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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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2 hours ago

Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community & the Natural World logo, Emily Grandy, April 16 at 6pm, Cupido Cupido, Emily Grandy is the author of two novels, Cupido Cupido and Michikusa House. Her writing has been awarded the Sowell Emerging Writer’s Prize, the Landmark Prize, the Silver Nautilus Book Award, and was a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize and was longlisted for the Edna Ferber Book Award. With a background in clinical research, her writing tends to blend science with storytelling, but above all she aims to address social and environmental injustice. She lives in Milwaukee, WI.,Facebook logo, Instagram logo, Bluesky logo, Contact Us - sowell.swco@ttu.edu, Terrain.org logo, Texas Tech University Press logo, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library logo

Do you have it on your calendar yet? 2025 Sowell Emerging Writers Winner Emily Grandy will be reading from her book Cupido Cupido on April 16 @ 6pm.
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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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3 days ago

It's Friday the 13th! Time to celebrate the horror man of the Sowell Collection @stephengrahamjones! Try out Night of the Mannequins, Don't Fear the Reaper, I Was A Teenage Slasher, or The Buffalo Hunter Hunter.

#SowellCollection #FridayThe13th #HorrorBooks #horror #literature

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

@sowellcollection.bsky.social

6 days ago

Second to last on the 2026 Book Bingo! Has anyone made a bingo yet?
Undergrowth-Nancy Burke
The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon-Fabio Zuker
The Blue Plateau-Mark Tredinnick
Horizon-Barry Lopez
#SowellCollection #2026BookBingo #Antarctica #GlobalSouth #Literature #Community #Nature

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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1 week ago

Have an updated post about Emily Grandy's reading! @terrainorg.bsky.social

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#SowellCollection #reading #literature #community #nature #archives

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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1 week ago

Almost done with the 2026 Book Bingo recommendations! Here's some Essays by Sowell Authors
Love in a Time of Terror by Barry Lopez
Without Exception: Excerpts by Pam Houston
Siri Tells A Joke by Debra Gwartney
Dark Horse by Lisa Couturier
#SowellCollection #2026BookBingo #BookRecs #literature

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

@sowellcollection.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Mark your calendars! Sowell Emerging Writers Prize Winner Emily Grandy is giving a reading on April 16th @ 6pm.
#SowellCollection #reading #literature #community #nature

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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2 weeks ago

Need some Retro things for National Retro Day? Look no further than an archive! Keeping old things is kinda our job.

#SowellCollection #NationalRetroDay #retro #archive #literature #community #nature

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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2 weeks ago

Last of the middle row time, books about walking!
On Trails - Robert Moor
Wanderlust - Rebecca Solnit
Wanderers - Kerri Andrews
Where Bigfoot Walks - Robert Michael Pyle

#SowellCollection #2026BookBingo #BookRecs #Literature #walking

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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2 weeks ago

Here is some Barry Lopez on silence for National Quiet Day 🤫

#SowellCollection #NationalQuietDay #BarryLopez #quote #literature

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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2 weeks ago

It's National Trading Card Day! Do you have any other Sowell Collection Authors' Trading Cards?

#SowellCollection #NationalTradingCardDay #TradingCards #literature #community #nature #archives

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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3 weeks ago

Need a recommendation for the Free Space? Check out J Drew Lanham @wildandincolor.bsky.social!
The Home Place, Sparrow Envy, and Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves
#sowellcollection #2026bookbingo #bookrecs #literature #poetry #memoir

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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1 month ago

Happy Early Valentine's Day! Here are some Valentines to give to an archivist!
#sowellcollection #valentinesday #valentinescards #archives

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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1 month ago

TONIGHT! Join us @ 5:30 in person or online! Reception and Signing after the reading!
#sowellcollection #reading #literature #community #nature #archives

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

@sowellcollection.bsky.social

1 month ago

One row down! Time for books set in the Polar North or the Arctic
Accidental Shepard - Liese Greensfelder
Far North - Marcel Theroux
Winter - Val McDermid
#sowellcollection #2026bookbingo #bookrecs #archives

