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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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Need a recommendation for the Free Space? Check out J Drew Lanham @wildandincolor.bsky.social!
The Home Place, Sparrow Envy, and Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves
#sowellcollection #2026bookbingo #bookrecs #literature #poetry #memoir
February 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Happy Early Valentine's Day! Here are some Valentines to give to an archivist!
#sowellcollection #valentinesday #valentinescards #archives
February 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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TONIGHT! Join us @ 5:30 in person or online! Reception and Signing after the reading!
#sowellcollection #reading #literature #community #nature #archives
February 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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One row down! Time for books set in the Polar North or the Arctic
Accidental Shepard - Liese Greensfelder
Far North - Marcel Theroux
Winter - Val McDermid
#sowellcollection #2026bookbingo #bookrecs #archives
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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TOMORROW! Join us @ 5:30 in person or online!
Register Here: texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#sowellcollection #reading #literature #community #nature #archives
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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was a blast:
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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also here: youtu.be/uYGCd625Z7s?...
In Madness - Ep.149 - Stephen Graham Jones
YouTube video by In Madness Pod
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February 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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THIS THURSDAY! If you aren't able to join us in person you can join us online.
Register Here: texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#sowellcollection #reading #literature #community #nature #archives
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Next week! Thursday @ 5:30 with Katherine Larson! Join us in-person or if you can't make it meet us on zoom!
Register Here: texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#sowellcollection #reading #literature #community #nature #archives
February 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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New Week New Book Bingo Recommendations! Short Stories by Sowell Authors

bigskyjournal.com/fires1/
orionmagazine.org/article/he-s...
reactormag.com/the-belle-of...
www.terrain.org/2025/fiction...

#sowellcollection #bookbingo #bookrecs #literature #community #nature #archives
February 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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February is National Library Lover's Month! Come check out the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libraries. That includes the Sowell Collection!

#SowellCollection #literature #community #nature #libraries #archives #NationalLibraryLoversMonth
February 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Our first reading of 2026 is next Thursday @ 5:30 with Katherine Larson! Join us in-person or if you can't make it meet us on zoom!
Register Here:
texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#sowellcollection #reading #literature #community #nature #archives
February 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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FINALLY got it rigged (I think) such that it embeds instead of just links (now, to see if this is a global fix or not . . .) (so, messing with it, I may temporarily break this, alas. this is much like writing a novel, yes).
American Indians, American Horror - Stephen Graham Jones
Horror, no matter the sub-genre, is always about survival. Of the body, the mind. The heart, the soul. The status quo. The future. While horror isn’t the sole province of American Indians—horror’s for...
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January 30, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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Honor that Buffalo Hunter Hunter’s a finalist for @audiobooks Audie Award. Thanks, @simon.audio #Audies2026
2026 Finalists — Homepage
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January 29, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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yep. just threw something new up there a couple minutes ago:
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We all know @sgj.bsky.social is one of the most prolific authors alive, but he's also a prodigious poster! His long-running site just received a complete makeover and it's easy to sign up to be emailed new posts. Go to www.stephengrahamjones.com & scroll down to the subscribe field. Easy-peasy!
January 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Poetry Time! Here are the recommendations for Eco-Poetry Anthology Bingo Square.
Black Nature by Camille Dungy
You Are Here by Ada Limon
Attached to the Living World by Ann Fisher-Wirth
Ghost Fishing by Melissa Tuckey
#sowellcollection #2026BookBingo #poetry #literature #community #nature #bookrecs
January 29, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Who says archivists can't have fun? To keep things interesting as we work, we name our beloved carts! Here's some examples of the creative names we've come up with over the years.

#texastech #archives #southwestcollection #history #lubbock #specialcollections
January 28, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Mannequins on parade!
January 28, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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maybe coming to a West Coast-ish venue near you. not listed there is Texas Book Festival in El Paso, Feb 21. maybe not listed because Texas is pretty seriously not "West Coast?"

listed here, though: www.stephengrahamjones.com/events/?cust...
January 28, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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New flash story:
January 23, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Mark your calendars to join us for a reading from Katherine Larson Feb 12 @ 5:30! Come in person or email us for the virtual option. Reception and Signing will follow!
#sowellcollection #Spring2026Readings #literature #community #literature #reading #archive
January 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Alternate Worlds: A Texas Tech University Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club is reading Hybrid Child by Mariko Ohara!
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RSVP at [email protected]
#bookclub #scifi #fantasy
January 22, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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Need some help getting started on your Book Bingo? Here are some recommendations for Books About Water!
Is a River Alive? - Robert Macfarlane
The Water Knife - Paolo Bacigalupi
The Long-Shinging Waters - Danielle Sosin
Water - Susan Brind Morrow
#sowellcollection #2026bookbingo
January 21, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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It's Book Publishers Day! Here are some Sowell books and their publishers. @sgj.bsky.social
#sowellcollection #bookpublishers #literature #community #nature
January 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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La biblioteca de Carfax’s beautiful cover for The Angel of Indian Lake
Jade and Letha back to back, the specter of Tad looming behind, menace and gloom permeating, but the way Jade has her hips cocked, you can read her attitude: if she goes down this time, she’s not going down alone …
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM