Lone Star Lit LIGHT: Retro Mendez, ecopoetry wraps up, we’re adding books to the HGG — and more! 10.21.2023
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LONE STAR LISTENS Retro Interview with Matt MendezOriginally featured January 19, 2020. Author Matt Mendez and the Heart of Chuco: “style, free-thinking, community—are embedded in El Paso’s culture and personality.” |
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LONE STAR LIT BOOK CLUB SPOTLIGHT The Professor’s Corner: A Literary Discussion Group |
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HOSTED BY DR. STEPHEN SOURIS MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2023, 7:00 PM VIA ZOOM FINAL ONLINE MEETING OF THE SERIES: Sessions of Professor’s Corner in Summer and Fall 2023 have been devoted to ecopoetry, defined as poems about our relationship to nature and the environment. Reading selections are from The Ecopoetry Anthology (Trinity University Press, 2020), which consists of American poems from the mid-19th century to the present. Poems available online are linked below. POEMS FOR OCTOBER 23: ZOOM INVITE is only available via the Denton Public Library’s Professor’s Corner mailing list. Please e-mail ProfessorsCornerDPL@gmail.com and ask to be added. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact the Professor’s Corner producer and discussion leader, Dr. Stephen Souris (Professor of English [Ret.], Texas Woman’s Univ.), at SSouris2002@yahoo.com. This program is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
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BOOKISH TEXAS October 21-29, 2023The only weekly, statewide calendar of Texas book events. SERIOUSLY. We’re sharing over 190 events, special events, and exhibitions (plus story times) this week, like we do every week, just fer grins. Please help keep us and LSLL readers in the loop by sending forthcoming events to us at: Events@LoneStarLiterary.com. |
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LONE STAR BOOK BLOG TOURS ON TOUR THIS WEEKOur Lone Star Book Blog Tours reach more than 100,000 visitors every month with author interviews, book reviews, giveaways, promotions, guest posts, book trailers, and more. UPCOMING BLOG TOUR |
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LONE STAR LIT’S HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE, 2023Now accepting submissions! The Lone Star Lit Holiday Gift Guide feature returns November 4th with the best Texas-connected titles — both for giving and getting — for readers of all ages. Want your book included? Because our mission is to support and promote Texas authors and Texas books, for the fourth year in a row, we’re offering the Holiday Gift Guide with Pay-What-You-Can pricing. Any title by a Texas author or any book with a Texas connection, traditionally published or otherwise, is welcome. Are you a publisher, publicist, or author with a large catalog of titles? Email us at Publicity@LoneStarLiterary.com to find out about Page Sponsor opportunities. |
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT OCTOBER TEXAS BOOKS PREVIEWAs we wait for the weather to catch up with the calendar, prepare for fall with October’s Texas-connected titles. While awaiting resplendent trees and cooler temps, fall into a cozy mystery or apocalyptic thriller, introspective poetry or enlightening nonfiction, or just laugh away the heat with a side-splitting comedy. Whichever your whim, find your next great read with Lone Star Lit! READ ON! |
COMING NOVEMBER 4, 2023 The November 2023 Texas Books PreviewHave a Texas-connected title publishing in November, 2023? Be sure to let us know by EOB Monday, October 30, 2023 so we can include your book. Listings are always free, but you can Boost your title to get even more coverage for as little as $10. LEARN MORE |
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ALSO ON OUR WEBSITEIf you haven’t already done it, then CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE, for subscriber-only content and to never miss a bookish-Texas thing. —Bookish News about the Texas literary scene, including our semi-regular Texas Indie Bookstore Roundup. —The Twig Book Shop’s NEW October roundup. —Bookish Humor created exclusively for Lone Star Lit by Chris Manno. —Video Spotlights of the latest book trailers, including Loren Steffy’s The Big Empty. — Our Writers’ Groups , Texas Bookstores, and Book Clubs in Texas pages list hundreds of writers’ groups, writers’ organizations, booksellers, and book clubs hyperlinked to their websites, and conveniently listed by city. You’re welcome! (Your group or bookstore missing? Email us at Info@LoneStarLiterary.com and we’ll get your group added.) DID YOU KNOW We’re booking 2023 Lone Star Book Blog Tours & Blitzes for select NOVEMBER dates and later. |
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