ShelfLife@Texas

University of Texas at Austin faculty and alumni authors will share their expertise on topics ranging from the fate of Savannah during the Civil War, to mapping a career path, to the culture of Texas barbecue at the 2009 Texas Book Festival Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at the Texas Capitol and surrounding areas.

More than 200 writers will showcase their books, including a host of authors from our university. Some of the presenters include:

Author: Jeffrey Abramson, professor of law and government
Book: “Minerva’s Owl:…

Thomas McGarity and Wendy Wagner won the $10,000 grand prize at the Hamilton Book Awards for their book, “Bending Science: How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research” on Oct. 28 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin.

McGarity is the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Administrative Law, and Wagner, is the Joe A. Worsham Centennial Professor in Law at The University of Texas at Austin. Their book was published by Harvard University Press.

The awards are the highest honor…

Historian Jacqueline Jones, who joined UT’s faculty this fall, will discuss her new book, “Saving Savannah: The City and the Civil War” (Knopf, 2008) Thursday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Concourse Room of the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. The event is free and open to the public.

“Saving Savannah” offers a panoramic portrait of the city of Savannah before, during, and after the Civil War and a poignant story of the African American freedom struggle in this southern riverport. Read The…