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{"id":1371,"date":"2018-12-31T17:34:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2025-04-25T13:40:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T13:40:42","slug":"lone-star-reviewsmichelle-newby-nbcc-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1371&lang=ar","title":{"rendered":"Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC,"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\">\n<h1><span id=\"u427538\"><span id=\"u427539\"><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=\"u427539_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u427537\">Lone Star Reviews<\/span><span id=\"u427537-5\">Michelle Newby, NBCC,<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<h1 id=\"u427537-8\"><span id=\"u427537-7\">Contributing Editor<\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"pu427506-96\">\n<div id=\"u427506-96\">\n<p id=\"u427506-3\"><span id=\"u427516\"><span id=\"u427517\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline220.jpg\"  id=\"u427517_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427506-9\"><span id=\"u427506-4\"><span id=\"u427513\"><span id=\"u427514\"><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=\"u427514_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u427506-5\">Texas Reads<\/span><span id=\"u427506-8\">Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u427506-13\"><span id=\"u427506-12\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\"  target=\"_blank\">&gt;&gt; archive<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u427506-16\">Author explores women\u2019s roles in Texas history<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427506-20\"><span><span id=\"u427510\"><a href=\"http:\/\/womenintexashistory.org\/\"  id=\"u427511\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer float\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/boswell%2c%20women%20in%20texas%20history_cover%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u427511_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-23\"><span>Women in Texas History by Angela Boswell <\/span>(Texas A&#038;M University Press, $37 hardcover) traces the impact women have had on the state\u2019s history from prehistoric times to the present.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-26\">\u201cThis book is a narrative of Texas women\u2019s history,\u201d Boswell writes. \u201cIt is based on a simple premise: what women did in the past is intrinsically worth knowing. Texas would not be Texas without one half of its population.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-29\">Boswell tells the story of Texas women from numerous perspectives and points of view, giving \u201cspecial attention to the differences in the lived experiences of Native Americans, Tejanas, African Americans, Anglos, Germans, and Asians.\u201d She also examines the effects of class, religion, political ideology and sexuality.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-34\">Organized chronologically, <span id=\"u427506-32\">Women in Texas History<\/span> includes ten chapters and a conclusion, as well as extensive footnotes, bibliography and index, totaling about 375 pages. Each chapter includes a conclusion that concisely summarizes the era covered in that section.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-37\">Boswell begins with Native American, Spanish, and Mexican women, then focuses on the Frontier South, the Antebellum period, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, settling the West Texas frontier, women\u2019s activism from the 1870s to 1920s, women\u2019s work during that same period, Depression and war, the postwar decades, and women taking charge at the end of the twentieth century.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-44\">Hailed as a \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d book for its concept and approach, Women in Texas History is part of a series sponsored by the Ruthe Winegarten Foundation for Texas Women\u2019s History. For more on the subject, see the foundation\u2019s web site, <span><a href=\"http:\/\/womenintexashistory.org\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427506-40\">womenintexashistory.org<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-49\"><span><span id=\"u427519\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/100-Things-Texas-Before-You\/dp\/168106183X\"  id=\"u427520\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer float\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/bills%2c%20100%20things%20to%20do%20in%20texas%20before%20you%20die_cover%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u427520_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-58\"><span>Texas before you die:<\/span> Texas author <span>E.R. Bills<\/span> has put together a delightful and useful Texas travel guide called <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/100-Things-Texas-Before-You\/dp\/168106183X\"  target=\"_blank\"><span>100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Reedy Press, $18 paperback).<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-61\">Bills divides the state\u2019s attractions into six categories: amusements and entertainment, parks and recreation, history and culture, food and drink, road trips, and photo ops.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-64\">Each attraction is covered concisely in one or two pages. Bills doesn\u2019t limit himself to the usual tourist sites like the Alamo, Big Bend, Padre Island, Galveston, and the State Fair. They\u2019re in there, but so are these:<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-67\">Two-step at the Broken Spoke. Create graffiti at the Cadillac Ranch. Dive into a Texas swimming hole. Discover the Devil\u2019s Sinkhole. Watch a six-man football game. Eat some chicken-fried steak. Stay in a small town. Take a friend to try the 72-ounce Big Texan steak challenge. Snap your picture at the Sam Houston or Buddy Holly or Lightnin\u2019 Hopkins statues.