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Tangling Intimacy, Migration, and Representation
Essayist Hilal Isler depicts women on the brink in debut story collection Har Mar
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Rock Stars and Scavengers Navigate Relationships in Mudlark’s Apocalypse
Mary Helen Specht’s musical second novel dives into dystopia
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Escaping Grief Through Pole Dancing
Pleasers save the day in Mary Pauline Lowry’s Last Night Was Killer
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A Human as A Real Animal
Michener graduate Emeline Atwood tells a tale of instinct in debut novel
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Earth 7 Is Deb Olin Unferth’s Science-Fiction Ode to Resilient Life
Life among the rubble
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A Labor Storm Hits Austin in Grocery Store Drama Work to Do
Former Texas Book Festival figure Jules Wernersbach explores the weird underside of Austin’s “Shop Local” ethos in debut novel
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Complicating The Myth of Red Texas
David Griscom’s debut nonfiction work retraces the bootprints of Texas liberalism
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A Seriously Fun Consideration of the Superfan
Jenny Tinghui Zhang unravels fandom’s sticky web
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A Moving Memoir for Lone Star Loners
Texas-raised author Stefan Merrill Block releases memoir with a message
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Flipping Through Austin’s Music Scene
Local “field guide” attempts the impossible
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Scott Semegran Goes Back to His Indie Roots
DIY Texas writer proves the doubters wrong – again – with Starman After Midnight audiobook
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Jess Hagemann Writes Marie Antoinette Into an Austin Sex Cult
Local author’s sophomore novel Mother-Eating is gruesome, ambitious, and meticulously written
