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Texas Book Festival set to honor novelist Elizabeth Crook with the 2023 Texas Writer Award
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIt is an accolade long overdue: At a gala dinner on Nov. 9, the Texas Book Festival is set to honor...
'Absolute pinnacle of American letters': Texas writers talk about the late Cormac McCarthy
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 11 months agoDon't judge: Cormac McCarthy was never my favorite Texas writer. Although the author, who died June...
10 gift books for people who love Texas culture
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI live in a house of books. No wonder my first impulse during the holidays is to give new books to loved ones. For readers of Think, Texas, I've selected...
Texas milestones in 2024: What happened in Texas 100 years ago? Or 500 years ago?
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe big date is sneaking up on us. On March 2, 2036, Texas will celebrate the bicentennial of its...
Julián Castro honors Willie Velasquez's 'transformative' activism in Texas Monthly tribute
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 10 months agoI've been reading Texas Monthly — not always religiously — since February 1973. How could I not? The...
Top Texas writers lionize Larry McMurtry in absorbing new book 'Pastures of the Empty Page'
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhen one of the greatest Texas writers dies, other writers pay close attention. That's the premise...
University of Texas' Michener Center creates Steinbeck Writers' Retreat in Sag Harbor
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWriters tend to be inspired by other writers. Sometimes while staying at their former homes....
McMurtry legacy set to be remembered, pondered in Archer City and Abilene
The Abilene Reporter-News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFans of the late author, screenwriter, bookseller and Texas legend Larry McMurtry will have more...
New book on Larry McMurtry reflects on life, legacy of author through Texas writers
Odessa American, Texas via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAug. 25—AUSTIN — The new book, Pastures of the Empty Page: Fellow Writers on the Life and Legacy of Larry McMurtry, will be released on September 5 and available everywhere books are sold, a ...
Who found that Treaty Oak was sick in 1989? Clue: She had view from her office window
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 month agoOne of the perks of the Austin Answered column: Everybody gets to speak. On March 15, my colleague...