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-70\">Fun stuff. And, along the way, you\u2019ll probably learn something you didn\u2019t know about Texas.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-73\">* * * * *<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427506-83\"><span id=\"u427506-75\">Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><span id=\"u427506-76\">\u2019s most recent book is <\/span><span id=\"u427506-77\">The Book Guy: One Author\u2019s Adventures in Publishing.<\/span><span id=\"u427506-78\"> Contact him at<\/span><span><a href=\"mailto:\/\/g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427506-80\">g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427506-90\"><span id=\"u427506-85\">&gt;&gt; <\/span><span id=\"u427506-88\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/texas-reads.html\"  target=\"_blank\">Check out his previous Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Lit<\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427506-89\">erary Life<\/span><\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427506-94\"><span id=\"u427507\"><span id=\"u427508\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"8\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline300.jpg\"  id=\"u427508_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordionu427522wrapper\">\n<div id=\"accordionu427522\">\n<div id=\"accordionu427522_position_content\">\n<div id=\"u427530\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"u427531\">\n<div id=\"u427532-41\">\n<p>Little, Brown and Company<\/p>\n<p>Hardcover, 978-0-3163-8123-9 (also available as an ebook and an audiobook), 288 pgs., $28.00<\/p>\n<p>June 5, 2018<\/p>\n<p><span>A soul-examining pilgrimage of the search for lessons in moving gracefully, <\/span>maybe even joyfully, from middle-age into later years, <span>The Traveling Feast: On the Road and at the Table with My Heroes<\/span> is the new collection of essays from <span>Rick Bass<\/span> that will make you hungry for all things that nourish. The Traveling Feast is part memoir, part lessons in craft, part naturalist activism, part cookbook, part travelogue, part recommended-reading list, and wholly a feast of language. As we prepare for our feasts this week, Bass\u2019s new collection is art to be thankful for.<\/p>\n<p>Bass, born and raised in Texas, began his career as a petroleum geologist in Mississippi, spending his lunch hours and spare time writing and haunting the state\u2019s famous bookstores. The author of thirty books, Bass won the Story Prize for his collection <span>For a Little While<\/span> and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for his memoir <span>Why I Came West.<\/span> His work has appeared in <span id=\"u427532-21\">The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire,<\/span> and <span id=\"u427532-23\">The Paris Review<\/span> (his first acceptance!), among many other publications, has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories, won multiple O. Henry Awards and Pushcart Prizes, as well as NEA and Guggenheim fellowships. Bass left Mississippi for Montana\u2019s remote Yaak Valley where he has lived for thirty years and where he is a founding board member of the Yaak Valley Forest Council.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427532-39\">The essays included in <span id=\"u427532-28\">The Traveling Feast,<\/span> with sixteen chapters each devoted to an individual writer, including <span>Peter Matthiessen<\/span> (RIP), <span>Amy Hempel, Denis Johnson<\/span> (RIP), and <span>Terry Tempest Williams,<\/span> who has been an inspiration and mentor to Bass in his work and how to live a meaningful life.\u00a0 <span id=\"u427532-38\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/bass%2c-the-traveling-feast_111818.html\"  target=\"_blank\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"u427523\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"u427524\">\n<div id=\"u427525-28\">\n<p>William Morrow<\/p>\n<p>Trade paperback, 978-0-0626-9344-1 (also available as an e-book and an audio-book), 432 pgs., $15.99<\/p>\n<p>August 2018<\/p>\n<p><span>Katie Garret is having a bad week<\/span> \u2014 she\u2019s been fired from her marketing design position; she\u2019s failed to get pregnant this month, too; and she just accepted delivery of her husband Liam\u2019s new $240 trousers. Then her mother, Georgina (a real piece of work, this one), calls to tell her that Grandma Margaret has died and Katie is named in the will. Katie, newly unemployed and un-enamored with her husband, decides to make the trip from Boston to rural East Texas, a kind of vacation from her real life. \u201cShe\u2019d have a baby when she was meant to,\u201d Katie thinks. \u201cShe\u2019d get to New London and discover she\u2019d inherited a fortune, or a pittance; she\u2019d go to Dallas and bond with her mother or argue with her. All of it would be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But even after the mugging and the appearance of astonishing cousin Scarlett and being mistaken for a vagrant and then a burglar and uncovering the clues that gradually reveal generations of family secrets that echo loudly into the present, Katie is worrying about the wrong things. \u201cThe thing she really ought to be worrying about,\u201d Grant writes, \u201cwas that Texas would seep into her pores and take root.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427525-26\"><span>The Daisy Children: A Novel<\/span> is new fiction from <span>Sofia Grant,<\/span> whom y\u2019all probably know better as <span>Sophie Littlefield,<\/span> author of more than two dozen books in many genres including YA, apocalyptic fiction, thriller, domestic suspense, and women\u2019s fiction, this last being assigned to <span id=\"u427525-21\">The Daisy Children<\/span> metadata. This is unfairly reductive; what it should say is a carefully and elegantly constructed exploration of a hundred years of dysfunctional family relationships, the nature of secrets, and the potential for healing.