After Elmer Kelton died, one of the first people to write me was regular books page contributor Clay Reynolds. He offers this about Kelton and another, less famous Texas literary figure, Charles Linck. This week has seen the death of...
Elmer Kelton, whom the Western Writers of America named as the best Western writer of all time, died Saturday at 83. He was genuine Texas legend, and we'll have tributes posted soon. But if you have your own thoughts to...
I'll be eager to see what kind of response GalleyCat gets to its call for stories of how writers are supporting themselves in a down economy. I just finished reading the excellent "restored" version of A Moveable Feast and have...
The Frisco Public Library is bringing together more than a dozen local authors for a Texas Authors Tea on Sunday (Aug. 2). Click on those links for details and directions. The complete list of authors and their works,a s provided...
NewWest.net's Jenny Shank explains how the Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association plans to promote writers from the region with a program called Reading the West. One of the first featured books is The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, by Austin's...
Will Howard recently sent the latest version of his all-encompassing Will's Texana Monthly, which as usual is stuffed to the gills with Texas-related book reviews. He'll e-mail you a copy free for the asking at willstexana@yahoo.com . Will is a...
If you read Judy Alter's column today in GuideLive and are looking for a local chapter of Sisters in Crime, you can find the Texas roster here. And if you've got a favorite sister in crime you want to talk...
Almost lost in an e-mail outage here -- The Writer's Garret kicks off a celebration of Texas Writers month with Julianne McCullagh and Beatriz Terrazas, 7 p.m. at Paperbacks Plus 6115 La Vista Dr., Dallas. The newly rediscovered e-mail says:...
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