CSSW @ TXST runs a literary journal, Southwestern American Literature, TX Books in Review, & emphasizes the diversity of the Southwestern U.S. & Northern Mexico
Joined October 2017
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Center for the Study of the Southwest retweeted
5 May 2025
“Big Bend is the natural embodiment of change. The weather, elevation, geological history—all prophets for the gospel of change.”
Author James Wade on how traveling in an RV through West Texas helped him embrace an ever-evolving world. Read more: texashighways.com/culture/es…
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27 Mar 2025
Check out our upcoming events for April! We have something for everybody, and we can't wait to see you there.
Register for these events at the link in our bio.
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18 Mar 2025
Join us this Thursday for a poetry reading by Juan Manuel Pérez!
Find more information and register at the link in our bio.
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20 Feb 2025
Join us for an upcoming event next week!
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20 Feb 2025
We can't wait to see you at our upcoming event! Register now at the link in our bio.
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20 Feb 2025
Encourage your students to sign up for our second annual undergraduate research conference!
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13 Feb 2025
Author and professor Jim Sanderson writes, "And with her language and quick takes on character, Cobb must have had a good time writing the novel. Fans and new readers should have a good time reading it."
Read his full review at the link in our bio.
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25 Nov 2024
Reviewer Derrick Roberts II writes, "39: Your Last Birthday, by Timothy Gene Sojka, is a novel with enough thematic concepts for a trilogy."
Read the rest of the review here: tbr.txst.edu/archives/spring…
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Center for the Study of the Southwest retweeted
10 Nov 2024
If you’re ever in need of community, you’re guaranteed to find it at the local library—and there are more than 500 in Texas. texashighways.com/culture/te…
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Center for the Study of the Southwest retweeted
4 Nov 2024
It is officially First-Gen Week! ⭐ Let’s commemorate the efforts being made by our first-generation college students who are determined to graduate from TXST.
To register for our first-gen event, visit ow.ly/v2gO50TQehX
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Center for the Study of the Southwest retweeted
21 Oct 2024
The Wittliff doubles its Cormac McCarthy archive! #CormacMcCarthy #TheWittliff #TXST
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Center for the Study of the Southwest retweeted
15 Oct 2024
Congratulations to lead archivist Katie Salzmann and our entire archival staff and student workers on being this year's winner of the Archival Award of Excellence from the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board. Great job! #TheWittliff #TXST #THRAB
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Center for the Study of the Southwest retweeted
10 Oct 2024
I've been sitting on this for a while, but my long story, "Blackberry Winter" will be in the upcoming anthology ABSOLUTE ZERO. #terror #anthology
10 Oct 2024
We're absolutely chilled to announce ABSOLUTE ZERO, a thematically "cold" anthology featuring stories by 13 authors selected from an open call for submissions.
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We have two exciting events this week! Come see us at Centro and Brazos to chat with award-winning author Tim Z. Hernandez about his new memoir.
Registration is at the link in our bio.
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26 Sep 2024
Review Katelyn Hammack writes, "Frost masterfully demonstrates that while a hollow may appear tranquil, secrets always rest in the soil, waiting to be stirred."
Read the full review at the link in our bio.
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17 Sep 2024
You heard it here first, folks! LaToya Watkins is a winner, @WritersLeague
28 Mar 2024
Reviewer Shravani Karna writes, "With Holler, Child, Latoya Watkins has unveiled a new collection of stories that continues to exemplify her distinct voice while delving into the unspoken complexities of society."
Read the rest here: tbr.txst.edu/archives/fall-2…
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17 Sep 2024
Reviewer Fable June says, "Sneed’s debut novel...brings together football, faith, and queerness" and "manages to evade sentimentality and clichés while delving into what it means to be queer in an environment where everyone you know thinks you’re going to hell."
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Center for the Study of the Southwest retweeted
16 Sep 2024
We have an amazing event coming up Thursday night. RSVP on our website.
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27 Aug 2024
TXST Public History alumni Avery Armstrong & Tori Villarreal participated in the foundation document workshop for the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, TX. Since graduation, Avery & Tori have both worked to collect local community histories across the Southwest.
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Center for the Study of the Southwest retweeted
26 Aug 2024
Happy first day of class, #TXST Bobcats!
Make today great. The world is your oyster! 🦪
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