\u00a0 <span id=\"u427525-25\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/grant%2c-the-daisy-children_111118.html\"  target=\"_blank\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"u427414-481\">\n<p><span id=\"u427457\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writingworkshopsdallas.com\/classes\/\"  id=\"u427458\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/writers%20workshop%20home%20page%20ad%2c%20nov%2c%20dec.png\"  id=\"u427458_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"u427463\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atxbookarts.org\/workshops\/\"  id=\"u427464\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithLargeImage\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/austin%20b0ok%20arts%20center_300x250_fall%202018.jpg\"  id=\"u427464_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"u427436\"><span id=\"u427437\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"293\" height=\"9\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u427437_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><span id=\"u427460\"><span id=\"u427461\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/sponsored%20content%20line%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u427461_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-14\"><span id=\"u427448\"><span id=\"u427449\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/logo_twigbookshop%20square.jpg\"  id=\"u427449_img\" \/><\/span><\/span> Twig\u2019s Top Ten Bestsellers<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-16\">October 2018<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427414-23\"><span id=\"u427414-17\">What are Texans reading these days, you ask? <\/span><span id=\"u427414-18\">Lone Star Lit\u2019s newest regular feature is a monthly list of trending titles at the <\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-19\">Twig Book Shop,<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427414-22\"> a leading independent bookseller in San Antonio. Click on any title for the Buy link. And we&#8217;ll also include a hotlink to related content in Lone Star Literary Life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-34\"><span id=\"u427414-27\">Reyna Grande,<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/book\/9781501171420\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-29\">A Dream Called Home: A Memoir,<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427414-33\"> 978-1-501171420<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-43\"><span id=\"u427414-37\">Mitch Albom,<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/book\/9780062294449\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-39\">The Next Person You Meet in Heaven: The Sequel to the Five People You Meet in Heaven,<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427414-42\"> 978-62294449<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-52\"><span id=\"u427414-46\">Paulo Coelho,<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/book\/9780062315007\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-48\">The Alchemist<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427414-51\"> (Harper Perennial), 978-0-062315007<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-62\"><span id=\"u427414-55\">Andrew Sean Greer,<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/book\/9780316316125\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-57\">Less,<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427414-61\">978-0-31631613X<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-73\"><span id=\"u427414-65\">Amor Towles,<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/book\/9780670026197\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-67\">A Gentleman in Moscow<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427414-72\"> 978-0-670026197<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-83\"><span id=\"u427414-76\"> Brene Brown,<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/book\/9780399592522\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-78\">Dare to Lead: Brave Work, Tough Conversations, Whole Hearts,<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427414-82\"> 978-0-399592522<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-93\"><span id=\"u427414-86\">Jen Sincero<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/book\/9780762447695\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-89\">You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life,<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427414-92\"> 978-0762490547<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-103\"><span id=\"u427414-96\">Isabel Allende,<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/book\/9781501178146\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-98\">In the Midst of Winter,<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427414-102\"> 978-1-501178146<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-113\"><span id=\"u427414-106\">Anthony Doerr,<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/book\/9781501173219\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-108\">All the Light We Cannot See,<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427414-112\">978-1-501173219<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-122\"><span id=\"u427414-116\">Jill Lepore,<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/book\/9780393635249\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-118\">These Truths: A History of the United States,<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427414-121\"> 978-0-393635249<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"u427442\"><span id=\"u427443\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"293\" height=\"9\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u427443_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-128\"><span>LONE STAR CLASSIFIED LISTINGS<\/span><\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427414-148\"><span id=\"u427414-146\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/lone-star-classified.html\"  target=\"_blank\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427414-147\"> CLASSIFIED LISTINGS<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-154\"><span><span id=\"u427466\"><span id=\"u427467\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"79\" height=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/texas%20rwb_art.png\"  id=\"u427467_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>WHERE IN TEXAS?