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Congratulations to the 2024 Texas Literary Hall of Fame Inductees: Tracy Daugherty, Molly Ivins, Stephen Graham Jones, Cormac McCarthy, Jan Seale, Cynthia Leitich Smith and Sergio Troncoso! Their induction is a validation of their talent and expertise as an author.

The authors will be honored at the official induction ceremony on October 29, 2024.

https://lib.tcu.edu/TXLitHOF/

Fort Worth Book Show is happening now. Come on out! Saturday 10-5, Sunday 10-3. Historic Masonic Temple, 1100 Henderson Street. $5 admission at the door.

Come to the Fort Worth Book Show today and tomorrow, Aug. 24 and 25. Admission $5 at the door. 1100 Henderson St. in the Masonic Temple. 10-5 - TCU Press is ready and waiting!

Happy Friday! Just a group of work friends with their coffee.

The Annual Book and Map Show is this weekend, August 24 and 25, at the historic Masonic Temple on Henderson Street in Fort Worth. Tons of rare and unusual books and related printed matter. Meet interesting people! Don't worry about the heat, because the Masonic Temple has extraordinary A/C!

$5 admission at the door

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday

Worse Than You Think: The Mostly True Story of Two Teachers Running for Congress Deep in the Heart of Texas Worse Than You Think: The Mostly True Story of Two Teachers Running for Congress Deep in the Heart of Texas

It's just out and already a big hit! Take a tour through the Czech culinary world with classically trained author-chef, Denise Mazal Resnerova. Recipes, stories, legends and lore. Beautiful photographs on every page.

Czech Heritage Society of Texas - Bexar County Czech Center Museum Houston Czech Center of Dallas - SPJST

Oh. My. Goodness.
Don't miss this one!
Possibly one of the best reads of the year.
Coming fall 2024.

Available now!
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AVAILABLE NOW!

https://www.tcupress.com/9780875658698/

Thane Baker grew up in the Kansas Dust Bowl. An Olympic medal winner from his small town gave seven-year-old Thane hopes for his own Olympic glory. Yet a work injury at age fourteen shoved steel behind his kneecap and ended his dreams. When new on his college campus, a coach allowed Thane to walk onto the track team. Three years later, Thane earned an unexpected berth on the 1952 United States Olympic Track and Field Team and traveled to New York City, Helsinki, Finland, and other European cities for competitions. Friendships grew between the American athletes in their six weeks together. Together, they faced hurdles of financial insecurity, racial inequality, chilly winds, and inadequate diets as they confronted the Soviet Union for the first time. Despite the obstacles, Thane, wearing borrowed socks and borrowed shoes, returned to his small town with an Olympic medal, forever changed by his experiences.

D Magazine article coming out Sept. 22 -- Don't miss it!

A great Olympics-related read!

Coming Fall 2024! Sequel to The Big Drift

COMING IN OCTOBER--Ten years in the making, my stand-alone sequel to my Spur Award-winning novel THE BIG DRIFT will be released by TCU Press.
Here's the title page from the proofs for "The Big Dry," which I'm currently reviewing. Proofs allow an author a final look at each page as it will appear in the book.
The earlier novel, the story of a black cowboy and a white cowboy who face a blizzard and their inner demons in the historic cattle drift of 1884-85, also received the Peacemaker Award of Western Fictioneers and three other awards.
The forthcoming THE BIG DRY, set in the drought of 1885-87, will answer all the questions readers may have wondered about after reading "The Big Drift."
Stay tuned for posts detailing the background for THE BIG DRY.

IT'S HERE! Available now from TCU Press www.tcupress.com

The Center for Texas Studies is looking forward to the new school year. If you have a child or grandchild entering 4th grade this year, check out Coloring Texas! This coloring book is designed to meet 4th grade TEKS and help students learn Texas History while coloring. Students will learn Texas history while engaging in an auditory, kinesthetic, and coloring activity. The captions are in both English and Spanish to meet your bilingual or language learner needs. Get your copy at TCUPress.com. We promise your child or grandchild will love it!

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Lareida Buckley Lareida Buckley’s novel gives us a first-view account of a rural, small-town Texas girl growing up under the watchful eye of her mother and her father, the local sheriff. The author cleverly portrays a vivid coming-of-age, describing what it was like growing up as the sheriff’s daughter through ...

The staff at TCU Press is saddened to hear of Judy's passing. A highly accomplished and exceptional human being is gone, but she made an indelible impression.

Judith Alter Obituary (1938 - 2024) - Fort Worth, TX - Star-Telegram View Judith MacBain Alter's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

TCU Press has lost a dear friend and esteemed colleague. We knew James Ward "Jim" Lee as an editor, author, and an all-around good guy. He left us with fond memories and some great stories.

James Ward Lee 1931-2024
Jim was born in Leeds Alabama to Mamie Earnest and Clarence Grady Lee. He attended Leeds public schools until high school when he attended boarding school at St. Andrew's School in Sewanee Tennessee, graduating in 1948.
Jim enlisted in the Navy in 1950 upon learning that the G.I. bill would pay for his future education. He served on the destroyers USS Renshaw and USS Radford during the Korean Conflict . After the end of hostilities, aboard the Radford, Jim participated in Operation Castle and Operation Ivy, escorting and observing above ground hydrogen bomb tests in the South Pacific.
Following the end of his enlistment in 1954, Jim obtained a BA in English from Middle Tennessee State University, an MA from University of Arkansas and a PhD from Auburn University. Jim began his employment at North Texas State University (now UNT) in 1958, rising through the ranks from Instructor to Assistant Professor, full Professor and eventually as Chairman of the English Department. Jim retired in 1999 after 41 years at UNT.
Jim was also an author and editor with the UNT Press, a press specializing in publishing works about the South or by Southern authors. Jim was the editor of "Texas Goes to War", and author of "Texas my Texas", "The Girls of the Golden West" and "A Texas Jubilee" among others. Jim drew upon the colorful characters of his boyhood in rural Leeds, Alabama, fictionalizing and resetting them in his adopted home state of Texas.
Upon leaving UNT Jim moved to Ft. Worth, swearing he would never live in Denton again and worked as an Editor for TCU Press. After the release of his last book, "The Girls of the Golden West" in 2017, Jim led a quiet life in Ft. Worth until 2024 when he abruptly recanted and moved into a retirement home back in Denton.
Jim was just settling in to his new home when a bout of pneumonia landed him in the hospital. Despite the best efforts of the staff at Texas Health Denton's ICU staff, Jim passed away in the early morning hours of July 8th from heart failure.
Jim is survived by his sons Steve and John, his granddaughter Alyssa, his great granddaughters Adeline and Violet and Steve, John and Alyssa's partners Susan, Anne Marie and Zac.
Jim requested there by no service or memorial. He will be interred in the family plot at the Bold Springs Presbyterian Cemetery in Leeds Alabama, alongside his parents.

Coming soon from TCU Press: The Big Dry, a sequel to The Big Drift, by Patrick Dearen.

Here are photos of the author demonstrating his unique writing process. He says in an email, "I'm attaching photos of my walk-writing method. I think I was writing Apache Lament, but in considering my hen-scratching, I'm not even sure myself. Around Midland, I have a number of locations that bear my footprints. My favorite is a trail I engineered through scrub mesquites, although at times I've come back with bloodied hands."