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While growing up in Houston, writer Rick Bass was taught to be leery of the snowbirds—northerners who traveled south for warmer climes during the winter. However, Bass found himself yearning for the warmth of Texas after a move to Montana. #longreads https://t.co/7M4mJMXQme

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“There will never be anybody else like him,” says Jay Leeson, a Lubbock-based artist who first met Mike Leach as a Texas Tech undergrad 20 years ago. “His motto was swing your sword, and that’s exactly what he did. He swung his sword.” https://t.co/w4brs6L2aR

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During a visit to New Braunfels, writer Fernando A. Flores finds that the Faust Hotel conjures thoughts of Goethe’s 'Faust.' #longreads https://t.co/3kxihGsKJL

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Kimberly Garza knows identities are tricky, and never uniform. In her debut novel “The Last Karankawas,” she attempts to address ancestry, language, history, and the ways our roots intertwine with our surroundings. https://t.co/PbS100lMZI

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Many may not know the local spots that gave author Larry McMurtry the inspiration to write his historical epic, Lonesome Dove. One writer explores sites in Southlake, Weatherford, and Fort Worth that gave McMurtry some fodder. https://t.co/QG4JdzVNj3

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Sulphur Springs native Colleen Hoover’s highly anticipated novel “It Starts With Us” arrives on bookshelves today. We took a look at how the BookTok queen went from a social worker who wrote fiction as a hobby to a major bestselling author. https://t.co/Jl90rurRZ0

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The life-size Old Yeller statue sits prominently in front of Mason County’s M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library. It’s a fitting spot for a timeless tribute to a beloved children’s novel and its prolific author and Mason native son, Fred Gipson. https://t.co/0XfptD3RTC

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A new biography, ‘Texas Jack: America’s First Cowboy Star’ by Matthew Kerns, tracks John B. Omohundro’s days as a schoolteacher, cowboy, scout, hunting guide, frontier thespian, and one-half of a pioneer power couple. https://t.co/tmcVDLjy7O

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The Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center, run by the Commemorative Air Force, explores WASP pilots and the Tuskegee Airmen. https://t.co/zVzVLoqFLS

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Author and former journalist Jody Hadlock's latest work, "The Lives of Diamond Bessie," is a historical novel about a murder that took place in East Texas in 1877. https://t.co/sypm85zyMD