Natalia Trevin᷃o reviews San Antonio poet Naomi Shihab Nye's newest poetry collection, The Tiny Journalist.
Si Dunn reviews historian and writer Lonn Taylor's newest book, Turning the Pages of Texas.
If you like an edge to the books you read, and if you like a disturbing yet truthful glimpse into a harsh reality, Lot offers that and so much more.
A curated selection of new releases of books about Texas or by Texas authors for April 2019
It’s often tricky to be a woman and a Texan. Sarah Bird, who frequently addresses the endless push-pull of being a woman in the Lone Star State, will make you glad to be both—simultaneously.
The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner is a passionate study on humankind’s ability to endure and hope and dream during times of uncertainty, loss, and deprivation.
Angel Thieves is a striking depiction of familial devotion, the harsh cry for freedom, and tender new love.
A family — a man and a woman, both documentarians working with sound (“We accumulated hours of tape of people speaking, telling stories, pausing, telling lies, praying, hesitating, confessing, breathing.”), and a boy, ten, and a girl, five — leave their New York apartment on a cross-country road trip.
A preview of Texas books publishing this month
"The narrative is smoothly written, a stark contrast to the peaks of outlandish behavior and the depths of despair the story chronicles."