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Last Dance with Ann Richards: Best Texas Books of 2022

How Galvestonians used to dance until they dropped (for fun), a former figure skater turned journalist, and other Lone Star State stories. ....

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Martin's Must Reads: 'Last Dance on the Starlight Pier'

“I had already been a lot of things in my young life - vaudeville performer, dance instructor, waitress, dishwasher, pants presser, babysitter. And other things I won’t mention. Mostly, I was always what Mamie, my mother, needed me to be to earn money. Today was the first day of the life that I chose. By some miracle, I had won a scholarship to study at St. Mary’s Hospital of Nursing located in Galveston.” ....

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Ten Reasons to Believe We're Living in the Golden Age of Texas Fiction

Disemboweled zombies, gritty female crime investigators, harrowing tales of family dysfunction today’s crop of Texas novels has something for everyone. ....

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Why Are Texas Novelists So Fascinated by Galveston? – Texas Monthly

Kimberly Garza’s coastal debut, ‘The Last Karankawas,’ draws on her childhood memories of one of the city’s lesser-known ethnic enclaves. ....

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Inside the crazy world of dance marathons in Depression-era Galveston

Sarah Bird s latest novel puts her gritty survivors of the Great Depression into dance marathons, including one climactic event in Galveston. ....

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