Book Reviews

POETS AND DREAMERS:MY LIFE IN AMERICANA MUSICTamara SavianoTexas A&M University Press304 pages Poets and Dreamers: My Life in Americana Music is one of those rare...

RIDERS IN THE SKY:ROMANCING THE WESTWITH MUSIC AND HUMORBobbie Malone and Bill C. MaloneTexas A&M University Press264 pages “It’s the Cowboy Way.” Riders in the...

GARY STEWART:I AM FROM THE HONKY TONKSJimmy McDonoughWolf+Salmon513 pages Jimmy McDonough took more than ten years to complete his acclaimed, behemoth biography of Neil Young,...

COME AGAIN NO MOREDavid Wesley WilliamsJackLeg Press196 pages David Wesley Williams’s third novel opens with a motley crew of newspaper reporters having a wake of...

Reviewed by Cully Perlman A FAMILY OF GOOD WOMENTeddy JonesStoney Creek Publishing354 pages Based loosely on the actual history of the Women’s Commonwealth of Belton, Texas,...

Reviewed by L.J. Gouveia MAYRANicky GonzalezPenguin Random House240 pages Right off of Lockhart’s town square, you step off the sidewalk next to Loop & Lil’s Pizza,...

Reviewed by Robin Remaley TO DIE FOR:A Cookbook ofGravestone RecipesRosie GrantHarper Collins156 pages An inspiring collection of recipes preserved on gravestones, with fascinating interviews from the...

GEMMA SOMMERSETJill McCroskey CoupeRootstock Publishing334 pages Gemma Sommerset, by Jill Coupe, introduces the title character at the time of her fourteenth birthday. She’s a good...

Backlist Treasures: Worthy reads from a little while back, newly out in paperback, found dirt-cheap online or at used bookstores or recommended at lunch...

THE MOTHScott Archer JonesFomite Press258 pagesThe Moth, the noir novel by Scott Archer Jones, propels readers on the path of a sad, gray inhabitant...