NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

Meet poet Sasha Pimentel

April is National Poetry Month and every April, Lone Star Literary Life highlights nationally-renowned poets from Texas.This week in Lone Star Listens, meet Sasha Pimentel.

At last night’s Texas Institute of Letters induction ceremony in San Antonio, author and teacher Sasha Pimentel was among those honored. A poet of boldness and vibrant imagery, she also took home TIL’s annual prize for the best collection of poems, For Want of Water and Other Poems. We reached out to her via email for today’s interview, and are grateful for her time during a busy week and a busy National Poetry Month. READ MORE.

LONE STAR REVIEWS

God Save Texas

From Michelle Newby's review:
"Wright accuses Texas of “[nurturing] an immature political culture” that has harmed not only itself, but the entire country, because “what happens here tends to disproportionately affect the rest of the nation,” from textbooks to undemocratic redistricting schemes to the Tea Party to Alex Jones. Texas simultaneously reflects frontier myths and predicts the future. Thankfully, as Wright admits, the old stereotypes are softening around the edges with new stereotypes — hipsters, musicians, technology titans, and a growing artistic community. Texas has plenty to be proud of, and cautious optimism is excused.”
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Texas Book Festivals announces 2018 Library Grants

From Glenn Dromgoole's column
Young Adult: Fort Worth best-selling author Rachel Caine has teamed up with Ann Aguirre to write a 465-page young adult science fiction novel, Honor Among Thieves (HarperCollins, $17.99 hardcover), announced as the first of a series.

In the story, Zara Cole doesn’t move with her family to Mars and gets recruited into the Honors, an elite team of humans selected to explore the outer reaches of the universe. The subtitle hints at the plot: “100 were chosen. One will resist.” READ MORE.