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New In Print November 20, 2009
In praise of dead and dying art forms, Parts I and II

Fun for the Whole Family November 6, 2009
Traversing the Texas Book Festival

Big Lit October 30, 2009
Previewing the 2009 Texas Book Festival

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Ben Greenman at the 2009 Austin Jewish Book Fair

Use Your Words October 30, 2009
The 18th annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

Diana Welch talks about the joint memoir she wrote with her siblings about surviving childhood

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New In Print: In praise of dead and dying art forms, Parts I and II
The German Mujahid: This award-winning novel, banned in its native Algeria, provides a different perspective on the Holocaust
An Echo in the Bone: A Novel: The time-transcending love story between 20th century doctor Claire Beauchamp and rugged 18th century Scottish Highlander Jamie Fraser continues
A Glass of Water: Baca brings his distinctive poetic timbre to his debut novel about Mexican immigrants laboring in the chile fields of the Southwest
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'Redefining Beauty' party and signing tonight: Texas poet laureate Karla K. Morton reads tonight at BookWoman

Where Art Meets Craft: Austin Makes a Book, and so can you.

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