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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...
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...
'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...
Good reads about Texas: A San Marcos book club plunges into literature about the state
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNot long ago, I stumbled onto a book club after my own heart. The Texas and Western Literature Book...
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...
Local writers among contributors to new book on Larry McMurtry
Times Record News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEssays by three local writers are included in a book released Sept. 5 by the University of Texas...
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 ...
'Ecstatic, fervent literacy': Award-winning Austin mystery writer Mary Willis dies at 81
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAustin novelist Mary Willis, who died Nov. 4 of complications from dementia at age 81, adored a...
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...
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...