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Bedside Manner: The Cheat

With all this blogging about beds and dogs, I'm shocked no one has yet resorted to the Stooges reference. "I'll lay right down in my favorite place," y'all? Anyone? Is this thing on?

12:19AM Tue. Dec. 28, 2010, Cindy Widner Read More | Comment »

Bedside Manner: Clowes, Stieg, and Soccer

As a proofreader I read for a living. You'd think I wouldn't want anything to do with the written word in my off time, and sometimes I don't. But I love to unwind before I go to sleep with a good book or the sports page. That is, unless I'm feeling digital, in which case I'm checking out Twitter/Facebook, my fantasy football players, or texting friends on my iPhone.

12:46PM Mon. Dec. 13, 2010, Mark Fagan Read More | Comment »

ND at 501 Studios hosts three days of (mostly) free readings

Get Lit

This weekend, Austin and a half-dozen other hip cities (holla, Hadley, Mass.!) will take part in the Indie Lit Roadshow. Click through for a rundown of Austin's three-day extravaganza.

3:14PM Thu. Dec. 9, 2010, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

KUTX & Mueller Rock the Park w/ Geto Gala, Lucas Miller

Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater

Keira Nova, She23, Ayo Tamz, Maurvice, Envy N, Caleb Lemons at Flamingo Cantina

Selena Birthday Week Celebration at French Legation Museum

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Never Die

In this week's issue, Katharine Smith reviews Barry Hannah's posthumous short story collection, Long, Last, Happy, which puts us in mind of the time the Chronicle made a pilgrimage to see Hannah in his home state of Mississippi.

9:30AM Thu. Dec. 9, 2010, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Ax-Wielding 101

Here’s Ax, a mixed bag of goodness to dispel any notions you might’ve accrued about how manga ~ that’s Japanese comics, friend ~ is all big-eyed kiddie-genre hijinks. Top Shelf Productions (a company that publishes excellent American comics, too) is where this gorgeously produced volume comes from. Why else is it worth your time and money?

1:06PM Wed. Dec. 8, 2010, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Give Them Books This Year!

Humanities Texas invites you to its second annual Holiday Book Fair at the historic Byrne-Reed House next Saturday, Dec. 11. “Forget about that fruitcake”, says Humanities Texas Executive Director Michael L. Gillette. “Here is a great opportunity to buy terrific autographed books as gifts.”

3:45PM Mon. Dec. 6, 2010, Anne Harris Read More | Comment »

Bedside Manner: Anglophilia

"Write about the books on your bedside table," they said. "It'll give a fun insight into the inner workings and literary habits of a Chronicle writer," they said. "Crikey," I replied, "Are you sure that's a good plan?"

2:00PM Mon. Dec. 6, 2010, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Bedside Manner: Mogwai's Travel Reading

As any number of exes will be all too happy to tell you, when I'm not writing about or watching movies, I'm either deep inside a book, graphic novel, magazine, or some other form of printed matter, oblivious, gone, busy-reading-please-be-quiet, or scouring used bookstores for cool book-scores that my dog Mogwai (seen here) can nap upon.

3:34PM Tue. Nov. 30, 2010, Marc Savlov Read More | Comment »

Bedside Manner: Midnight Library

Since my bed has built-in bookshelves along either side, I have a mini-library of nighttime reading options at my fingertips – most of which goes untouched, thanks to my smart phone.

11:26AM Mon. Nov. 29, 2010, Nora Ankrum Read More | Comment »

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