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

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Texas Banker \/ Oklahoma Hunter: (A Mostly True Story)<\/span><\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-0-6927-6098-7, $23.00; September 2016<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span>Ken Mixon claims that he comes from a family of storytellers,<\/span> and he proves it with this entertaining memoir that is often informative and frequently laugh-out-loud funny.<\/p>\n

While the book\u2019s intended audiences are bankers and hunters (not necessarily in Texas and Oklahoma), many other readers can enjoy this pleasant, easy-to-read collection of \u201cmostly true\u201d stories. The chapters are drawn from Mixon\u2019s life as a frequent state-border hopper.>>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

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\u00a0Texas music is all over the map<\/h1>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201cNo state is more musical than Texas, <\/span>whose very geography seems to hum,\u201d writes Michael Corcoran<\/span> in his new edition of All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music<\/span><\/a><\/span> (University of North Texas Press, $29.95 hardcover).<\/p>\n

First issued in 2005, the new edition was completely rewritten, Corcoran says, with new chapters on Janis Joplin, Guy Clark, Lefty Frizzell, Ray Price, Freddie Fender,<\/span> and others. Glancing at the list of musicians in the table of contents, one might wonder: But what about Buddy Holly, George Jones, Bob Wills, Blind Lemon Jefferson? Willie Nelson<\/span> isn\u2019t profiled, but sister Bobbie Nelson<\/span> is, and of course Willie figures prominently in that one. Corcoran answers, \u201cThe focus here is on underappreciated artists, pioneers who haven\u2019t fully received their due.\u201d<\/p>\n

Corcoran groups the profiled musicians by region \u2014 East Texas, Houston, Dallas\u2013Fort Worth, Waco area, Austin, San Antonio, and Rio Grande Valley, and West Texas. Texas music is also all over the map in terms of style \u2014 not just country and western, but rock, folk, jazz, blues and Tejano.<\/p>\n

The forty-one artists getting full treatment include Rebert Harris of the Soul Stirrers, Clarence \u201cGatemouth\u201d Brown, Floyd Tillman, Archie Bell and The Drells, Ray Price, Townes Van Zandt, Billie Joe Shaver, T-Bone Walker, Cindy Walker, Johnny Gimble, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Selena, Lydia Mendoza, Waylon Jennings, the Chuck Wagon Gang,<\/span> and Ernest Tubb.<\/span> The author admits many more Texas musicians deserve to be profiled, but \u201cthere\u2019s no way this book can be complete and still be portable.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the end of the 300-page book, he lists his thirty-four favorite Texas recordings by acts not profiled in this volume. Willie Nelson and Buddy Holly, of course, made that list, along with Charley Pride, Robert Earl Keen, Ivory Joe Hunter, Gary P. Nunn, George Strait<\/span>, and other big names in Texas music.<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>First novel: <\/span>Geraldine Justice<\/span> of Dallas has written a Christian novel dealing with health care, nature, faith, community, and government secrecy. Mountain of Healing<\/span> (WestBow Press, $17.95 paperback) is set in rural Appalachia and revolves around two elderly sisters and their simple, yet profound faith. When a nurse is sent to help care for one of the sisters whose cancer has come back, she finds beauty and inner peace on the mountain where the sisters live. But the mountain also harbors a deadly, sinister secret.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy novel,\u201d Justice writes, \u201clooks at human and government failures that can have a far-reaching impact on caregivers and patients alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

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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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Texas Center for the Book seeks applicants for 2017 Literacy Award<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Austin \u2014 The Texas Center for the Book is seeking nonprofit organizations<\/span> that have made outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in Texas. Qualifying organizations must be nominated by September 1, 2017.<\/p>\n

The winning organization will receive a $1,000 cash award to assist in its future work promoting reading and combating illiteracy. This year as well, an honorable mention recipient will receive an $500 cash award. These awards provide public recognition to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations committed to addressing the continuing need for literacy services and that increase public awareness of the importance of literacy. The 2017 Literacy Award winner will be announced during the 2nd Annual Texas Author Summit at the Texas Book Festival on Nov. 2, 2017.\u00a0 <\/a><\/span>>>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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2017 Kids’ Summer Reading: Check it out!<\/h1>\n

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From read-to-me books to early readers,<\/span> chapter books to middle readers to YA, you\u2019ll find these terrific new titles at your neighborhood bookshop or online. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\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

6.25.2017\u00a0 David Courtney unmasked, on \u201cThe Texanist,\u201d Temple, and teamwork with the late Jack Unruh<\/h1>\n

