UT professor and indefatigable biographer H.W. Brands combines two great things – books and beer – on Sunday, Dec. 7, with a booksigning at Scholz Garten (1607 San Jacinto) from 2-5 pm. We caught Brands at this year’s Texas Book Festival, where he held a whole sanctuary rapt with his fascinating – and occasionally pretty saucy – stories about Eleanor and FDR, the subjects of Brands’ most recent book, Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Books will be available for purchase, as well as on-site gift wrap. Highly recommended.
This article appears in December 5 • 2008.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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