Most importantly, I learned to earn everything I wanted.<\/p>\n

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

Bookish Texas<\/span> event highlights\u00a0 5.14.2017
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SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK: Houston, Austin<\/span><\/span><\/span>HOUSTON\u00a0 Mon., May 15<\/span>\u00a0 Brazos Bookstore, Philip Caputo reads and signs SOME RISE BY SIN, 7PM<\/span>ALSO SIGNING Tues., May 16, River Oaks Bookstore, 3PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>PLANO<\/span>\u00a0 Mon., May 15\u00a0 Ziziki\u2019s Restaurant and Bar, Fresh Fiction hosts Amanda Quick reading and signing The Girl Who Knew Too Much, 7PM [ticket required]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>BASTROP\u00a0 Tues., May 16\u00a0 First National Bank Meeting Room, Margie Crisp and William Montgomery discuss and sign The Nueces River, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>COLLEGE STATION\u00a0 Tues, May 16\u00a0 <\/span>George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Library Issues Forum: Henry Chappell and Wyman Meinzer discuss and sign Horses to Ride, Cattle to Cut, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>DALLAS\u00a0 Tues., May 16\u00a0 <\/span>The Wild Detectives, Women Galore Literary Festival: Storytelling Night with Women Texas Film Festival, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>DALLAS\u00a0 Wed.., May 17\u00a0 Half Price Books Mothership, Craig Johnson will discuss and sign The Highwayman: A Longmire Story, 7PM [pass required]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>COLLEGE STATION\u00a0 Thurs., May 18\u00a0 Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, John Erickson will sing songs, accompanying himself on the banjo, and read from his Hank the Cowdog series, 10:30AM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SAN ANTONIO\u00a0 Fri., May 19\u00a0 The Twig Book Shop, Star of TV’s M.A.S.H and animal activist Loretta Swit discussing and signing SwitHeart, 5PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Sat., May 20\u00a0 The Broken Spoke, Donna Miller discusses The Broken Spoke: Austin’s Legendary Honky-Tonk, followed by Q&A and a signing, 12PM<\/span><\/span>ALSO SIGNING IN HOUSTON <\/span> Sun., May 21<\/span>\u00a0 B&N – San Pedro, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>HOUSTON Sat., May 21\u00a0 William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art, The Texas Aesthetic XI: The Summer Soiree Series featuring Texas Identities: Moving Beyond Myth, Memory and Fallacy in Texas History by Light Townsend Cummins, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Round 1 results are in: Vote for your favorite Texas bookstore in Round 2, through May 20<\/h1>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span>Lone Star Lit\u2019s second annual Texas Readers\u2019 Favorite Bookstores<\/span> voting, Round 2, continues through May 20, 2017.<\/p>\n

In Round 1, book lovers in Texas and beyond have spoken: of the state’s nearly 300 independent, chain, and specialty bookstores, each of the following 43<\/span> received at least one vote in Round 1!<\/p>\n

We received 736 votes for favorite bookstores in every corner of Texas (and one in Oklahoma, though sorry, that doesn\u2019t count) \u2014 including write-in votes for a few stores that weren\u2019t yet on our radar.<\/p>\n

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Terry Thompson-Anderson, with photos by Sandy Wilson<\/span><\/p>\n

Breakfast in Texas: Recipes for Elegant Brunches, Down Home Classics, and Local Favorites<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Hardcover, 978-1-4773-1044-1<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>Texans love the morning meal,<\/span> whether it’s bacon and eggs (often eaten in a breakfast taco) or something as distinctively nontraditional as saag paneer omelets, pon haus, or goat curry. A Lone Star breakfast can be a time for eating healthy, or for indulging in decadent food and drink. And with Texas’s rich regional and cultural diversity, an amazing variety of dishes graces the state’s breakfast and brunch tables. The first Texas cookbook dedicated exclusively to the morning meal, Breakfast in Texas<\/span> gathers nearly one hundred recipes that range from perfectly prepared classics to the breakfast foods of our regional cuisines (Southern, Mexican, German, Czech, Indian, and Asian among them) to stand-out dishes from the state’s established and rising chefs and restaurants.<\/p>\n

Enter to win here<\/span><\/a><\/span>, courtesy of the University of Texas Press.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span>Texas teen book festival reveals 2017 keynote authors<\/h1>\n

Young Adult book festival will feature bestselling authors Marie Lu and Jason Reynolds, and star of The Big Bang Theory Mayim Bialik<\/h1>\n

AUSTIN \u2014 The Texas Teen Book Festival has announced the keynote authors <\/span>for the 9th edition of the annual festival, which will feature New York Times bestselling authors Marie Lu<\/span> and Jason Reynolds,<\/span> and actress Mayim Bialik<\/span> from the popular series The Big Bang Theory.<\/span> The 2017 festival will take place on Sat., Oct. 7, at St. Edward\u2019s University. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span>First annual Texas Sports Hall of Fame Book Festival announces lineup for July 15 in Waco<\/h1>\n

WACO \u2014 The Texas Sports Hall of Fame announces its first Book Festival,<\/span> to be held Sat., July 15, 2017, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco. Admission is free.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by Texas A&M University Press, Texas Tech University Press, and Waco City Cable Channel, the one day event will showcase the best in books devoted to Texas sports, and many legendary authors and athletes will be on hand for the event.<\/p>\n

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\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R. Gaines Baty,<\/span> Champion of the Barrio: The Legacy of Coach Buryl Baty<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chad S. Conine,<\/span> The Republic of Football: Legends of the Texas High School Game<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mel Renfro<\/span> (signing only), Forever a Cowboy<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mac Engel,<\/span> Pigskin Rapture: Four Days in the Life of Texas Football<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Robert Jacobus,<\/span> Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Al Pickett,<\/span> Mighty, Mighty Matadors: Lubbock Estacado High School Integration and a Championship Year<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carlton Stowers,<\/span> Where Dreams Die Hard: Staubach, Oh Brother, How They Played the Game and Texas Football Legends<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Jeff Miller,<\/span> The Game Changers: Abner Haynes, Leon King, and the Fall of Major College Football\u2019s Color Barrier in Texas<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim Reeves,<\/span> Dallas Cowboys: The Legends of America\u2019s Team<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bill Brown,<\/span> Houston Astros: Deep in the Heart \u2013 Blazing a Trail from Expansion to the World Series<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Frank Sikes,<\/span> West Texas Middleweight: The Story of LaVern Roach<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tim Price,<\/span> Shooting for the Record: Adolph Toepperwein, Tom Frye, and Sharpshooting\u2019s Forgotten Controversy<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ed Housewright,<\/span> Beyond Just Win: A Profile of G.A. Moore, Texas High School Football\u2019s No. 1 Coach<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ryan Bush,<\/span> The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Rookies, the Shotgun, And a Hail Mary Vaulted the 1975 Dallas Cowboys Into the Super Bowl<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Putt Riddle,<\/span> Friday’s Winners<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brookins to discuss her memoir, Rise, at WTAMU\u2019s summer Roundup event June 5; Thomas, Lewis, Claire, Navarro also featured<\/h1>\n

<\/span><\/span>CANYON \u2014 West Texas A&M University will welcome author and motivational speaker Cara Brookins<\/span> as the keynote speaker for the West Texas Writers\u2019 Academy Writers\u2019 Roundup dinner on Monday, June 5. Brookins\u2019s memoir, Rise: How a House Built a Family, <\/span>details how she and her children left a traumatic situation and built a house from the ground up with their own hands. >>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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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