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David Courtney, the <\/span>Texas Monthly<\/span> writer and editor <\/span>behind the popular nom de plume The Texanist, talked with Lone Star Lit this week via email about his new collection. The Texanist: Fine Advice on Living <\/span>also showcases a selection of acclaimed illustrator Jack Unruh\u2019s<\/span> work, gathering the best of the illustrations he created for Texas Monthly\u2019s<\/span> back-page column, along with the serious and not-so-serious questions that inspired them.<\/p>\n

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE: <\/span>Dear Texanist: We are a startup digital news site that writes only about Texas books, authors, and Texas bookish events. What advice do you have for us? \u2014<\/span>Curious in Lubbock<\/span><\/p>\n

THE TEXANIST: <\/span>Now, here is a business model that cannot fail. Keep having smart, talented, interesting, handsome folks of wholly unassailable character on as your front-page profile guests and continued success will be assured. The Texanist wouldn\u2019t change a thing.<\/p>\n

Davd, when did you discover Texas Monthly<\/span> and when did Texas Monthly<\/span> discover you?<\/p>\n

My earliest memories of the magazine are as a kid growing up in Temple. My parents were subscribers and, like many a young Texan, I remember seeing various issues lying around the house.\u00a0\u00a0 >>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 6.25.2017
<\/span>>><\/span><\/a><\/span> GO this week\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Michelle Newby, Contributing Editor<\/span><\/h1>\n
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK: Fort Worth, Austin, Dallas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SAN ANTONIO\u00a0 Sun., June 25<\/span>\u00a0 The Twig Book Shop, Sandy Loker signs Can I Sniff My Way to Heaven?, 11AM<\/span><\/span><\/span>LUBBOCK <\/span> Mon., June 26\u00a0\u00a0 Lubbock Public Library – Groves, Bill Neeley will discuss and sign The Quest of Don Juan Seguin, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Tues., June 27<\/span>\u00a0 Malvern Books, Malvern\u2019s Multi-Verse with BookWoman\u2019s Susan Post, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>DALLAS\u00a0 Wed., June 28\u00a0 <\/span>Dallas Museum of Art, Arts & Letters Live hosts Art historian, critic, biographer, and Pulitzer-Prize nominated Hayden Herrera discussing and signing Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo, 7:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Wed., June 28 <\/span>\u00a0 Houston Public Library – Central, Books & Bylines: “Murder in Texas” with Attorney and Houston Chronicle courts reporter Brian Rogers and Kathryn Casey, author of Possessed: The Infamous Texas Stiletto Murder, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>DALLAS\u00a0 Thurs., June 29 Deep Vellum Books, Texas author Price Ainsworth discusses and signs A MINOR FALL, 6PM<\/span><\/span>ALSO SIGNING IN HOUSTON, Fri., June 30, Brazos Books, 7 PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>SAN ANTONIO\u00a0 Thurs., June 29\u00a0 Briscoe Western Art Museum, Helen Kleberg Groves signs her new book, Bob and Helen Kleberg of King Ranch, 5:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>FREDERICKSBURG\u00a0 Sat., July 1<\/span>\u00a0 Luckenbach Dance Hall, Donna Marie Miller signs The Broken Spoke: Austin’s Legendary Honky-Tonk + a performance by Dale Watson, TBA<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SAN ANTONIO\u00a0 Sat., July 1\u00a0 The Twig Book Shop, Barbara Renaud Gonzalez signs Las Nalgas de JLo?\/JLO’s Booty, 11AMy Bash!, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SOUTH PADRE ISLAND\u00a0 Sat., July 1\u00a0 Paragraphs on Padre, Meet the Author Series: children’s book author Patty York Raymond, 1PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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News Briefs 6.25.17<\/h1>\n

Marfa to host first Poetry Festival Aug. 9\u201313<\/h1>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span>The first annual Marfa Poetry Festival<\/span>\u2014organized by Canarium Books and friends and hosted by Marfa Book Company and Hotel Saint George\u2014will begin the evening of August 9 and end the afternoon of August 13, 2017. There will be readings, a book fair, film screenings, exhibitions, conversations, live music, and more. All events are free and open to the public. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Writers\u2019 League of Texas to host 24th annual Agents and Editors Conference June 30\u2013July 2 in Austin<\/h1>\n

The 24th Annual Writers\u2019 League of Texas Agents and Editors Conference<\/span> will be held June 30 through July 2, 2017, at the Hyatt Regency in Austin. This conference always sells out, and there are a few openings still available. Registration costs $439 for members, $499 for non-members and can be done online at www.writersleague.org\/calendar\/2017ConferenceRegistration<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Saturday<\/h1>\n

A conversation with Carrie Thornton,<\/span> Editorial Director of Dey Street Books, who has over twenty years of experience in the industry. Her clients have included Amy Poehler, Alan Cumming, and Kate Hudson. >>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