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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1 month ago

TOMORROW! Join us @ 5:30 in person or online!
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#sowellcollection #reading #literature #community #nature #archives

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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1 month ago

THIS THURSDAY! If you aren't able to join us in person you can join us online.
Register Here: texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#sowellcollection #reading #literature #community #nature #archives

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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1 month ago

Next week! Thursday @ 5:30 with Katherine Larson! Join us in-person or if you can't make it meet us on zoom!
Register Here: texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#sowellcollection #reading #literature #community #nature #archives

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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1 month ago

New Week New Book Bingo Recommendations! Short Stories by Sowell Authors

bigskyjournal.com/fires1/
orionmagazine.org/article/he-s...
reactormag.com/the-belle-of...
www.terrain.org/2025/fiction...

#sowellcollection #bookbingo #bookrecs #literature #community #nature #archives

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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1 month ago

February is National Library Lover's Month! Come check out the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libraries. That includes the Sowell Collection!

#SowellCollection #literature #community #nature #libraries #archives #NationalLibraryLoversMonth

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1 month ago

Mark your calendars for a Sowell Collection reading from Katherine Larson Feb 12 @ 5:30! Come in person or email sowell.swco@ttu.edu for virtual. Reception/signing will follow!

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#southwestcollection #sowellcollection #Spring2026Readings #literature #community #reading

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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1 month ago

Our first reading of 2026 is next Thursday @ 5:30 with Katherine Larson! Join us in-person or if you can't make it meet us on zoom!
Register Here:
texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#sowellcollection #reading #literature #community #nature #archives

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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1 month ago

Poetry Time! Here are the recommendations for Eco-Poetry Anthology Bingo Square.
Black Nature by Camille Dungy
You Are Here by Ada Limon
Attached to the Living World by Ann Fisher-Wirth
Ghost Fishing by Melissa Tuckey
#sowellcollection #2026BookBingo #poetry #literature #community #nature #bookrecs

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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1 month ago

Mark your calendars to join us for a reading from Katherine Larson Feb 12 @ 5:30! Come in person or email us for the virtual option. Reception and Signing will follow!
#sowellcollection #Spring2026Readings #literature #community #literature #reading #archive

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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1 month ago

Need some help getting started on your Book Bingo? Here are some recommendations for Books About Water!
Is a River Alive? - Robert Macfarlane
The Water Knife - Paolo Bacigalupi
The Long-Shinging Waters - Danielle Sosin
Water - Susan Brind Morrow
#sowellcollection #2026bookbingo

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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2 months ago

It's Book Publishers Day! Here are some Sowell books and their publishers. @sgj.bsky.social
#sowellcollection #bookpublishers #literature #community #nature

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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2 months ago

We have a 2026 Book Bingo for you! See if you can get 3 in a row or fill the whole board throughout the year.
We will be posting recommendations for each square for the next few weeks!

#sowellcollection #2026bookbingo #bookrecs #literature #community #nature

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

@sowellcollection.bsky.social

2 months ago

Most of out collections have stickers in there somewhere, but here are some from Doug Peacock and David James Duncan!

#sowellcollection #nationalstickerday #stickers #archive #literature #community #nature

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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2 months ago

It's National Clean Your Desk Day! Granted this a shelf where we keep some oversize boxes, including the box for John Lane'e paddle currently in the Exhibit, but it needed to be cleaned!

#sowellcollection #archive #nationalcleanyourdeskday #literature #community

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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2 months ago

Barry Lopez used this typewriter for all his typing needs! He continued to use a typewriter whenever he could. Stop by and see this typewriter in our exhibit!
#sowellcollection #typewriter #worldtypingday #barrylopez #literature #community #nature #archive

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature

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2 months ago

We have our 2025 Year in Review! Lots of boxes. Lots of book. And lots of plans for 2026!
#sowellcollection #literature #community #nature #archive