Over in the Texas Book Club, a partnership between Texas Monthly and the Texas Book Festival, we’re turning the final pages on our inaugural pick, Lonesome Dove.
Before we shift to our next page-turner, we’ll wrap up with some final discussion questions this week and a request of our readers: We want to know what Lonesome Dove means to you. Whether you’ve been reading along with us these past couple months or Larry McMurtry’s masterwork has always held a special place on your shelf, we ask readers to send us a short (less than a minute-long) video of yourself explaining why you think the book is so important to Texas and what it means to you personally. Send your videos to [email-hidden] or in a direct message on Instagram. We’ll be discussing why Lonesome Dove matters to us and reacting to your videos in a future episode of TM Out Loud, our podcast that offers behind-the-scenes looks at Texas Monthly stories.
A ‘Lonesome Dove’ Lover’s Reading Guide
For our next book selection, we travel to a wild and grim dystopian future version of Texas born from the one-of-a-kind creative mind of Austin-based author Fernando A. Flores.
“Brother Brontë amplifies crises we face in our present reality—the threat of book bans, climate disasters, subjugation of women, and alienation of immigrants—and shows us what life could look like if these were carried out to the extreme,” says Texas Book Festival’s chief operations officer, Dalia Azim. “But don’t let the bleakness scare you. Flores’s talent for evoking the absurd makes this tale entertaining and funny while taking readers on a crazy ride.”
Below is a suggested reading schedule.
Week 1 (10/1—10/12): pages 1–89
Week 2 (10/13—10/19): pages 90–166
Week 3 (10/20—10/26): pages 167–244
Week 4 (10-26—10/31): pages 245–334
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