Stories

East Texas epic

The first major novel from Leila Jaynes Meacham — Roses — was an instant bestseller on The New York Times list and has received rave reviews.

Alumni choreographed dance performance

Dance graduates Ashley Franco and Sarah Young choreographed a dance called “Coming and Going,” which the two performed at the third annual Pilot: Choreographers Take Flight Dance Concert.

Middle East troubles

In his new book Quicksand: America’s Pursuit of Power in the Middle East, Geoffrey Wawro traces the United States’ involvement in the Middle East over the last 100 years.

Music and mortality

Bruce Bond’s seventh full-length collection of poetry, Peal, features 29 poems exploring mortality and its embodiment in music.

Radio goes rural

The impact of radio on rural America in the three decades before the arrival of television is the subject of Out of the Dark: A History of Radio and Rural America by Steve Craig.