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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature
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The Sowell Collection holds the papers of some of the country's most prominent writers on the natural world. Endowment Donation: www.give.ttu.edu/sowell-2023 Blog: https://thesowellcollection.wordpress.com
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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · Sep 19
We had a wonderful reading with @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social last night! Next up is @sgj.bsky.social on Oct 7 @5:30pm!
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Register Here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #writers #literature #community #nature #archives
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November is Memoir Writing Month! Here are some of the wonderful memoirs written by our authors.
#sowellcollection #memoirwritingmonth #memoir #literature #community #nature #archives
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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This is the last week to submit your nonfiction manuscripts!
@terrainorg.bsky.social

terrainorg.submittable.com/submit

#sowellemergingwritersprize2026 #sowellcollection #nonfiction #cfm #manuscripts #literature #community #nature #writers #archives
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Thank you to everyone that attended our Virtual Reading Series! We had a great time with some wonderful authors and strengthening our community. Keep an eye out Spring 2026 for our next Reading Series!
#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #literature #community #nature #archives
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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For this month's Friday Faves, Assistant Archivist Weston Marshall highlights the Hal P. Spencer Papers. Spencer served in the U.S. Army at Hickman Field during WWII. After the war, he worked at Reese Air Force Base. txarchives.org/ttusw/findin...

#PearlHarbor #archives #southwestcollection #ww2
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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The deadline for submissions is NEXT WEEK! Get your nonfiction manuscripts in by Nov 15th. @terrainorg.bsky.social
#sowellemergingwritersprize2026 #sowellcollection #nonfiction #cfm #manuscripts #literature #community
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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The El is so good:
November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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TOMORROW @ 6PM!
Register Here: texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #writers #poetry #literature #community #nature
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Cool Buffalo Hunter Hunter discussion over on NYT's The Book Review podcast (guess, really, it's "wherever you get your podcasts"):
Book Club: Let's Talk About 'The Buffalo Hunter Hunter'
Podcast Episode · The Book Review · 10/31/2025 · 45m
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November 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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This Thursday! Join us for a reading from Clara Bush Vadala @ 6pm.
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#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #poetry #writers #literature #community #nature
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Happy Halloween Everyone! It's time for some spooky book recs. We got monsters, ghosts, and some creeping nature!

#sowellcollection #halloween #bookrecommendations #horror #literature #community #nature #archive
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Our final reading of Fall 2025 Virtual Reading Series is approching! Join us for Clara Bush Vadala Nov 6 @ 6pm.
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#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #writers #poetry #literature #community #nature
October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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NOW this story's live. Monday when I linked it was still eyes-only. now it's for all. "Proof of Concept": conjunctions.com/articles/ste...
cover image for a story: Alice Pike Barney, "The Shadow," n.d. Smithsonian American Art Museum. it's a young girl with Leia buns sitting in a Van Gogh type space—all swirly and brushstrokey. her shadow is big and diffuse against the wall beside her. well, that's her shadow if there's a candle in the foreground we can't see. if no candle? then that shadow monster is playing with her, sort of mocking her posture. probably to tenderize its next meal.
October 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Cool list to luck onto:
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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There is still time to submit your nonfiction manuscripts for the 2026 Sowell Emerging Writers Prize. @terrainorg.bsky.social terrainorg.submittable.com/submit

#sowellemergingwritersprize2026 #sowellcollection #nonfiction #cfm #manuscripts #literature #community #nature #writers #archives
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Halloween is around the corner! Check out these vintage Halloween-themed window displays at Lubbock's Hemphill-Wells Company department store from 1943.

- Winston Reeves Photograph Collection

#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #Halloween
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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New Collection Preview for Kim Barnes's newest addition is up on our blog!
#sowellcollection #archive #literature #community #nature #memoir #novel
New Collection Preview: Kim Barnes Papers, 1963-2024 and undated
Kim Barnes' second collection documents her writing and teaching career, and her personal relationships within the literary community. The collection contains personal and professional correspondence; correspondence, research material, and publicity for two memoirs, three novels, and one anthology; drafts for an unpublished novel, and a screenplay. Other materials include awards, promotional material for events, interviews, drafts of stories, essays, and poetry; teaching materials, and photographs.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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So cool to have ATBS out in the world again. And, always great, talking with Greg:
igreggreene.bsky.social Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 14d
Happy re-release day to @sgj.bsky.social for his novel ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SINNERS, out today from Open Road Media! I interviewed Stephen about ATBS, his new EARTHDIVERS OMNIBUS, and the reissue of his flash fiction collection STATES OF GRACE (drops 12/9 from Open Road). Plus a funny broken rib story!
Chthonica #15: Stephen Graham Jones on All the Beautiful Sinners, States of Grace, and Earthdivers
YouTube video by Chthonica
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October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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man, honored myself to be here:
robsaucedo.bsky.social Rob Saucedo @robsaucedo.bsky.social · 18d
I'm honored to be included in this Great Werewolf Novels of Texas list. It's not complete (there's CARNIVOROUS LUNER ACTIVITIES and the just-released MACABRE VALLEY), but any list where WHERE WOLF sits alongside @sgj.bsky.social and @shaunhamill.bsky.social is aces.

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The Great Werewolf Novels Of Texas
Four Texas authors have turned the old wolfman trope into something exciting and literary. And the perfect book to pick up during spooky season.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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hey, cool:
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Wow, such an honor, so cool:
October 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Honor to have a vampire novel on this list:
The Best Horror Books of 2025 - B&N Reads
These are the 2025 horror novels that spooked, scared and haunted us throughout the year.
www.barnesandnoble.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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It's National Day on Writing. Literary archives like us, keep the writing of writers. Here are some examples of the various forms of writing that we hold.
#sowellcollection #archives #literature #writing #nationaldayonwriting #community #nature
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Black Poetry Day is to celebrate the contributions of Black poets and writers throughout history. Check out J. Drew Lanham's work for poetry and his collections in our archive.
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#sowellcollection #blackpoetryday #poetry #literature #community #nature #archives
October 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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coming November 12th:
October 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Don't Forget! Clara Bush Vadala on Nov 6 @ 6pm.
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#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #poetry #reading #writers #literature #community #nature
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM