Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...tell you the state got its name from the Algonquin, their word for the Quapaw...."

July 5, 2013 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Drunken Botanist Reveals Cocktail Secrets

Discover the botanical basis for liquors and liqueurs

"...Botanist: The Plants that Make the World's Greatest Drinks (Algonquin Books, $20) a must-read for cocktail enthusiasts...."

April 16, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Mrs. Santa's Book Bag

"...know the nut's name, which actually comes from an Algonquin word that means "any nut hard enough to crack..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Food Feature by Gracie Salem

Recommended at Texas Book Festival

Capsule reviews and panel info

"...The Revised Fundamentals of Caregivingby Jonathan Evison Algonquin Books, 288 pp., $23.95..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Books Feature

Remembering Nora Ephron

Comfort and a clear-eyed, ever-witty lens on the lovelorn

"...the first line of the obit. If there's an Algonquin Table in the sky, one hopes they're pulling the..."

June 27, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

World Book Night Doesn't Happen Overnight, You Know

BookPeople hosts planning session this Monday

"...Enger (Grove Atlantic) A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin) Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton (Berkley) The..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

When She Woke

TBF capsule reviews: 'When She Woke'

"...When She Wokeby Hillary Jordan Algonquin Books, 352 pp., $24.95..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

What You See in the Dark

Manuel Muñoz's first novel spins haunting fiction out of an Alfred Hitchcock film shoot

"...What You See in the Darkby Manuel Muñoz Algonquin Books, 272 pp., $23.99..."

March 25, 2011 Books Review by Belinda Acosta

West of Here

"...West of Hereby Jonathan Evison Algonquin Books, 496 pp., $24.95..."

March 18, 2011 Books Review by James Renovitch

Laughter on the 23rd Floor

A cast that knows funny lands the laughs in Neil Simon's comedy about comedy

"...if at the Round Table (King Arthur's or the Algonquin) the gifted Simon and his equally jokewise brother Danny,..."

March 18, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Gift Guide: Film Criticism

New reads from two titans in film scholarship

"...of letters." Besides having the pleasing ring of the Algonquin Round Table about it (and one suspects Ebert could..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Exley: A Novel

This is a book that charms without seeming to try

"...Exley: A Novelby Brock Clarke Algonquin Books, 320 pp., $24.95..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Books Review by Cindy Widner

A Curable Romantic: A Novel

A twice-married virgin wanders sexually liberated Vienna and collides with – who else? – Freud

"...A Curable Romantic: A Novelby Joseph Skibell Algonquin Books, 608 pp., $25.95..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Books Review by James Renovitch

The Lie: A Novel

O.H. Bennett's sophomore novel tells the story of an accidental Cain and the repercussions of his crime and cover story

"...The Lie: A Novelby O.H. Bennett Algonquin Books, 307 pp., $13.95 (paper)..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Books Review by Sarah Jean Billeiter

U.S. Geography

Whatever makes our states most mythic is going fast. Ain't that America?

"...Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future by Greg Melville (Algonquin Books, 257 pp., $15.95, paper); Zane Grey: Western Legends..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Playing Through

Dara Torres qualified for her fifth U.S. Olympic team at the age of 41

"...an adventure he chronicles in Off the Deep End (Algonquin Books)...."

July 25, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Southern Belly: The Ultimate Food Lover's Companion to the South

Part travel guide, part history lesson, Southern Belly is a mouthwatering expedition of beloved Southern food institutions

"...Food Lover's Companion to the Southby John T. Edge, Algonquin Books, 352 pp., $14.95..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

I Love Tab

Tab is coming to Austin!

"...a Movie Star by Tab Hunter with Eddie Muller Algonquin, 378 pp., $24.95 review by Kate X Messer (Austin..."

June 1, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

New Stories From the South: The Year's Best

"Surely," editor Allan Gurganus writes, "we should expect our literature to do a bit more than distract us from our desperate age"

Dec. 29, 2006 Books Review by Belinda Acosta

Irvine Welsh

'Trainspotting,' 10 years later, and a new book

"...by phone from Dorothy Parker and Harpo Marx's beloved Algonquin Hotel, is unimpressed by all this simmering 10th-anniversary hoopla...."

Aug. 18, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Summer Reading

"...Algonquin, 261 pp., $19.95..."

June 9, 2006 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

"...Riley's Fire: A Novel by Lee Merrill Byrd (Algonquin, May 12)..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Books Review by R.U. Steinberg

Rectangular Packages With Ribbons

Maria Hong finds that everyone is adapting everywhere in her review of three of the year's most powerful photography collections.

"...Y'all: Images of Jewish Life in the American South (Algonquin, $24.95). Comprised of black-and-white portraits of people in their..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Maria Hong

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Local Arts Reviews

"...on most audience members who aren't fans of the Algonquin Round Table...."

June 7, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Summer Reading

Words gone wild! The best and the breeziest for beating the heat in 2002

"...Family: Stories That Are Mostly True by Tony Earley (Algonquin, $13)..."

May 31, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Bruce Wagner: West Coast Wizard?

Is Updike's enthusiasm for Wagner warranted?

"...making clever repartee (like some munchkin version of the Algonquin Round Table) makes these sections of the book unbearably..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

A Class Act

Called by no less than The New York Times "the suavest of all male cabaret performers," Steve Ross is the personification of refined, romantic, elegant, and effervescent cabaret, and that makes him an ideal guest artist for the debut season of Austin Cabaret Theatre.

"...the Broadway theatre district, to his debut at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room, where he was the first cabaret..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Billy Ray's Farm: Essays From a Place Called Tula

"...Algonquin, 205 pp., $22.95..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Books Review by Mike Shea

Summer Reading

"...longstanding longing to have been part of that semi-mythical Algonquin Round Table, a sort of Robert Benchley/Dorothy Parker combo..."

June 1, 2001 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Postscripts

The continuing roll call for Texas Writers Month.

"...of Jim the Boy and his new memoir from Algonquin, Somehow Form a Family...."

May 4, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

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