LifeLong Learning-San Marcos
A Proud Affiliate of the Aging Forward Alliance

Description

The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University is home to an extraordinary collection of rare and unique treasures reflecting the works of writers, photographers, musicians, filmmakers, and other artists.

 

Each session of the Wittliff Book+ Club will have two segments: first, Wittliff staff will showcase archival material related to the session's book; second, participants will discuss the book. The Chat function in Zoom allows our facilitator to pose questions for consideration while participants can ask questions and post comments throughout the session.

 

You never know what extraordinary things will happen with the Wittliff Book+ Club!

 

Please join us for the next session of the Wittliff Book+ Club

on Thursday, Nov. 13, from 2:00-3:30pm via Zoom

Email lifelonglearningsm@gmail.com to register

 

Please join us on Thursday, Nov. 13, to discuss The Madstone, by Elizabeth Crook. According to goodreads, The Madstone echoes Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove and Paulette Jiles' News of the World, and is "the riveting story of a pregnant young mother, her child, and the frontier tradesman who helps them flee across Texas from outlaws bent on revenge, even as an unlikely love blossoms." Elizabeth grew up (mostly) in San Marcos and is a graduate of San Marcos High School. The Madstone is her seventh novel and her books have received numerous awards, including the Spur Award from Western Writers of America, Willa Literary Award from Women Writing the West, and the Jesse H. Jones Award from the Texas Institute of Letters.

 

2026 Selections

    coming soon!

 

Facilitator: Susannah Broyles

Susannah joined The Wittliff staff in 2019 to process the extensive Tejano music archive of Ramón Hernández, a San Antonio publicist, journalist, and photographer. Susannah has previously worked with museum collections focusing on New York history, where she lived for ten years.