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A Taste of 'Threats'

A former fixture of the Austin lit scene, Amelia Gray may have flown the coop – she moved to Los Angeles last month – but you can keep track of her – or at least her work – from afar: Vice has posted a sneak peek of the first two chapters from Gray's forthcoming novel.

10:55AM Mon. Nov. 7, 2011, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

You: Part of Hammer History

By all that's percussive, holy shit,
here comes what's definitely going to be
The Longest Hammer Choir in Texas.

1:39PM Wed. Nov. 2, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Ransoming the Dionysium

The monthly alcohol-fueled celebration
of intellectual glory ditches its usual
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema digs and convenes
in the Harry Ransom Center this night

1:21PM Wed. Nov. 2, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

On Story Premiere Party & Live Taping

KLRU

Gay Science: The Book Tour at BookWoman

The Prom
at ZACH Theatre

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Scott Blackwood Wins Whiting Writer's Award

We loved Scott Blackwood's 2009 novel We Agreed to Meet Just Here … and we weren't the only ones. Last week, Blackwood received a $50,000 Whiting Writers' Award, given annually to emerging writers.

4:00PM Tue. Nov. 1, 2011, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Ripley – Believe It or Not – on Ice

Hey, remember those crazy kids from the Old Murder House Theatre we chronicled back in June? They've announced their latest Eighties film to be adapted to a live-action production, and it's a doozy. Think Ice Capades meets goopy alien gore.

1:09PM Tue. Nov. 1, 2011, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

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.

3:54PM Mon. Oct. 31, 2011, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Bedside Manner: The October Country

My bedroom bookshelves are groaning under the weight of the collective wordage they support. The sagging and spindly frameworks of my World Market-purchased twin shelving units have begun to cant perilously catawampus, so much so that I fear, somewhat, for my safety.

8:15AM Mon. Oct. 31, 2011, Marc Savlov Read More | Comment »

Sarah Silverman Strikes Back

Sarah Silverman knows how to make a shocking statement. But when Gov. Rick Perry gets to throw Birtherism around and Texas politicians back Confederate flag license plates, that's truly shocking. What's even worse is that Perry could just walk away from real questions of character like the N-head scandal.

11:25AM Fri. Oct. 28, 2011, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Alan Hollinghurst Untrammeled

Outside of the publishing industry, “multigenerational family saga” is not really an utterance that trips off the tongue, but in the realm of novels, it is something of a catchphrase.

4:06PM Wed. Oct. 26, 2011, Sarah Smith Read More | Comment »

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