Roger Gathman, Author at The Austin Chronicle

Arts

The Sherpa

Professor Robert Solomon, 1942-2007, could prepare you for any path

by Roger Gathman January 19, 2007September 30, 2025

Screens

Nellie Blog

Why modern-day muckraker Ana Marie Cox couldn’t care less about her critics – or even, at times, her audience

by Roger Gathman March 4, 2005September 30, 2025

Arts

State of Affairs

The current political season is reflected equally in an angry Iraq analysis and a soapy novel with a Sirkian sweep

by Roger Gathman October 22, 2004September 30, 2025

Arts

Readings

by Roger Gathman October 8, 2004September 30, 2025

Arts

Readings

This novel is not so densely felt or immediate as Arthur Phillips’ first, the excellent Prague, but the reader is urged to persevere

by Roger Gathman September 10, 2004September 30, 2025

Arts

Land of Confusion

Michael Simon’s first detective novel finds a transplanted New Yorker struggling to solve a murder in a ‘completely different’ Austin

by Roger Gathman July 30, 2004September 30, 2025

Arts

In Print

Beware: As recommended as this debut novel comes, if it were a movie, they could not honestly put the disclaimer in the credits that ‘no animals were hurt’

by Roger Gathman July 23, 2004September 30, 2025

Arts

Readings

by Roger Gathman July 16, 2004September 30, 2025

Arts

Summer Reading

Beyond Texas

by Roger Gathman May 28, 2004September 30, 2025

Arts

Summer Reading

Beyond Texas

by Roger Gathman May 28, 2004September 30, 2025

Arts

In this novel, Karnezis’ ingenious, although ambiguous, framing device consists of repressing any sight or sound of the Turkish enemy as he describes the abbreviated anabasis of one Greek brigade in the Anatolian hinterlands.

by Roger Gathman March 26, 2004September 30, 2025