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427414-205\">Don&#8217;t miss a reading or a good read!<a href=\"http:\/\/mad.ly\/signups\/118741\/join\"  target=\"_blank\"> <span>Sign up for our FREE weekly <br \/>e-newsletter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-212\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span id=\"u427415\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarpublicity.com\/\"  id=\"u427416\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/lonestarbookblogtours%20sm.png\"  id=\"u427416_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-214\">Meet our bloggers<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427414-216\">Bookmark them so you can return again and again!<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-221\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-217\">All the Ups and Downs<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Heather Cranmer<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-231\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bibliotica.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-222\">Bibliotica<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Melissa Bartell<br \/><span><a href=\"https:\/\/bookfidelity.weebly.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-227\">Book Fidelity,<\/span><\/a><\/span> Celia Medrano-Ortiz<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-241\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bookreview.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-232\">The Book Review<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Julie Whiteley<br \/><span><a href=\"https:\/\/erindeckerblog.wordpress.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-237\">#Bookish<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Erin Decker<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-246\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/booksandbroomsticks.blogspot.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-242\">Books and Broomsticks<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Belle Whittington<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-256\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/byersediting.wordpress.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-247\">Books in the Garden<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Julia Byers<br \/><span><a href=\"https:\/\/carpediemchroniclesbymaidamalby.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-252\">Carpe Diem Chronicles<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Maida Malby<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-261\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/chapterbreak.net\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-257\">Chapter Break Book Blog<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Lynn Poppe &#038; Julia Smeltzer<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-266\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cluelessgent.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-262\">The Clueless Gent<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Michael O&#8217;Connor<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-271\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/forgottenwinds.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-267\">Forgotten Winds<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Christena Stephens<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-281\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/kristinehallways.blogspot.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-272\">Hall Ways Blog<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Kristine Hall<br \/><span><a href=\"http:\/\/ktm1231.blogspot.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Kelly Well Read<\/a><\/span>, Kelly Moore<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-291\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/thelibrariantalks.wordpress.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-282\">The Librarian Talks<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Tabatha Pope<br \/><span><a href=\"https:\/\/theloveofabibliophile.wordpress.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-287\">The Love of a Bibliophile<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Kristen Mouton<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-301\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/margiesmustreads.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-292\">Margie\u2019s Must Reads<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Margie Longoria<br \/><span><a href=\"https:\/\/maxknight.blog\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-297\">Max Knight Blog<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Max Knight<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-306\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/missusgonzo.wordpress.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-302\">Missus Gonzo<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Lorilei Gonzales<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-311\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mommaontherocks.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-307\">Momma on the Rocks<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Jenn Belden<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-316\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerdnarrationblog.wordpress.