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- With the holidays
approaching, it's easy to forget the importance of taking time out
to relax and read at least a couple of good books. This
edition of Southern Literary Review is designed to help you decide
what you want to read if you ever do treat yourself to a day by the
fire sipping hot cocoa, and help you choose books for a lot of
different personalities on your Christmas list this year.
We have a lot of new
things on the site, including interviews from two of my favorite
southern writers and some great new selections. Some are back from
last year's holidays, and others are brand spankin' new!
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New On the Site!
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State-of-the-Month ~ Texas
Did you
know?
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Texas is the
only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it.
They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate
States, and the United States.
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The King Ranch
in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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Texas comes from the Hasinai
Indian word tejas meaning friends or allies.
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The
Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North
America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.
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The land area of Texas is larger than all of
New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois
combined. It extends 801 miles from north to south and 773
miles from east to west.
See
SLR's Texas page.
Next month,
Kentucky! Thank
you to everyone who voted on the spotlight state.
You voted and we listened!
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Editor’s
Picks
Complete the collection
Rich writing, rich history
A literary mystery.
Wonderful cooking!
A funny light read.
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