Center for the Study of the Southwest

“Big Bend is the natural embodiment of change. The weather, elevation, geological history—all prophets for the gospel of change.” Author James Wade on how traveling in an RV through West Texas helped him embrace an ever-evolving world. Read more: texashighways.com/culture/essays…

Check out our upcoming events for April! We have something for everybody, and we can't wait to see you there. Register for these events at the link in our bio.

Join us this Thursday for a poetry reading by Juan Manuel Pérez! Find more information and register at the link in our bio.

Join us for an upcoming event next week!

We can't wait to see you at our upcoming event! Register now at the link in our bio.

Encourage your students to sign up for our second annual undergraduate research conference!

Author and professor Jim Sanderson writes, "And with her language and quick takes on character, Cobb must have had a good time writing the novel. Fans and new readers should have a good time reading it." Read his full review at the link in our bio.

Reviewer Derrick Roberts II writes, "39: Your Last Birthday, by Timothy Gene Sojka, is a novel with enough thematic concepts for a trilogy." Read the rest of the review here: tbr.txst.edu/archives/sprin…

If you’re ever in need of community, you’re guaranteed to find it at the local library­—and there are more than 500 in Texas. texashighways.com/culture/texas-…

It is officially First-Gen Week! ⭐ Let’s commemorate the efforts being made by our first-generation college students who are determined to graduate from TXST. To register for our first-gen event, visit ow.ly/v2gO50TQehX

The Wittliff doubles its Cormac McCarthy archive! #CormacMcCarthy #TheWittliff #TXST ow.ly/Ykjg50TQ6wN

Congratulations to lead archivist Katie Salzmann and our entire archival staff and student workers on being this year's winner of the Archival Award of Excellence from the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board. Great job! #TheWittliff #TXST #THRAB

I've been sitting on this for a while, but my long story, "Blackberry Winter" will be in the upcoming anthology ABSOLUTE ZERO. #terror #anthology

We have two exciting events this week! Come see us at Centro and Brazos to chat with award-winning author Tim Z. Hernandez about his new memoir. Registration is at the link in our bio.

Review Katelyn Hammack writes, "Frost masterfully demonstrates that while a hollow may appear tranquil, secrets always rest in the soil, waiting to be stirred." Read the full review at the link in our bio.

You heard it here first, folks! LaToya Watkins is a winner, @WritersLeague

Reviewer Fable June says, "Sneed’s debut novel...brings together football, faith, and queerness" and "manages to evade sentimentality and clichés while delving into what it means to be queer in an environment where everyone you know thinks you’re going to hell."

We have an amazing event coming up Thursday night. RSVP on our website.

TXST Public History alumni Avery Armstrong & Tori Villarreal participated in the foundation document workshop for the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, TX. Since graduation, Avery & Tori have both worked to collect local community histories across the Southwest.

Happy first day of class, #TXST Bobcats! Make today great. The world is your oyster! 🦪