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-312\">Nerd Narration Blog<\/span>,<\/a> Taylor Sebring<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-321\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepageunbound.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-317\">The Page Unbound<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Becca Cahill &#038; Haley Ringer<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-326\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/rainydayswithamanda.blogspot.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-322\">Rainy Days with Amanda<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Amanda Borroel<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-331\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/ruthiejones.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-327\">Reading by Moonlight<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Ruthie Jones<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-336\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/rebeccarcahill.blogspot.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-332\">Rebecca R. Cahill<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Rebecca Cahill<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-341\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/storeybookreviews.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-337\">StoreyBook Reviews<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Leslie Storey<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-346\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/mmarroquinbooks.blogspot.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-342\">Story Schmoozing Book Reviews<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Marissa Marroquin<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-351\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sybrina.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-347\">Sybrina&#8217;s Book Blog<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Sybrina Durant<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-356\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/sydsavvy.blogspot.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-352\">Syd Savvy<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Sydney Young<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-361\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/tangledintext.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-357\">Tangled in Text<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Kelli Quintos<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-366\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasbooklover.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-362\">Texas Book Lover<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Michelle Newby<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-371\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatswhatshesreading.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427414-367\">That\u2019s What She\u2019s Reading<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Jenn Zavaglia<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-375\">CONTINUING ON TOUR: FICTION<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427414-378\"><span id=\"u427418\"><span id=\"u427419\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/warren%2c%20wait%20for%20me%2c%20montage%2c%20111118%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u427419_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-382\">WAIT FOR ME by Susan May Warren\u00a0 <span id=\"u427414-381\">Visit with Susan through November 21, 2018<\/span><\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427414-384\">11\/18\/18 Excerpt StoreyBook Reviews<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-386\">11\/19\/18 Review The Clueless Gent<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-388\">11\/20\/18 Series Spotlight Books and Broomsticks<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-390\">11\/21\/18 Review Missus Gonzo<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-394\">RECENTLY ON TOUR: FICTION<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427414-397\"><span id=\"u427445\"><span id=\"u427446\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/fish%2c%20the%20big%20inch%2c%20audio%20tour%2c%20montage%2c%20110418%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u427446_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-400\">The Big Inch audiobook by Kimberly Fish, narrated by Sydney Young<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-404\">RECENTLY ON TOUR: FICTION<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427414-407\"><span id=\"u427421\"><span id=\"u427422\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/blackburn%2c%20in%20too%20deep%2c%20montage%2c%20110418%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u427422_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-410\">In Too Deep by Lynn H. Blackburn<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-414\">RECENTLY ON TOUR: NONFICTION<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427414-417\"><span id=\"u427427\"><span id=\"u427428\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/phelps%2c%20gratitude%2c%20montage%2c%20110418%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u427428_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-420\">Gratitude: The Art of Being Thankful by Vickie Phelps<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427414-424\"><span id=\"u427439\"><span id=\"u427440\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline300.jpg\"  id=\"u427440_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-426\"><span id=\"u427414-425\">Lone Star Literary Life Facts and FAQs<\/span><\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427414-431\">\u2022 <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/policies.html\"  