TCU Press News

Here is the link to the pictures of Gov. Castro’s book signing on October 29, 2009, at Phoenix College to inaugurate the Raul H. Castro Scholarship in Southwest Studies at the Maricopa County Community Colleges: http://www.photosbyjosemunoz.com/Events/2009-10-29-Raul-H-Castro-Book/10145043_kUzsN#697661525_8EYmv

Karla K. Morton, has just won the Betsy Colquitt award for her poem “Charmer” that recently appeared in TCU’s literary magazine descant. Morton’s book, Karla K. Morton: New and Selected Poems, will be published by TCU Press in the fall of 2010 as part of the TCU Texas Poets Laureate Series. Congratulations, Karla!

Marcia Hatfield Daudistel, editor of Literary El Paso (TCU Press, October 2009) has just been named West Texas/Trans Pecos editor of Texas Books in Review. Daudistel will cover the Texas literary scene from Wichita Falls to El Paso and describes the new position as “a labor of love.” Congratulations, Marcia.

Gov. Rick Perry has named Light Townsend Cummins Texas State Historian for the next two years. Cummins, author of Emily Austin of Texas 1795-1851, Number 1 in TCU Press' Texas Biography Series, is a history professor and director of the Center for Southwestern and Mexican Studies at Austin College in Sherman. He is a board member of the Texas State Historical Association and an associate of the Danforth Foundation. He is also past chair of the Grayson County Historical Commission and a member of Humanities Texas.

Dr. Jack L. August, author of Dividing Western Waters: Mark Wilmer and Arizona v California; Vision in the Desert: Carl Hayden and Hydropolitics in the American Southwest, and the forthcoming Adversity is My Angel: The Life and Career of Raul H. Castro, has received the Golden Bear Award from Phoenix College for his contributions to the success of Phoenix College students as an Advisory Council Partner.

Noted book designer Barbara Whitehead of Austin has won the 2009 Fred Whitehead Award for the Best Design of a Trade Book from the Texas Institute of Letters. The award, named in honor of Barbara’s late husband, is for the TCU Press title, Traces of Forgotten Places, by Don Collins.

Here’s the latest news from TCU Press author DeDe Ducharme (The Treasure in the Tiny Blue Tin): "Glow" has been accepted for publication in Texas Poetry Calendar 2010. ("Dreamsicles" was published in Texas Poetry Calendar 2009.) "Prism" was published in the di-verse-city 2009 Anthology of the Austin International Poetry Festival. ("Chapultepec Park" won the 2008 poetry contest and was published in last year's anthology.) "Solitaire" was published in the 2008-2009 Swirl Literary Arts Journal of Lone Star College-Montgomery. Highlights Foundation has awarded DeDe Ducharme a tuition scholarship to the 2009 Writers Workshop at Chautauqua, New York. She will be working with other writing professionals to improve a novel manuscript for middle grade readers. If you’re interested, here is their Web site--lhttp://www.highlightsfoundation.org/pages/current/chautauqua_top.html