What's So Special About the Big Bend of Far West Texas? Dallas Baxter Explains

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"I really love this place out here, and I love the way it looks. I like the way it smells. I like to go outside at night and just look ...

John Tutino: "We need Mexico as an other. We can't deal with it as an us."

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Slowly but surely the transcripts from my Marfa Mondays Podcasting Project are going on-line. Now available:  #13  “Looking at Mexico in New...

New Transcript Just Posted: Marfa Mondays Podcast #15 Gifts of the Ancient Ones: Greg Williams on the Rock Art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands

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Slowly but surely, my many podcasts, including the Marfa Mondays Podcasting Project interviews, are getting transcribed. The latest transcr...

Ignacio Solares' Short Story "Victoriano's Deliriums" Translated by Yours Truly in the Lampeter Review

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This issue #11 of The Lampeter Review includes a masterful short story by one of Mexico's greatest writers, Ignacio Solares. Ignacio S...

Transcript of the Marfa Mondays Podcast #16: "Tremendous Forms: Paul V. Chaplo on Finding Composition in the Landscape"

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Marfa Mondays 16: "Tremendous Forms: Paul V. Chaplo on Finding Composition in the Landscape"   was posted as podcast (listen in an...

A Shoutout for the Authors Guild

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I'm always encouraging fellow writers to join the Authors Guild  for the legal services and the invaluable Model Trade Book Contract and...

Cyberflanerie: Solitario Dome Edition

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Inside The Solitario Photo: C.M. Mayo March 2015 For my Far West Texas book-in-progress and the Marfa Mondays Podcasting project , I am wor...

Sergio Troncoso on El Paso, Flannery O'Connor, Borges at Harvard, Zyklon-B, and Our Lost Border

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Back in 2012 for my Conversations with Other Writers occasional podcast series, I posted a fascinating interview with novelist and essayist...

Cyberflanerie: Amusingly Strange Edition

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OK Go  Pilobolus dance video (hat tip to Swiss Miss) More dancing , with pixels. So what is Texas? One more mediation thereupon. Field Lab b...

Tax Forms Filing Tricks and Tips

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Tax Forms Filing Tricks and Tips By Alex Steven It's that time of the year again, when business houses, individual workers and f...

Taxes and Wealth

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Taxes and Wealth By Evelyn Ivy If there is one thing I can guarantee in life, it will be that you are going to pay taxes. The way t...

Tax Treatment of Funding in a Corporation

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Tax Treatment of Funding in a Corporation By Evelyn Ivy The C Corporation is a legal entity most small business owners overlook. D...

Requirements From a Business Tax Accountant

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Requirements From a Business Tax Accountant By Liza Jones A business tax accountant is required for several tasks. The most importan...

10 Ways to Find Cheaper Home Insurance

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10 Ways to Find Cheaper Home Insurance By David D Lorms Looking for cheap home insurance? Well, if the price sounds too good to beli...

10 Things to Know Before Purchasing House Insurance

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10 Things to Know Before Purchasing House Insurance By Abishek Kumar Getting a life, medical, or car insurance seems like a no-brain...

What Is the Replacement Cost of Your Home?

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What Is the Replacement Cost of Your Home? By Sharon L Graeter The market values of homes are on the increase again. Thank goodness...