target=\"_blank\">Editorial policies<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-436\">\u2022 <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/policies.html\"  target=\"_blank\">Review policies<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-441\">\u2022 <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/policies.html\"  target=\"_blank\">Advertising policies<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-446\">\u2022 <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/policies.html\"  target=\"_blank\">Event and resource list policies<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427414-449\"><span id=\"u427414-448\">Lone Star Literary Archives<\/span><\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427414-453\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\"  target=\"_blank\">\u2022 Weekly issues<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-457\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\"  target=\"_blank\">\u2022 Lone Star Listens Interviews<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-461\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\"  target=\"_blank\">\u2022 Lone Star Book Reviews<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-465\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\"  target=\"_blank\">\u2022 Texas Reads<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-469\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\"  target=\"_blank\">\u2022 Events<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-473\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\"  target=\"_blank\">\u2022 Announcement: LSLL Launches<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427414-477\"><span id=\"u427433\"><span id=\"u427434\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline300.jpg\"  id=\"u427434_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"u427469-316\">\n<h1 id=\"u427469-2\"><span id=\"u427469\">WHAT TEXANS ARE READING<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u427469-15\"><span id=\"u427469-10\">LONE STAR LISTENS interviews\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span id=\"u427469-13\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/archive.html\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427469-11\">&gt;&gt; archive<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u427469-17\">11.18.2018\u00a0 Jardine Libaire\u2019s writing life connects Austin, New York, and Los Angeles<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427469-40\"><span>Texas Monthly <\/span><span id=\"u427469-24\">asked well-regarded Texas authors<\/span><span id=\"u427469-25\"> to select their favorite books for 2017, readers of Lone Star Literary probably recognized writers such as A<\/span><span id=\"u427469-26\">ttica Locke, Amanda Eyre Ward, Joe R. Lansdale, <\/span><span id=\"u427469-28\">Lawrence Wright, <\/span><span id=\"u427469-29\">among others. But they might not be as familiar with <\/span><span id=\"u427469-30\">Jardine Libaire,<\/span><span id=\"u427469-31\"> who was asked by the beloved periodical to weigh in. Libaire\u2019s 2017 novel <\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/547684\/white-fur-by-jardine-libaire\/9780451497932\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span>White Fur<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427469-35\"> (Penguin Random House) is white hot, garnering rave reviews from NPR, <\/span>Publishers\u2019 Weekly, Kirkus, <span id=\"u427469-37\">and more, and has been optioned by Amazon for a new television series for which Libaire will be the writer. We caught up with her via email in Los Angeles, where she is now living, although she says she will never leave Austin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-43\"><span>LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE: <\/span><span id=\"u427469-42\">Where did you grow up, Jardine, and how would you describe those days?<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-47\"><span>JARDINE LIBAIRE: <\/span>The south shore of Long Island was my childhood home, and growing up there was great. We lived in a small town on the bay, and my brothers and I roamed pretty freely, playing in the woods, sailing, biking around on adventures. My parents are a happy and generous couple, so we had a house full of family friends, dinner parties, lots of books and gardens, and a ram named Stanley and a pair of peacocks. It was a lovely place to start out.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-51\">What brought you to Austin?<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-54\">In 2007, after living in Brooklyn and Manhattan for ten years and loving New York City so much it hurt, I suddenly woke up one day and had a deep desire to wander and live somewhere completely different, to slow down, and to get more sunshine. These vague desires eventually led me to rent a friend\u2019s house for a month in south Austin, to see what the city was like. Within a couple days of being there, on a street lined with houses lit up by string lights and crowded with cactus plants and roses and jalape\u00f1os, after meeting neighbors and getting a sense of the place, I knew I wasn\u2019t leaving. I love Austin so much, and am so lucky to have landed there.