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Good Reads Q&A: Firsthand Experience

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Brianna Holt never thought her first book would be a memoir, and especially not at only 25 years old. But after the summer of 2020, when Holt, BJ, BS ’16,...

 
 

New Reads for Spring 2023 From the Longhorn Universe

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TEXAS TEXTURES  Photographs and Tales from the Backroads  BY KAY SWANSEY  Lonely towns and dilapidated structures form the core of Texas...

 
 
Q&A: A New Novel Tells the Story of Hurricane Ike

Q&A: A New Novel Tells the Story of Hurricane Ike

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Texas is vast, diverse, and complicated. It can be nearly impossible to describe to people who don’t live here, who didn’t grow up in and around the nuances...

 
 

New Year, New Reads From the Longhorn Universe

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THE ROAD TO TEXAS   Incredible Twists and Improbable Turns Along the Longhorns Recruiting Trail   BY MIKE ROACH    The...

 
 

Holiday Reads From the Longhorn Universe

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AT THE TABLE WITH LBJ AND LADY BIRD   History, Humor, and True Texas Recipes   BY JEAN E. SCHULER, BFA ’82   After years of...

 
 

Q&A: Journalism Professor Kate Dawson Is Truly a True Crime Historian

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If you haven’t heard Kate Winkler Dawson’s voice before, you probably will soon. Maybe you listened to the audiobook version of her most recent book,...

 
 

A Wilder World

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Author Millie Kerr has had a love for nature and wildlife since she was a child spending time on her grandparents’ ranch, a home to scimitar-horned oryx,...

 
 

Discover New Fall Reads From the Longhorn Universe

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BORN TO SHINE  Do Good, Find Your Joy, and Build a Life You Love  by Kendra Scott  A familiar name in Austin and in jewelry stores around...

 
 

Discover These New Reads From the Longhorn Universe

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FORAGING TEXAS   Finding, Identifying, And Preparing Edible Wild Foods In Texas   By Eric M. Knight, BS ’10, Life Member, and Stacy...

 
 

A New Book Unpacks the Meaning of the Misplaced Objects We Miss the Most

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Author Rob Walker. In an essay about ruining the magic of a long-lost childhood toy by attempting to replace it as an adult, Alex Balk posits that lost things...

 
 
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