Soldier: A Poet's Childhood

"...Basic Books, 261 pp., $20..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Books Review by Craig Arnold

Partisans: Marriage, Politics, and Betrayal Among the New York Intellectuals

"...Friedan's The Feminine Mystique -- audacious, controversial, and confessional books all. The social issues of the day baffled the..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Books Review by Ann Guidry

Book Reviews

The Politics of Prose

"...saw. -- Instead he painted patches of color -- black where her skirt would be, ocher for the bodice..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...and locations of specific panels and readings or access http://www.austin360.com/texasbookfestival...."

Nov. 5, 1999 Books Feature

Camping With Strangers: And Other Stories

Sara Powers roots out the unneccesary Whimsical Gestures in San Antonio resident Sarah Nawrocki's debut collection of short stories, Camping With Strangers.

"...on each other but I keep drawing them. The black from my pencil smears all over the paper and..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Sara Powers

Black to Africa

African Literature Conference at UT

"...Keynote speaker Maryse Conde. Why should you care about..."

March 13, 1998 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

Keshara Moore Wants You to Join The Obsidian Society

Austin author’s debut pits Black and queer characters against the apocalypse

"...have that representation, it gets branded as 'that's a Black book' or 'that's a gay book.' ... But there..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Joelle DiPaolo

Taking a Tour of Freedom House

Poet KB Brookins talks their new full-length book Freedom House

"...prolific writer and workshop facilitator, and as a queer Black trans Texan, Brookins has built Freedom House, a full-length..."

Dec. 17, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

The Sword and the Shield Shows Malcolm X and MLK Were More Alike Than Different

Dr. Peniel E. Joseph's book argues that the civil rights leaders are two sides of the same revolutionary coin

"...leaders represent different facets of the same project for Black liberation. In his book The Sword and the Shield:..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Arts Feature by Sara Hutchinson

Qmmunity: Booked and Busy

Pride in Black ATX starts a book club, and a new queer comedy competition gets funded

"...Take a Look; It’s in a Book..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Column by James Scott

Holes

Adapted from the children’s book by Austin author Louis Sachar, the film features LaBeouf as a teen stuck at a Texas camp for juvenile delinquents.

"...types don’t foul up the movie based on your book is to write the screenplay yourself, which is exactly..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

American Fiction

Cord Jefferson's literary comedy lets the Black middle class shine

"...American letters with little commercial reward. He watches other Black writers cashing in on what he sees as the..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Rod Machen

Vacationing with Zakk Wylde

You and him kicking back and listening to Neil Young

"...Zakk Wylde, master shredder for Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society, and as a solo artist, found time..."

July 7, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

The Best of Enemies

Unlikely alliances grow as conversation finds common ground in this historical true-life drama

"...dis-United States, it falls somewhere between Spike Lee’s recent BlacKkKlansman and Green Book in terms of its “based on..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'The Death Penalty Is About Us'

'Dead Man Walking' scribe Sister Helen Prejean speaks in town tonight

"...The year Sister Helen Prejean published her bestselling book Dead Man Walking – 1993 – was the same..."

Dec. 3, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

The Upside

Remake of a true story of an unlikely friendship is the flattest version yet

"...Paris, comprises a white businessman (mais oui) and a black petty thief out on parole who needs to land..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hearts in Atlantis

"...Rothaar. It has become cliché to say that “the book was better than the movie,” and doubly so when..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...This Australian black comedy earned Judy Davis that country's best actress award..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Am Not Your Negro

A stunning doc on the civil rights era

"...that was to be titled Remember This House. The book was to be a personal account of the assassinations..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Fiction, American Reality

Cord Jefferson is putting the Black middle class back on the screen

"...an academic and writer infuriated by the idea that Black literature means gangstas and ghettos. It's not a stretch..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lit-urday: The Noble Hustle

Colson Whitehead's latest is an underachiever

"...day when you can curl up with a good book – let's call it Lit-urday. Perhaps you're in the..."

Sept. 13, 2014 Books Post by Amy Kamp

Street Style, Festival Edition

Sartorial snapshots from Congress during AFF and TBF

"...did battle for dominance on Congress Avenue: the Texas Book Festival and the Austin Film Festival...."

Oct. 28, 2013 Design Post by Amy Gentry

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

Brandon Routh stars as this film's titular paranormal investigator.

"...ossuary. Italian writer Tiziano Sclavi, from whose titular comic book series this film takes its name and narrative, turns..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Person

Roger Gathman, Belinda Acosta, and Maria Hong recap three of the Texas Book Festival's finest panels.

"...Saturday's Texas Book Festival panel on Nature was "sold-out" -- so many..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

In Person

Roger Gathman, Belinda Acosta, and Maria Hong recap three of the Texas Book Festival's finest panels.

"...Saturday's Texas Book Festival panel on Nature was "sold-out" -- so many..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Kalifornia

"...white trash squalor collides head-on with the urban artsy, always-dressed-in-black set in this moderately suspenseful crime drama that bears..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Lords of Chaos

The true crime story that made black metal truly sinister

"...a day job. But the implosion of the Norwegian black metal scene was like no other: On Aug. 10,..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Slappy returns in this perfectly timed sequel

"...McLendon-Covey, Madison Iseman, Chris Parnell, Ken Jeong and Jack Black...."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sisters Brothers

A murderers’ row of great actors in this contract killer Western comedy

"...one-half of the title sibling duo of Patrick deWitt’s black-comic Western novel. Not Charlie Sisters (he’s the one with..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Who Do You Love?

Jennifer Weiner returns with what might be her best love story yet

"...International bestselling author Jennifer Weiner just released her 12th book, Who Do You Love. The sure-to-be smash is a..."

Aug. 18, 2015 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

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