Guss, Felix, and Jim Upshaw founded the community of County Line in the 1870s in northwest Nacogdoches County, in deep East Texas. As with hundreds of other relatively autonomous black communities created at that time, the Upshaws sought a safe place to raise their children and create a livelihood during Reconstruction and Jim Crow Texas. In the late 1980s photographer Richard Orton visited County Line for the first time and became aware of a world he did not know existed as a white man. He went down the rabbit hole, so to speak, and met some remarkable people there who changed his life. The more than 50 duotone photographs and text convey the contemporary experience of growing up in a "freedom colony." Covering a period of twenty-five years, photographer Richard Orton juxtaposes his images with text from people who grew up in and have remained connected to their birthplace. Thad Sitton's foreword sets the community in historical context and Roy Flukinger points out the beauty of the documentary photographs. This book should appeal to anyone interested in American or Texas history, particularly the history of African Americans in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War. The book should …

The sharp-witted stories in Becky Adnot-Haynes' debut collection explore the secret lives of people—how they deal with the parts of themselves that they choose not to share with their closest confidants—and with the world. A pole-vaulter practices his sport only before dawn. A recently divorced woman signs up for a hallucinogenic drug excursion in the Arizona desert. An uncertain girlfriend goes out into the world wearing a false pregnancy belly. In The Year of Perfect Happiness, the universe is recognizable but slightly askew, a world whose corners can be peeled back to reveal the strange and often comic outcomes of acting out your most self-destructive desires. It is also a winner ofKatherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction Series.

Ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Percussion concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Contemporary classical music ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Choral concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate.

Recording of the second Friday evening performance of the opera "The Merry Widow" at the UNT College of Music Lyric Hall.

Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

Mu Phi Epsilon concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

A junior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

A senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Jazz concert performed in the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.

A concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.

Recording of the second Sunday afternoon performance of the opera "The Merry Widow" at the UNT College of Music Lyric Hall.

Jazz vocal concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Percussion ensemble concert performed in the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Women's and Men's Chorus concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Choir concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Chamber music concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.