Writer Leslie Contreras Schwartz has been selected as Houston’s fourth poet laureate.
The University of Texas Press had seven books chosen in eight categories at the 2019 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.
Contemporary Literary Fiction / Coming of Age
Genre: Historical Western Romance
A curated preview of Texas books which will publish in May 2019.
Literary calendar for April 28-May 5, 2019
A final poem, "Something Forgotten," generously provided exclusively for Lone Star Lit, by San Antonio poet Naomi Shihab Nye.
Chris Manno reviews Houston Noir, a collection of short stories edited by the 2013 Poet Laureate of Houston, Gwendolyn Zepeda.
The 83rd annual Texas Institute of Letters awards weekend was held in McAllen April 26-28.
"Texas Reads" offers a wide variety for your reading pleasure this week, from James Patterson to Taya Kyle.