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Summer, summer, summertime Time to sit back and unwind - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince So now it is May. The school year is winding down and the waves of heat that define the summer are making themselves known. Vacations and stay-cations are right around the corner. This is my favorite time for … Continue reading Joe T.’s Summer, Summer, Summertime Reads: Part 1
Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson Review by Molly Smith Henderson has been on our radar for some time. He won the 2011 PEN Emerging Writers Award as well as several other prizes, and has published several pieces in national literary magazines. Henderson has just published his first novel, Fourth of July Creek, and … Continue reading FOURTH OF JULY CREEK: Deeply Humanistic
It’s a new month and that means we have a brand new Statesman Selects pick! This month, BookPeople and the Austin American-Statesman recommend you pick up a copy of The Son by Philipp Meyer. The Statesman featured a review of The Son in their Sunday edition yesterday, June 3. “I think he did an amazing … Continue reading Statesman Selects Review: THE SON
~Post by Joe"I can’t think about Philipp Meyer’s The Son without thinking in terms of film, of Hollywood, of legends and myths. Visions of Monument Valley in Utah (John Ford’s stand-in for West Texas in his epic film The Searchers, a movie that echoes throughout the novel) fill my mind’s eye as the wiry sparse … Continue reading Bookseller Review: THE SON
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