Way Out West Book Festival

The Alpine Avalanche newspaper plans a series of article on the participants of its "Way Out West Book Festival" August 8-9 on the Sul Ross campus  The first installment begins

" By Arlene Griffis / Special to the Avalanche

"This week, we'll focus on Lee Merrill Byrd and her husband, Bobby, both of whom will be at the festival as publishers and as writers. They are co-founders of Cinco Puntos Press in El Paso. The business, started in 1985, is a nationally-known, independent, literary press that specializes in publishing literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and books for kids) from the U.S.-Mexico border, Mexico and the American Southwest."

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