#Fall 2020

Welcome to the 2020 Fall Edition of Authentic Texas!

We’re delighted to be back in print! And, we’re as committed as ever to providing…

Reading Austin

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

Texas Book Festival at 25 Goes Virtual

In March 1989, just two months into serving as First Lady of the United States,…

Hank the Cowdog

“Nobody in the literary world would have touched a book narrated by a ranch dog…

Mason’s Master Storyteller Fred Gipson Still Enchanting Readers

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

Poetry keeps cowboy heritage, values alive

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

A Passion for Texas Literature and the Haley Library

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

John Worth Cloud’s The Legend of Old Stone Ranch

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

At the State Archives

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