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July-August 2025 Issue
BACKLIST TREASURES: Chinaberry Sidewalks, by Rodney Crowell
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...
Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: The Moth, by Scott Archer Jones
THE MOTHScott Archer JonesFomite Press258 pagesThe Moth, the noir novel by Scott Archer Jones, propels readers on the path of a sad, gray inhabitant...
Books
May-June 2025 Recommended New Books
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Heartbreaker: A MemoirMike Campbell with Ari SandovalAnother member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers graces our...
Book Reviews
Backlist Treasures: Giant, by Edna Ferber
GIANTEdna FerberDoubleday, 1952447 pagesAlthough Michigan-born Edna Ferber isn’t a Southern or Southwestern writer, this work is still a, well, giant, in the lore and...
Book Reviews
Book Review: Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-Selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film, by Julie Gilbert – January/February...
GIANT LOVE:Edna Ferber, Her Best-Selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American FilmJulie GilbertPantheon400 pagesJulie Gilbert’s previous book was an overall...
Book Reviews
Book Review: My Darling Boy, by John Dufresne
MY DARLING BOYJohn DufresneW. W. Norton & Company288 pagesReviewed by Cully PerlmanIf you’re a Gen Xer, a Millennial, a Boomer, and you’re from Miami,...
Book Reviews
Book Review: Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books
LULA DEAN’S LITTLE LIBRARY OF BANNED BOOKSKirsten MillerWilliam Morrow304 pagesIn the tiny town of Troy, Georgia, local crusader Lula Dean and her Concerned Parents...
Book Reviews
Book Review: Love at the Five and Dime: The Songwriting Legacy of Nanci Griffith
Love at the Five and Dime: The Songwriting Legacy of Nanci GriffithBrian T. AtkinsonTexas A&M University Press304 pagesNanci Griffith has been called Austin’s greatest...