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February 25, 2008
Texas Tech Press Director Elected to State Literary Group
Noel R. Parsons will be inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters for his work in advancing Texas literature.
Written by Sally Post
Noel R. Parsons has directed the Texas Tech University Press since 2000.
Noel R. Parsons, director of Texas Tech University Press, has been elected to the Texas Institute of Letters. He will be inducted into the organization in April.
The Texas Institute of Letters was established in 1936 to promote interest in Texas literature and to recognize literary and cultural achievement. To join the organization, one must be nominated by two current members and approved by a vote of the organization’s governing council and then by a vote of the full membership.
“Most members of TIL are, of course, writers, but once in a while an editor or publisher is selected for membership,” Parsons said. “It’s a great pleasure and honor to know that so many of the writers I’ve worked with over the years feel that my work has made an important contribution to the advancement of Texas letters and have selected me to join them in their organization.”
Parsons has been director of Texas Tech University Press since 2000. Before coming to Texas Tech he worked at the Texas A&M University Press as editor and editor in chief from 1975-2000. Parsons earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma, where he later held an editorial fellowship at the Oklahoma University Press.
Texas Tech University Press, in business since 1971, publishes nonfiction titles in the areas of natural history and the natural sciences, eighteenth-century and Joseph Conrad studies, studies of modern Southeast Asia – particularly the Vietnam War, costume and textile history, and all aspects of the Great Plains and the American West – especially biography, history, memoir and travel. In addition, the press publishes poetry and regional novels with national appeal.
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