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Nothing's Obscure: Five Local Art Treasures You May Have Overlooked

Some of these things are current and fleeting. Read More | Comment »

3:00PM Thu. May. 9, Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Is 'Big, Hot, Cheap and Right'

"One of the fundamental truths about Texas is that, although the state is genuinely sui generis, and self-consciously different from the other states, it is, in many ways, the most American of all." – Erica Grieder, Big, Hot, Cheap and Right Read More | Comment »

1:45PM Wed. May. 1, Monica Riese

An Evening of Poetry

Surely you've realized by now that we're celebrating National Poetry Month, yes? Read More | Comment »

12:40PM Thu. Apr. 25, Monica Riese

Oh! O. Henry Haikus

Get a good whiff of
Air that/Ain't been/Breathed/Before
at tonight's party. Read More | Comment »

3:03PM Wed. Apr. 24, Monica Riese

Ben Fountain's Coming to San Marcos

Texas State University announced this afternoon that author Ben Fountain would join the English Department faculty from 2014 to 2016 as the University Endowed Chair in Creative Writing. Read More | Comment »

4:49PM Mon. Apr. 22

The Texas Spring Book Festival Blooms This Weekend

A good book blooms not unlike our state's wildflowers. Read More | Comment »

4:06PM Fri. Apr. 19, Monica Riese

Registration O-pun for O. Henry Pun-Off

Confession: I sat working on this post for longer than I'd care to admit. It's a lot of pressure writing about puns, after all! But here's the best I can do from my little cubicle (you might call it a writer's block). Read More | Comment »

12:17PM Tue. Apr. 16, Monica Riese

Hairy Plotter and the Beer of the Apocalypse

Local writer dude's been hella busy, yeah. Read More | Comment »

1:51PM Thu. Apr. 11, Wayne Alan Brenner

BookPeople Hosts Stephen Harrigan

"I have the provincial Texan's deep-seated suspicion of serious culture. … I'm afraid of being taken in, of giving my heart to something that might turn out to be phony, so I tend to hold back, fierce in my ignorance." – Stephen Harrigan's "The Anger of Achilles" Read More | Comment »

12:51PM Wed. Apr. 10, Monica Riese

Changing of the Guard at the Ransom Center

After a quarter of a century at the helm of the Harry Ransom Center, Thomas F. Staley is stepping down on Aug. 31, 2013. Today, the University of Texas announced that his replacement would be Stephen Enniss, head librarian of the Folger Shakespeare Library. Read More | Comment »

3:33PM Mon. Apr. 8, Monica Riese

What the Hell is a Raw Paw and Why Does It Have a Labyrinth?

"Raw Paw is an Austin-based publisher, record label, and creative platform providing paper trails for at-risk artists." Read More | Comment »

3:35PM Wed. Apr. 3, Wayne Alan Brenner

From the Vaults: My Enemy/My Niece

Over many seasons and years, Ethan Edwards hunts for his young niece Debbie, who has been kidnapped by Comanches shortly after the end of the Civil War. It's the crux of the 1956 Western, The Searchers, John Ford's great American classic which stars John Wayne as Ethan and Natalie Wood as Debbie. Read More | Comment »

5:00PM Fri. Mar. 29, Marjorie Baumgarten

Big Slutty Bears and Old Familiar Faces

We have a special soft spot in our hearts around here for former Chronicle proofreaders (indeed, I'm one), but no sentimentality is required to enjoy the hell out of S.E. Smith's I Live in a Hut (Cleveland State University, 2012). Read More | Comment »

4:35PM Mon. Mar. 18, Monica Riese

Chasing C. Robert Cargill's 'Dreams and Shadows'

It's an old insult: If critics know so much about films and books, why don't they write them? That's exactly what C. Robert Cargill has done, and he argues that being a critic made him a better writer. He said, "I went into every movie trying to learn from it as much as I was trying to dissect it." Read More | Comment »

3:30PM Thu. Feb. 28, Richard Whittaker

Ebony Stewart Kisses Fear on the Mouth

When Ebony Stewart wrote her first poem, she had barely spoken a word for almost a year. She was 8 years old, and her parents were going through a messy divorce. “I went to a psychiatrist and she handed me this composition journal and was like, 'Write whatever you want to say.'” The words gave her a voice, and she hasn’t stopped speaking – or writing – since. Read More | Comment »

11:11AM Wed. Feb. 27, Amy Gentry

Austin's WriteByNight Is a Writer's Port in the Media Storm

My friends and I didn't think it was going to last for long. Read More | Comment »

10:33AM Wed. Feb. 6, Wayne Alan Brenner

Short Story Contest Update

After an exhaustive review of the 410 submissions to this year's Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest, we've narrowed the pool to 10 finalists, who were notified of their achievement this morning. Read More | Comment »

3:45PM Mon. Jan. 21, Monica Riese

Welcome to the X-Men, David Marquez: Hope You Survive the Experience!

Call David Marquez a Marvel zombie, and he'll be pretty happy with it. In two years, he's gone from indie creator to drawing a Fantastic Four graphic novel, handling art duties on Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, and now his three issue run on All-New X-Men begins. With the comic on shelves now, he said, "It's finally starting to feel real." Read More | Comment »

4:14PM Wed. Jan. 16, Richard Whittaker

The Q&A Hole: What's Your Favorite Book Of All Time?

We don't mean "What's the most important book you've ever read?" – whatever that might suggest. Nor do we mean "Which do you think is the best-written book?" Read More | Comment »

11:58AM Mon. Jan. 7, Wayne Alan Brenner

Say Goodbye to Domy Books, Say Hello to Farewell

Russell Etchen is moving on. Read More | Comment »

11:13AM Fri. Dec. 21, 2012, Wayne Alan Brenner

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