A handy-sized guide to the Lone Star State's top cities and towns for book lovers and literary pilgrims who enjoy a dose of culture with their travels. Based on Lone Star Literary Life's annual Top Bookish Destinations rankings, LITERARY TEXAS also includes info about favorite bookstores, spotlighting sites from the Gulf of Mexico to the Red Rive
The Way Things Go: And Other Poems": is a collection of poetry about travels to Israel and other places, and includes reflections on a variety of other topics. Many of these poems have appeared in a wide variety of different journals.
Francesca Butler (“Fresca”) is a 17-year-old girl who lives in what she calls the “cowburbs.” Not quite the country and not quite the suburbs, the cowburbs offer Fresca adventure and room to grow, but also confusion and loneliness. The story is told from the point of view of a smart and sometimes sarcastic teenage girl who struggles to find happiness after the tragic death of her father, the mysterious disappearance of her friend Laurel Dee, and her boyfriend’s battle with Internet Addiction Disorder. Fresca loses a friend who dies from inhaling fumes from an aerosol can, and develops a close bond with her best friend, Veronica, who eases her through a case of “textitis” from too much texting. Veronica becomes an inspiring role model for Fresca when she shaves off all of her hair to protest the importance placed on physical attractiveness in their high school. Fresca also depicts a close relationship with her mother, whose “seventh sense” allows her to understand Fresca in intimate ways, but this relationship is challenged when her mother acquires a new boyfriend who doesn’t seem to like Fresca, or teenagers in general. With the help of her mom, her friends, and a sense of humor, Fresca discovers that love and happiness are not only possible, but waiting for her amidst a flock of dragonflies.
In the wine country town of Healdsburg, California, writers, in poetry and prose, write about the town they love. Sometimes reverent, sometimes irreverent, their musings hold up a mirror for locals and offer a charming memento for visitors. Color illustrations.
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