Writing Austin's Lives: A Community Portrait

by Evan Carton (introduction), Sylvia Gale (Introduction)

Writing Austin's a Community Portrait In the spring of 2003, the Humanities Institute put out the call for Austin residents to share their stories about life in Central Texas. Out of the over 800 short personal narratives submitted in English and Spanish, 127 were selected for publication in the award-winning anthology Writing Austin's a community portrait.

412 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2004

Reviews

[Vickie Greenway · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book! I love how it is layed out with stories of a variety of people from Austin, Texas. It shows that we are all so different, but have a common foundation, like where we live.