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Amy Gentry reviews fiction regularly for the Chicago Tribune, and her work can be found in Salon, Austin Chronicle and other venues.

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Texas’ Strangest Son: The Exile and Creativity of William Goyen

A new book explores the unconventional life of a writers' writer.

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Clark Davis is a strong, clear-eyed biographer and an engaging writer, and It Starts with Trouble will do its job of drawing critical attention back to one of the strangest of Texas’ native sons. Read More

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The Book Report: Redefining “Her Texas”

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A new anthology, “Her Texas: Story, Image, Poem & Song,” offers a multiethnic and multidisciplinary snapshot of creative women in contemporary Texas. Read More

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The second biggest surprise in Owen Egerton's new book is that during the apocalypse, an army of nutria will rise from Lady Bird Lake and kill us all. Read More

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