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Kids Summer Reads

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The 4th Annual Texas Kids Summer Reads through August 11

Sponsored by Blue Willow Bookshop of Houston

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LONE STAR LISTENS

Meet Mary H.K. Choi

Her debut novel has been excerpted in Entertainment Weekly, received a starred review in Publishers' Weekly and prompted think pieces in the New York Times and the Atlantic among others.
Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi has been described as a compulsively readable novel that shows young love in all its awkward glory. The author who grew up in San Antonio talks with us this week in Lone Star Listens.
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Building the Great Society

LONE STAR REVIEWS

Building the Great Society

From Si Dunn's review: "Zeitz notes that “Charles Schultz, who succeeded Kermit Gordon as budget director, recalled that LBJ ‘relaxed in ways that would tire me.’ On the ranch, he drove his guests at frenetic speeds and talked politics. On the presidential yacht, the Sequoia, he cornered captive friends, staff members, and congressmen and talked politics. ‘It isn't that Johnson abuses people,’ a holdover from the Kennedy administration told Teddy [Theodore H.] White. ‘He simply dehydrates them.’”
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Gemini Ink Conference

Gemini Ink 3rd Annual Conference set for July 20-22

SAN ANTONIO — Gemini Ink, San Antonio’s
literary arts center, is holding its 3rd annual Writers Conference July 20–22, 2018 at the historic downtown El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel.The conference focus is “Writing the New Century” and will explore the role writing plays in shaping the personal, social, and political consciousness of the 21st century.
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Texas Sports Hall of Fame Hosts Second Book Festival Aug. 11


WACO — The Texas Sports Hall of Fame has announced its second annual book festival for August 11, 2018, starting at 10 a.m.

Presented by Waco City Cable Channel, the festival will feature authors and athletes from across the state. A limited number of VIP tickets are available (email jay.black@tshof.org to reserve).
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