Katherine Anne Porter's uneasy relationship with her home state has become increasingly important to discussions of her life and work. Born in the now-gone community of Indian Creek and raised in Kyle, Porter is tied to Texas by three major events that occurred during her career.
In 1939 she expected to receive the Texas Institute of Letters Award for "Best Texas Book" only to be insulted when the award went to folklorist J. Frank Dobie. In the 1950s she accepted an invitation to lecture at the University of Texas at Austin. During her visit to present that lecture, Porter began to...

Through the explanations, examples, and exercises in this guide, the author emphasizes using syntax and logic to connect sentences and teach users to connect the information of their prose and improve the clarity of their writing.

"Fountain Wells" surveys the novels and short stories written about the events of the early oil fields in Ontario, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Gushers is a survey of the novels and short stories written about the events of Texas oilfields from Spindletop to the present. It is the second volume of A Cavalcade of Oilfield Novels, a survey of the significant oilfield novels of America.

Trotting With a Fox is the first collection of Dr. Heaberlin's poetry published by Orange House Books.

This guide to punctuating English sentences for writers and editors has been used for several years in college classes and will work as a supplement to English instruction in junior high or high school.

Skinny Writing provides explanations and exercises in order for writers and editors to achieve greater economy in their prose. This book is the fourth in Orange House Books' series of Guides to Writing Style. Its readers do not need to have studied the other guides to understand its information, but a knowledge of English syntax is useful whenever studying writing. All level of writers can benefit from using the techniques and information provided.