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Texas music chronicler Joe Nick Patoski will receive the 2009 TCU Texas Book Award for his biography Willie Nelson: An Epic Life. He’ll be fêted at a March 19 dinner on the TCU campus, which will be open to the public (provided you pony up $30 for the pleasure of attending). Reservations can be made by calling Barbara Standlee (817/257-6109).
Dan Oko chronicled Patoski in these pages back in April. You can also read an excerpt from his biography here.
This article appears in February 20 • 2009.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women... More by Kimberley Jones
