Muted rainbow background with banner reading National Rainbow Day

Muted rainbow background. From Barry Lopez's Library. Light from the Sky from Scientific American book cover. In the Shadow of a Rainbow by Robert Franklin Leslie book cover. The Nature of Light & Color in the Open Air by M. Minnaert book cover.

Muted rainbow background. Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert book cover. Voices of the Rainbow: Contemporary Poetry by American Indians, edited by Kenneth Rosen book cover.

Why are there so many songs about rainbows? How about some books about rainbows, too! It's National Rainbow Day and here are some books from our collection.
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April is National Poetry Month! We will be featuring our Sowell Poets throughout the month and celebrating Poetry together. Who's your favorite poet?
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Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community & the Natural World logo. Emily Grandy April 16 at 6pm. Cupido Cupido. Portrait of Emily Grandy. Sowell Emerging Writers Prize Winner logo. Book cover of 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, Instagram and Bluesky logos. Contact us - sowell.swco@ttu.edu. Terrain.org, Texas Tech University Press, and Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library logos.

Don't forget to register for Emily Grandy's reading of Cupido Cupido April 16th @ 6pm on Zoom!
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It's International Read To Me Day! Why don't you pick out a book to read with someone today? Audio books can count too!
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Sowell Family Collection 2026 Book Bingo 3 by 3 grid. book about water square, eco-poetry anthology square, short story by Sowell author square, book set in polar north or arctic square, free space any Sowell author square, book about walking square, essay by Sowell author square, book set in global south square, translated eco-fiction square

It's time for the final square on our 2026 Book Bingo, Translated Eco-fiction! I hope all our suggestions have helped you in choosing how to fill in your bingos.
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Background of mountains, a setting sun and clouds. The Sowell Collection at Texas Tech University, in partnership with Terrain.org and Texas Tech University Press 2026 Sowell Emerging Writers Prize Nonfiction. Sowell Emerging Writers Prize Winner logo.

Background of mountains, a setting sun and clouds. And the winner is ... The Greenhorn by Grace Schwenk. Grace Schwenk is a writer from Missoula, Montana. Most of her writing is done from a fire lookout in the Payette National Forest of Idaho. When not writing or looking for smokes, she can be found getting lost in the mountains with her fluffy white dog, Selway. The Greenhorn is her account of the four months she spent at the Granite Mountain Lookout in South Central Idaho’s Grass Mountains. There she navigates both the internal and external landscapes, all while forming connections with fellow lookout attendants, her friends, family, nature, a resident mountain goat, the mountain, and ultimately herself.

Background of mountains, a setting sun and clouds. Congratulations to our Finalists. Good Lands of Mercy – Lee Anne Gallaway-Mitchell, Homecomer – Emma Kaiser, Endangered Abundance – Lawrence Niles, The Greenhorn – Gracie Schwenk, The Cahaba Meanders – Dawne Shand, My Father’s Blood – Jeremy Tavares

The Sowell Collection, Terrain.org, and TTU Press are pleased to announce this year's winner of the Sowell Emerging Writers Prize.... The Greenhorn by Grace Schwenk! @terrainorg.bsky.social
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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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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

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

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

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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
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Mark your calendars! Sowell Emerging Writers Prize Winner Emily Grandy is giving a reading on April 16th @ 6pm.
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Need some Retro things for National Retro Day? Look no further than an archive! Keeping old things is kinda our job.

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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

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

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

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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
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Happy Early Valentine's Day! Here are some Valentines to give to an archivist!
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TONIGHT! Join us @ 5:30 in person or online! Reception and Signing after the reading!
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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
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TOMORROW! Join us @ 5:30 in person or online!
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THIS THURSDAY! If you aren't able to join us in person you can join us online.
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Next week! Thursday @ 5:30 with Katherine Larson! Join us in-person or if you can't make it meet us on zoom!
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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...

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

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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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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!
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texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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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
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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

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
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