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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
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!
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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...
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The deadline for submissions is NEXT WEEK! Get your nonfiction manuscripts in by Nov 15th. @terrainorg.bsky.social
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The El is so good:
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TOMORROW @ 6PM!
Register Here: texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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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"):
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This Thursday! Join us for a reading from Clara Bush Vadala @ 6pm.
texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Happy Halloween Everyone! It's time for some spooky book recs. We got monsters, ghosts, and some creeping nature!
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Our final reading of Fall 2025 Virtual Reading Series is approching! Join us for Clara Bush Vadala Nov 6 @ 6pm.
texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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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.
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...
29.10.2025 20:32 — 👍 49 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 1Cool list to luck onto:
30.10.2025 11:41 — 👍 54 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0There is still time to submit your nonfiction manuscripts for the 2026 Sowell Emerging Writers Prize. @terrainorg.bsky.social terrainorg.submittable.com/submit
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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
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New Collection Preview for Kim Barnes's newest addition is up on our blog!
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So cool to have ATBS out in the world again. And, always great, talking with Greg:
28.10.2025 13:23 — 👍 39 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0man, honored myself to be here:
24.10.2025 23:28 — 👍 53 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0hey, cool:
24.10.2025 15:00 — 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Wow, such an honor, so cool:
24.10.2025 16:14 — 👍 49 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0It'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.
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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.
swco.ttu.edu/sowell/Lanha...
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coming November 12th:
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Don't Forget! Clara Bush Vadala on Nov 6 @ 6pm.
texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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It's National Mushroom Day! If you like fungi, try these books formerly owned by our authors and check out their research in these collections!
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Last few slipcases for MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW and DON'T FEAR THE REAPER (SST limited edition hardcover books) by Stephen Graham Jones:
sstpublications.co.uk/chainsaw-rea...
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Submissions are still open for the Sowell Emerging Writers Prize. If you have a nonfiction manuscript, send it in! @terrainorg.bsky.social
terrainorg.submittable.com/submit
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AND it’s got an extra 42 (or so?) pages of story at the end (not sure if it’s in 1776 or not—maybe not? On the road now, don’t have it to check out).
14.10.2025 00:14 — 👍 55 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 2Whether it be starting a horror podcast or making a voice recording for a class project, our Podcast Studios are available to all Red Raiders! 🎃
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Superstar Horror Writer Stephen Graham Jones and Denver Post bestseller Joshua Viola Conclude True Believers #comics #comicbooks @bitbotmedia.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social
13.10.2025 23:00 — 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0It's Indigenous Peoples Day! Let's celebrate and honor Indigenous American peoples and commemorate their histories and cultures.
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