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Austen, Say Hello to Austin

Jane Austen shuffled off this mortal coil some 200 years, but she's still got us in her grips. Three Austin authors gather at BookPeople today for afternoon tea and a toast to Jane. Read More | Comment »

8:53AM Sat. May. 19, Kimberley Jones

The New Yorker Gag Reel

Or should I say "line-o-rama"? Or should I drop this weak comparison to DVD extras completely? But really, reading the new collection of New Yorker cover outtakes and retakes certainly has something in common with watching the special features on your favorite Judd Apatow movie, though it does raise the bar in that New Yorker kind of way. Read More | Comment »

11:30AM Tue. May. 1, Jason Stout

Your Feets Too Big: Book Signing & Screening at the Lucky Lizard

So there you are, your sweetheart and you, camping and canoodling deep in the heart of the East Texas/West Arkansas piney green woods. Maybe knocking Docs, even. And then, without warning, amidst the panting de l'amour and the whispering wind, you hear it: the unmistakable sound of your impending doom. Read More | Comment »

3:49PM Fri. Apr. 27, Marc Savlov

Walter Kirn Revisits 'Up in the Air'

"How did Hollywood even make a movie this pessimistic?" That was Walter Kirn's first reaction to rewatching Up in the Air, the Oscar-nominated 2009 film adapted from his 2001 novel of the same name. Read More | Comment »

12:30PM Fri. Apr. 20, Kimberley Jones

This'll Sharpen the Lead in Your Pencil!

Wait, what? Read More | Comment »

3:47PM Tue. Apr. 17, Wayne Alan Brenner

On 'Being' and 'Bullshit'

The poet and memoirist Nick Flynn chronicled his stormy relationship with his homeless father in Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, which found new life on film (albeit with a comically neutered title) in this spring's Being Flynn. He takes part in a free event on the ACC campus this evening. Read More | Comment »

12:19PM Wed. Apr. 11, Kimberley Jones

Joe Lansdale, His Ownself, at Bookpeople

We've got maybe three contemporary American authors whose new work we anticipate year round. John Burdett (the Bangkok series) is one, Stephen King is another, but most of all, we pine for new work from Texas's own national treasure, Joe R. Lansdale, Nacogdoches native and genre-defying literary genius nonpareil. Read More | Comment »

10:27PM Tue. Apr. 3, Marc Savlov

So Fab

The New Fiction Confab has developed a reputation for bringing stellar literary novelists to town to talk it out. This year’s just-announced lineup includes Ben Marcus, Heidi Julavits, Walter Kirn, and Peter Orner. Read More | Comment »

3:55PM Wed. Mar. 28, Kimberley Jones

A Lone Gunman Beget By 'The Good Father'

Fans of Noah Hawley's TV work, which includes Bones and The Unusuals, know well his ability to nimbly move back and forth between suspense and emotional drama. He reads from his literary novel The Good Father tonight at BookPeople. Read More | Comment »

3:54PM Mon. Mar. 26, Kimberley Jones

Poetry To Ponder the Universe To

Locals may recognize Nick Courtright's byline from his features work at the Austinist, where he serves as Interviews Editor and once asked Weird Al about method acting, but he considers more philosophical matters in his new collection of poetry, Punchline (Gold Wake Press). Read More | Comment »

2:45PM Fri. Mar. 23, Kimberley Jones

Mark Strand on UT Campus Tonight

Mark Strand, one of the greats of contemporary poetry, kicks off the Michener Center for Writers' spring reading series tonight. Read More | Comment »

11:11AM Thu. Jan. 26, Kimberley Jones

Ben Marcus at BookPeople

Did the best book of 2012 already come out? Read More | Comment »

7:17PM Mon. Jan. 23, Kimberley Jones

'Chron' House Poet S.E. Smith Storms Radio Waves & Watering Holes

If you're a regular reader of the Chronicle, then you've enjoyed both Sarah Smith's proofreading prowess and her insightful pieces on authors like Alan Hollinghurst. But Smith has this whole other life, too, as an award-winning poet and fiction writer, and did we mention the publication of her first book is just around the bend? Read More | Comment »

3:09PM Fri. Jan. 13, Kimberley Jones

And It's Burns, Burns, Burns …


There's an old Gahan Wilson cartoon
about some Scotsmen gathering on a hillside
to "watch the wild haggis romp," y'know? Read More | Comment »

4:16PM Wed. Jan. 11, Wayne Alan Brenner

Get Smart

The holidays are typically a time for making some pretty dumb decisions, so January marks an excellent month to devote yourself to smart thinking. Enter University of Texas psychologist Art Markman. Read More | Comment »

11:41AM Wed. Jan. 4, Kimberley Jones

'Ice' and Slice

The Austin Bat Cave is launching its new film series, called Page 2 Screen, with author Rick Moody discussing Ang Lee’s adaptation of his 1994 novel The Ice Storm with Evan Smith. Read More | Comment »

11:15AM Fri. Nov. 18, 2011, Kimberley Jones

Fake It Till You Make It

Since 2005, John Hodgman has dropped a lot of (totally fake) knowledge in books like The Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You Require. He closes the "trilogy" with That Is All, on sale tomorrow. Also on sale tomorrow? Tickets to his upcoming BookPeople event. Read More | Comment »

3:54PM Mon. Oct. 31, 2011, Kimberley Jones

Big Names in Lit Hit Austin

Last year it seemed the two fiction books that best nailed the American zeitgeist and most got tongues wagging were Jennifer Egan's A Visit From the Goon Squad and Jonathan Franzen's Freedom. And they just so happen to be doing back-to-back speaking stints in Austin, starting tonight. Read More | Comment »

2:49PM Thu. Oct. 13, 2011, Kimberley Jones

Ghouls Do It, Fools Do It


Even people who smoke Kools do it. Read More | Comment »

3:15PM Wed. Oct. 12, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

Imagine 'Logan's Run,' Locked at 29

Drew Magary's debut novel, The Postmortal, has a spiky, attention-grabbing cover image of the Grim Reaper impaled on his own death-delivery scythe. It's the perfect visualization of the book's unnerving premise that, in the very near future, aging has been eradicated and humans can lock their bodies in a prime-specimen state. Read More | Comment »

3:41PM Wed. Sep. 28, 2011, Kimberley Jones

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