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-59\">Tell us about your most recent book, the highly acclaimed literary novel <span id=\"u427469-58\">White Fur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-68\">White Fur was started at least seven years ago, and I think the seeds of it were planted earlier. I wanted to write a love story that felt real to me, even though it has a pulpy, fairy-tale back bone. The idea of portraying the strange and underexplored side of love and obsession was part of the impetus. And then social class in America was very much on my mind, as another under-explored modern topic. Mid-\u201980s New York City just seemed like the perfect place to play out both those ideas. And from all that came the characters and the world of their lives. <span id=\"u427469-67\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/jardine-libaire_111818.html\"  target=\"_blank\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-72\"><span id=\"u427478\"><span id=\"u427479\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u427479_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427469-87\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/go.html\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427469-75\">Texas&#8217;s only statewide, weekly calendar of book events<br \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427469-78\">Bookish Texas <\/span><span id=\"u427469-79\">event highlights\u00a0 11.18.2018<\/span><span id=\"u427469-84\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/go.html\"  target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"u427469-82\">&gt;&gt; GO this week<\/span><\/a><\/span><span id=\"u427469-86\">Michelle Newby, Contributing Editor<\/span><\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427469-90\"><span>SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"u427469-93\">\n<li id=\"u427469-92\">No special events this week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u427469-96\"><span>ONGOING EVENTS<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"u427469-111\">\n<li id=\"u427469-99\"><span id=\"u427469-97\">Literary Frontiers: Historical Fiction &#038; the Creative Imagination,<\/span> San Marcos, August 1-December 14<\/li>\n<li id=\"u427469-104\"><span id=\"u427469-100\">\u201cDawoud Bey: Forty Years in Harlem\u201d photography exhibition<\/span> (from the book <span>Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply<\/span>), Austin, August 29-December 8<\/li>\n<li id=\"u427469-107\"><span id=\"u427469-105\">Finding Sophie Blackall Exhibition,<\/span> Abilene, October 11-February 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u427469-110\"><span id=\"u427469-108\">Texas Writers (a Humanities Texas exhibition),<\/span> Livingston, November 1-30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u427469-116\"><span>DALLAS\u00a0 Mon., Nov. 19 <\/span> First United Methodist Church, An evening with Dr. Diana Butler Bass, author of Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks, 7:30PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-120\"><span>RICHARDSON\u00a0 Mon., Nov. 19\u00a0 <\/span>The Twig Book Shop, Pete Gershon discussing and signing Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972-1985, 5PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-124\"><span>SAN ANTONIO\u00a0 Mon., Nov. 19\u00a0 <\/span>Richardson Public Library, Writers Guild of Texas workshop: &#8220;Memoir Publishing&#8221; with Alice Parker, 7PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-128\"><span>ARLINGTON\u00a0 Tues., Nov. 20\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>UTA, Maverick Speaker Series: Naomi Oreskes, author of The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change, 7:30PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-133\"><span>SAN ANTONIO\u00a0 Tues., Nov. 20 <\/span> The Mix, PuroSlam presents PuroBattle: Vets vs Rookies, 9:30PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-139\"><span>HOUSTON <\/span><span> Wed., Nov. 21 <\/span> Write About Now, Wansgiving Potluck &#038; Poetry Open Mic, 7:30PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-144\"><span>Thurs., Nov. 22\u00a0 HAPPY THANKSGIVING<\/span>No public events scheduled today<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-148\"><span>Fri., Nov. 23\u00a0 <\/span><span>BUY A BOOK ON BLACK FRIDAY<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-153\"><span>DALLAS\u00a0 <\/span><span>Fri., Nov. 23\u00a0 <\/span>Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents Black Friday Sale, 8PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-159\"><span>EL PASO\u00a0 <\/span><span>Fri., Nov. 23<\/span>ahrenheit 180, Barbed Wire Open Mic Night, 8PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-163\"><span>Sat., Nov. 24\u00a0 <\/span><span>BUY A BOOK AT YOUR LOCAL INDIE STORE ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-168\"><span>BEE CAVE\u00a0 Sat., Nov. 24<\/span>B&#038;N &#8211; Hill Country Galleria, Author Signings: Recipes From A Daughter Of The World by Shama Verma, Every Christian&#8217;s Call by Kevin Almond, and LaLa Feels Blah-La by Tela Kayne, 2PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-173\"><span>CANYON\u00a0 Sat., Nov. 24<\/span>Burrowing Owl Books, Jodi Thomas signing Mistletoe Miracles, 12PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-178\"><span>GALVESTON\u00a0 Sat., Nov. 24<\/span>Galveston Bookshop, E.R. Bills signing 100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die, 2PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-183\"><span>HOUSTON\u00a0 Sat., Nov. 24<\/span>Murder By the Book, Small Business Saturday with Guest Booksellers William Dylan Powell and S.C. Perkins, 1PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-188\"><span>SAN ANTONIO\u00a0 Sun., Nov. 25<\/span>The Twig Book Shop, Jason Salas signing The Sugar Skull Ghost Thief, 12PM<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-191\"><span id=\"u427484\"><span id=\"u427485\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u427485_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427469-194\">News Briefs 11.18.18<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u427469-196\">Letters About Literature 2018 open for submissions from young readers<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427469-201\">AUSTIN \u2014 <span>Has a book brought you to laughter or tears, or changed your life? <\/span>Write a letter to the author.