Texas -- Fiction
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
If You Want to Know Why I’m Afraid of You, 2019
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Identifier: cw_2019fall_sneed_madeline kay.pdf
Overview
"This is a novel about family, faith, and love. Set in the fictional town of Steinbeck, Texas, this story is told through the perspective of a daughter and a father, Emmy and Steve, through the course of a year following their estrangement after Emmy comes out as a lesbian. The novel explores the challenges of reconciling identity and place, faith and expectation, sacrifice and compromise. Ultimately, the novel is focused on love—romantic, familial, and spiritual—and what we must sacrifice...
Dates:
2019
Multitudes, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_barclay_hannah.pdf
Overview
"June, an artist living in New York City, vetures [sic] to Austin, Texas, with her musician boyfriend and her best friend as a part of her boyfriend's national tour. The more time the group spends in Texas, the more June's psyche and relationships begin to unravel. June has the uncanny feeling she's been to this city before and when people begin calling her by a different name, she knows there's something her friends are not relling [sic] her. With the help of a local austinite, Priya, June...
Dates:
2023
Take as needed and other stories, 2016
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Identifier: cw_2016spring_sears_hannah.pdf
Overview
"A collection of linked short stories that centers on the lives of a cast of characters in small-town Texas."--Abstract.
Dates:
2016
Ungeheuer, 2018
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Identifier: cw_2018fall_johnson_scott asburry.pdf
Overview
"'Ungeheuer' is a complete, 80,000-word stand-alone novel in the horror genre. The story follows four main characters who find themselves threatened by monsters released from an underground cave by a group of amateur spelunkers. This novel uses real Texas landmarks and towns to blur the line between fact and fiction, and relies heavily on the heritage and folklore of the Texas settlers. It also explores the themes of young love and the hero's journey as the characters fight to survive by...
Dates:
2018
When the dust settled, 2015
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Identifier: cw_2015fall_dickey_zyanya.pdf
Overview
"This collection of short stories explores many different characters, all of whom are struggling with their relationships with themselves, their family members and partners, and even the world around them. Each story studies the nuances of the different relationships people form and break throughout their lives. They are linked through their setting of El Paso, Texas, which is my hometown and a place I've always considered to be of underestimated beauty and appeal." -- Abstract.
Dates:
2015