Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...and it was immortalized a half-century later in the fiction of a failed poet named William Faulkner. It's a..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Judges

"...Dorothy Barnett was a James A. Michener Fellow in fiction and is currently the chair of the Creative Writing..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature

Who's That Girl?

The Bookslut -- aka Jessa Crispin -- is getting people excited.

"...read her Dune and Asimov's robot novels and Twain's short stories at bedtime. Her mother wishes that she wouldn't..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Rectangular Packages With Ribbons

What most befits you vis-a-vis ageless Ray Bradbury this season? His new one and an illustrated look back at all the old ones.

"...The flyleaf to fantasist and all-around American literary icon Ray Bradbury's new novel credits him with..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Michael King and writer Walt Howerton are among a short list of people that care enough to take the..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Column

2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...11:30am-12:45pm House ChamberAt the Crossroads: Mexican-American Literature Jimmy Santiago Baca, Sandra Cisneros, Dagoberto Gilb, Moderator:..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

On the Way to Anywhere

Sarah Hepola talks to the three panelists of one of the Texas Book Festival's most eagerly anticipated panels, "At the Crossroads: Mexican-American Literature."

"...her home in San Antonio. The panel is about Mexican-American authors. "Well," she says, "that could go anywhere." If..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

Formula 51

"...Cockney hooligans and gangsters has since supplanted the Pulp Fiction director's ambient coolness. Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Short Third-Degree Sessions

Jesse Sublett gets personal with four of Bouchercon 2002's featured authors.

"...historically real Mexican revolutionary and a mysterious and wild-hearted American mother; and it deals chiefly with his coming to..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

International Competition

Fiction Shorts

"...Short film may be suffering a crisis of distribution these..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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Our readers talk back.

"...the bulk of that "testimony" isn't even good pulp fiction. The most overlooked examples are:..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Column

In Person

Though the crowd at New York literary lion Darin Strauss' June 27 appearance at BookPeople was thin, he still read and signed The Real McCoy, while telling Mike Shea all about the life of a "hugely talented" young writer.

"..."do the least amount of research possible" when writing fiction set in the past to be sure the facts..."

July 5, 2002 Books Feature

Summer Reading

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

"...The Latest in Paper Nonfiction & Memoir..."

May 31, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

This Old Mouse

Facing accusations of market saturation, cultural homogenization, and unethical labor practices, Disney keeps manufacturing the magic … but for how long?

"...a little more adventurous than nearby StoryLand, with its short lines, petting zoos, and a roller coaster that lumbered..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Cine Las Americas Schedule

"...Hip Hop 101 features short films and panels about hip-hop culture and its influences..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature

TIL Awards

"...the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History and American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin..."

March 29, 2002 Books Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Austin has made tremendous progress on that front. An African-American has served on the council since 1971 and a..."

March 15, 2002 Column

Honor Among Thieves

James Carlos Blake demystifies A World of Thieves and the world of writing.

"...The biggest goose bumps, however, pop up during the short, chilling passages tracing the progress of a wraithlike killer..."

March 8, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...newspaper journalist I love the wordplay. As an aspiring fiction writer I find the plotting and pace of the..."

March 8, 2002 Column

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...lot of the Universal monsters and a lot of American International Pictures, and the cheaper stuff, too, like Plan..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

When even the duffers at the muni golf course are talking about the Olympics, you know the ratings are through the roof.

"...parallel universe is a topic well covered in science fiction. I'm (occasionally) an open-minded guy. I like sci-fi. I'm..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

You Can't Go Home Again

Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett on why James Crumley, whose mystery The Final Country has recently been published, is the best writer from Texas to disown the state.

"...been practically without peer. He's not the most prolific American crime writer, but crime fiction aficionados have learned that,..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Postscripts

Resistencia Bookstore was the victim of a car accident last weekend but vows to move on "come hell or high water."

"...actually made it to Kyle... UT's Center for Asian American Studies is hosting a reading and screening of poetry,..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...for his novel Red Alert, a thriller about an American air base commander who defies fail-safe protocols and sends..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...The big blowout happened when Bob posted a short list titled "How to Kill the Chronicle." It outlined..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Life After Death

A new life for almost-forgotten author Mary Gavell

"...out space in their publication for a work of fiction, even a short one, but for several reasons her..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Joys of Meanness

Scott Blackwood's initiation into the writing life

"...lies, leaving, and loss -- Blackwood's characters fall just short of speaking up or doing the right thing, all..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...of a college essay contest; the disappearance of small-town African-American rodeos; life and death of a society columnist; autism;..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Light It Up

Director Lizzie Borden revisits her incendiary 1983 feminist classic, Born in Flames, showing as part of the Austin Film Society's series "Dance, Girl, Dance: Women Directors of the 70s and 80s."

"...of Liberation. Technically, that makes Born in Flames science fiction. But the future depicted here is not one of..."

June 22, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bread and Roses

"...group is Maya (Padilla), whose sister Rosa (Carrillo) is short the agreed fee for Maya's escorts due to her..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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