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By Barbara Brannon

“Nobody in the literary world would have touched a book narrated by a ranch dog who was five bales short of a full load of hay.” An interview with Hank the Cowdog and his creator, John R. Erickson

Features

Local

Mason’s Master Storyteller Fred Gipson Still Enchanting Readers

Mason author Fred Gipson’s primary works – Hound-dog Man and Old Yeller – have positioned…

John Worth Cloud’s The Legend of Old Stone Ranch

“. . . On a high hill overlookingOld Stone Ranch, a cemeteryWith a single grave…

Pilgrimage to the Cross Plains of Robert E. Howard

Pilgrimages. Throughout history people have traveled great distances to visit the places connected to the…

Abilene brings books to life

William Joyce’s picture book, Santa Calls, tells the story of a little boy named Art…

Baylor’s Browning Library Brings Poetry to the Heart of Texas

Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for? One…

Rosenberg Library

If you Google the question “Which is the oldest library in Texas,” you might be…

Life

Hometown Historians

Joe Holley, Paula Allen and Joe Herring all learn something new about something old every…

Stories and Sandwiches at Glen Rose’s Storiebook Cafe

Glen Rose is billed as the Dinosaur Capital of Texas, but  the Central Texas town…

The Cowboy Oasis Cafe

As you travel Texas Highway 152 in the northeastern corner of the state, with the…

Alpine’s Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering

“There’s a hundred years of history,And a hundred before thatAll gathered in the thinkin’Goin’ on…

Talking Tombstones

In 1955, Corpus Christi police were on guard against people digging at the historic Old…

Poetry keeps cowboy heritage, values alive

Perhaps, no figure in the world is more iconic than the American cowboy. Working cowboys…

Legacy

Reading Austin

Fittingly, Austin’s nucleus of intellectual activity—the University of Texas—is also its literary hub. With nearly…

A Passion for Texas Literature and the Haley Library

As the author of 24 books, Patrick Dearen knows the importance of research. Whether writing…

At the State Archives

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) preserves and documents the shared heritage and…

Rock Solid Since 1940

Texas and football are practically synonymous. Every fall, fans gather in stadiums across the state…

The Literary Heritage of Texas

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent. Henry David Thoreau At…