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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 · 20d

We had a wonderful reading with @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social last night! Next up is @sgj.bsky.social on Oct 7 @5:30pm!
@texastechlib.bsky.social
Register Here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #writers #literature #community #nature #archives

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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 21h

Now its time to get ready for Clara Bush Vadala's reading Nov 6 @ 6PM!
Register Here: texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 21h

We had an terror-ific reading with @stephengrahamjones on Tuesday and the last day of @texastechlib Great Book Reads discussion is tonight!

#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #writers #literature #community #nature

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 2d

Join us TONIGHT @5:30pm! @texastechlib.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social

Register Here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #writers #literature #community #nature #horrorwriting

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Texas Tech University Libraries @texastechlib.bsky.social · 3d

Homecoming Week is the perfect time to go on memory lane. But, what does that look like for the library?

The SWC/SC library strives to make this regions' memory lane preserved for generations. We take a look at one facet in this new episode of Cardigan Convo.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=hciX...

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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 3d

TOMORROW! Join us @5:30 with @texastechlib.bsky.social Great Book Reads to hear @stephengrahamjones.bsky.social talk about The Buffalo Hunter Hunter!

Register Here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #literature #community #nature #horrorwriting #horror

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 6d

We need widespread deployment of sun and wind to limit the climate crisis
But it could limit the oligarch crisis too

Earth Agora @earthagora.bsky.social · 6d

Here comes the sun! The solar energy revolution – podcast.
Why might authoritarians fear the rise of green energy? With @billmckibben.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Here comes the sun! The solar energy revolution – podcast

Why might authoritarians fear the rise of green energy? With Bill McKibben

www.theguardian.com

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 5d

David Quammen recalls an expedition into the jungle with Jane Goodall.

A Walk in the Deep Forest with Jane Goodall

David Quammen recalls an expedition into the jungle with the renowned chimpanzee expert

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Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 5d

STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES newsflash! Open Road's reissue of @sgj.bsky.social's ultra-rare flash fiction collection, STATES OF GRACE, gets an expanded edition on 12/9/25, with 20 stories not in the original, 10 of them published here for the first time! SGJ's flash fiction is the bourbon of storytelling 🥃

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Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 6d

@etchfilm.bsky.social just made the episode #1 of FIRST WORD IN HORROR available for free on Youtube and it's @sgj.bsky.social talking about the evolutionary origins of our love of horror! Watch this first ep, then subscribe to Etch to see the whole series because it's excellent!

Stephen Graham Jones | FIRST WORD ON HORROR Part 1

YouTube video by Etch

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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 6d

Next Week! Join us and @texastechlib.bsky.social for @stephengrahamjones.bsky.social on Oct 7 @5:30!

Register Here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #writers #literature #community #nature #horror #thebuffalohunterhunter

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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 7d

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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 7d

Submissions are still open for The Sowell Emerging Writers Prize. If you have a nonfiction manuscript about nature and community send it in!
@terrainorg.bsky.social

#sowellemergingwritersprize2026 #sowellcollection #nonfiction #cfm #manuscripts #literature #community #nature #writers #archives

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Southwest Collection @swcscl.bsky.social · 8d

October is Archives Month! Follow along as we celebrate and share more about how our institution makes history accessible to you.

📷: Southwest Collection Photograph Collection, 1976-1997

#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #research #manuscripts #history

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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 9d

We have created a Spotify playlist of podcast episodes featuring @stephengrahamjones.bsky.social for your listening enjoyment!
open.spotify.com/playlist/1yH...

Stephen Graham Jones Podcast Eps

open.spotify.com

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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 9d

It's International Podcast Day! Check out podcasts featuring other Sowell authors!

#sowellcollection #podcasts #interviews #literature #community #nature #archives

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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 10d

Next Week! Join us and @texastechlib.bsky.social Great Book Reads for @stephengrahamjones.bsky.social 's The Buffalo Hunter Hunter on Oct 7 @5:30
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #writers #horror #literature #community #nature

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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 13d

The Explorer's Club Writing for Nature is today @5pm! And keep a look out for these other upcoming events!

#sowellcollection #events #community #literature #nature #archive

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 14d

You can register here to join us!
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Great Book Reads

Event Timing: October 7, 8, & 9 Event Place: Online For questions, email [email protected] -You'll be sent the zoom link when we get closer to the event.

docs.google.com

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 14d

It's National Comic Book Day and our resident comic writer @stephengrahamjones.bsky.social will be giving a reading with us and @texastechlib.bsky.social!

#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #writers #literature #community #nature #horror #comicbooks

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Institute for Historical Studies @ UT Austin @utaustinihs.bsky.social · 18d

Thursday! "A Roundtable on Environmental History" f. Joshua Frens-String, @markstoll.bsky.social, C. J. Alvarez, & @embsumek.bsky.social —scholars reshaping how we think about infrastructure, borders, the environment, and so much more.

Sep. 25. 2-3:30pm, Hybrid. Info/Register: bit.ly/EH-RT-IHS.

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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · 17d

Here are some upcoming events to check out!

Writing for Nature: www.explorers.org/calendar-of-...

#sowellcollection #literature #community #nature #events

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks to @davidsirota.com for a nifty interview!

The Lever @levernews.com · 19d

"This is the energy that makes sense going forward."

@billmckibben.bsky.social discusses the solar energy revolution's positive tipping point & the Sun Day nationwide action taking place tomorrow.

Hear the full Lever Time episode: www.levernews.com/the-giant-fi...

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Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social · 20d

Whoah, these Evernight/@titanbooks.bsky.social Indian Lake books are AMAZING. Back covers are killer, too.

My Heart is a Chainsaw and Don’t Fear the Reaper, held over a (computer) keyboard

Page edges of My Heart is a Chainsaw and Don’t Fear the Reaper

My Heart is a Chainsaw and Don’t Fear the Reaper WITHOUT their dustjackets

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 19d

"I find a belonging in the natural world that I rarely experience among humans," writes Eli Clare. "Trees don’t gawk. Boulders don’t call me inspirational… Sitting in the woods or at the ocean, I glimpse a world that relishes crookedness, wholeness and brokenness, an explosion of sizes and shapes."

On Trees, Turtles, and Tremors

A queer disabled conversation about naming and kinship

orionmagazine.org

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Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social · 18d

Wow: whole thread. And? I really got that accent? Guess I been living with it so long I don’t even hear it anymore.

Michelle Kenneth @michellekenneth.bsky.social · 18d

Doing a massive @sgj.bsky.social video drop below from the Brooklyn Book Fest. All about writing (and horror).

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