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-205\"><span id=\"u427502\"><span id=\"u427503\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/letters%20about%20literature%2c%20news%20briefs%2c%20montage%20111818%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u427503_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-209\"><span id=\"u427469-207\">Letters About Literature<\/span> is a reading\/writing contest for fourth through twelfth graders under the direction of the Library of Congress. Texas submissions for the 2018\u201319 contest are due to the new online submission platform by December 14, 2018. A permission form is required for all students under the age of 13 on November 1, 2018.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-212\">Tens of thousands of students from across the country enter Letters About Literature each year. State winners receive $100 and a trip to the Texas Library Association Conference. National winners receive $2,000 and travel assistance to Washington D.C. for a special awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427469-215\">How to enter<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427469-217\">There are three categories for contestants:<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-219\">Level 1 \u2014 Grades 4-6<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-221\">Level 2 \u2014 Grades 7-8<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-223\">Level 3 \u2014 Grades 9-12<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-231\"><span id=\"u427469-225\">Read: <\/span>Select a fiction or nonfiction book, a poem or play you have read that you feel strongly about. It might be a book that helped you through a difficult time, or it might be a book that simply touched your heart or inspired you.<span id=\"u427469-230\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/news-briefs-111818.html\"  target=\"_blank\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"u427487\"><span id=\"u427488\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u427488_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-238\"><span id=\"u427481\"><span id=\"u427482\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/writespace%20fellowships%2c%20montage%2c%20111818%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u427482_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427469-240\">Writespace to offer emerging writer fellowships<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427469-245\">HOUSTON \u2014 <span>According to Writespace Houston\u2019s website, as part of their ongoing commitment to encourage and support exciting new voices,<\/span> in 2019 Writespace will award Emerging Writer Fellowships to two exceptionally talented writers selected from the Houston community.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-248\">Both published and unpublished writers are welcome to apply. Special consideration will be given to outstanding candidates from historically underrepresented populations. Applicants must live within sixty miles of Writespace and provide proof of demonstrated financial need.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427469-251\">Emerging Writer Fellowship Prize<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427469-253\">Over the course of one year, each recipient of the Writespace Emerging Writer Fellowship will be eligible to receive at no cost:<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-256\">\u2022 Four multi-week Writespace workshops (four to ten sessions each)<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-258\">\u2022 Six one-day Writespace workshops<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-260\">\u2022 Seven-day pass to Writefest, Writespace\u2019s flagship literary festival<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-262\">\u2022 Four consultation sessions with Writespace director Elizabeth White-Olsen or Writespace associate director Cassandra Rose Clarke (optional)<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-267\">\u2022 One Writespace membership\u00a0\u00a0 <span id=\"u427469-266\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/news-briefs-111818.html\"  target=\"_blank\"><span>&gt;&gt;READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-272\"><span><span id=\"u427473\"><span id=\"u427474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u427474_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u427469-275\">\u00a0<span id=\"u427476\"><span id=\"u427477-4\"><span>\u2014\u2014\u00ad\u2014\u2014\u2014 A D V E R T I S E M E N T \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u427469-277\">Lone Star Listens compilation available fall 2018, for readers, fans, and writers everywhere<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u427469-282\"><span><span id=\"u427490\"><span id=\"u427491\"><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=\"u427491_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=\"u427469-285\">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=\"u427469-288\">Lone Star Listens:<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-290\">Texas Authors on Writing and Publishing<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-292\">edited by Kay Ellington and Barbara Brannon; introduction by Clay Reynolds<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-294\">Available in trade paper, library hardcover, and ebook Summer 2018<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-296\">360 pages, with b\/w illustrations and index<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-299\">Featuring novelists, poets, memoirists, editors, and publishers, including:<\/p>\n<p id=\"u427469-301\">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=\"u427469-304\">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=\"u427469-308\">\n<li id=\"u427469-307\">Examination and review copies will be available fall 2017 in watermarked pdf format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u427469-313\"><span><span id=\"u427499\"><span id=\"u427500\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u427500_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole &gt;&gt; archive Author explores women\u2019s roles in Texas history Women&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}