For Mother's Day, Ruthie C. Jones reviews The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty (Twelve Books) by Susan Page.
Angelina LaRue reviews Gourmet on a Hot Plate: Tiny Kitchen Tips and Recipes (Alter Ego Press) by Judy Alter.
A review of Where We Come From, the second novel by Brownsville native and Austin professor Oscar Cásares.
A curated preview of Texas books which will publish in May 2019.
Chris Manno reviews Houston Noir, a collection of short stories edited by the 2013 Poet Laureate of Houston, Gwendolyn Zepeda.
Austin’s Si Dunn reviews a biography of Amon G. Carter, Fort Worth businessman and philanthropist.
House of Stone is quickly and evenly paced until it begins coursing toward the denouement, flinging jaw-dropping twists amidst the factional, fractional, bloody birth of Zimbabwe, with mordant wit and keen characterization.
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.