San Antonio poet wins Texas Writer Award

Zoom in: Nye is a Palestinian American writer, editor and educator who grew up in St. Louis, Jerusalem and San Antonio.

• She graduated from Trinity University and has worked as the poetry editor for the New York Times Magazine and the Texas Observer.
• Her poetry book "19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East" was a National Book Award finalist in 2002.

Worthy of your time: Nye's interview with Hannah Gabel, the literary director of the Texas Book Festival.

• You can read a sampling of Nye's poems online through the Poetry Foundation.

What they're saying: "It's an honor and a pleasure to be acknowledged in the amazing state I have embraced as my own for so many years," Nye said in a statement.

What's next: The Texas Book Festival begins Nov. 16 in downtown Austin.