Black Mask

"...super-soldiers in favor of spending his remaining days shelving books at the local library. While this may at first..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Graphic Gift Books For Your Creative Favorites

Or even for your own holiday-besieged self, right? Potentially?

"...are the default by now, of course. Which makes books more of a special thing, just on the surface...."

Dec. 15, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Let Me Tell You About Wine: A Beginner's Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Wine/Oldman's Brave New World of Wine: Pleasure, Value, and Adventure Beyond Wine's Usual Suspects

Writing a guide to wine is fraught with problems, but both of these books are highly recommended for their combination of accurate information, unstuffy knowledge, and delightful prose

"...Clarke, who has a couple dozen other books out, is England's most widely known wine personality, and..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Resources to Support Black Austinites During Police Brutality Protests

How to help and how to find help

"...the streets to protest racism and police violence against Black people. In the wake of the police killings of..."

June 3, 2020 News Post by Selome Hailu

Top Books to Read in 2020 As Everything Falls Apart

In a COVID-strained year, tales of families repairing their lives and the caste system's effect of Black Americans made an impact

"...United States to examine our legal system's treatment of Black Americans as a model for how they would deal..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Books for Cooks 2010

Need help making that Black Friday shopping list? Here's a selection of great cookbook ideas with something to delight any foodie you know.

Nov. 26, 2010 Food Feature

Join the Austin Indie Record Store Crawl This Black Friday

Don't forget to bring your own bag!

"...of ways to support your local record stores this Black Friday!..."

Nov. 24, 2021 Events Post

The Black Vault Is About to Open in Austin

Improvised horror show brings diverse new blood (and ichor)

"...The Black Vault, that ancient chamber of Stygian darkness, opens this..."

Oct. 10, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: Black Friday? End of an Ear!

End of an Ear's new digs thrive just in time for Black Friday

"...Love Black Friday shopping, but hate bare-knuckle boxing soccer moms at..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Five Things to Keep Your Arts Account in the Black

From a fresh take on War of the Worlds to pushing back against censorship

"...$25. kmfa.org Pen America Austin: Who Is Afraid of Black Books?..."

May 27, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Book Review: Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Marlon James’ epic new novel is a literary phantasmagoria

"...indeed, the opening sentences of his new, sprawling novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf may actually reveal the conclusion of..."

April 2, 2019 Arts Post by Jay Trachtenberg

Top Books of 2018 That Make the Past Present

Whether in biography, graphic novel, crime fiction, or retold Greek myths, these books brought history to life

"...of historical and fictional characters, including art students, poets, black American jazz musicians, leftist writers, fascist agitators, and thugs...."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Some Kind of Troll Inside Domy Books

Yes, some kind of hideous, godforsaken troll

"...Don't even get us started on Domy Books...."

July 6, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Cookbook Collector: A Novel

This isn't a story about amusing misadventures of a hapless but lovable forager for forgotten recipes

"...of 1990s Northern California, and the perceived roles of books, literature, history, and aesthetics in an increasingly digital and..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Food Feature by MM Pack

Bake!: Essential Techniques for Perfect Baking

With Nick Malgieri's baking tips, you won't get stuck staring into a KitchenAid bowl and hoping what's there is even halfway right

"...Bake!: Essential Techniques for Perfect Bakingby Nick Malgieri Kyle Books, 224 pp., $29.95..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Food Feature by Monica Riese

Rock 'n' Roll Books Redux

"...The stack of rock & roll books on my desk was barely mined in this week’s..."

Dec. 4, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Growing Tasty Tropical Plants: In Any Home, Anywhere.

Does the avid gardener in your life know how to care for Australian finger limes or Buddha's hand citrons?

"...dragon fruit, coffee, and even cacao, miracle fruit, and black pepper. It includes a few recipes to process your..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"......"

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Top Books

Hard-Boiled Top Ten

"...Rocker/Wacko: Wesley Willis My list of top ten crime books of 1996 is dedicated to Eugene Izzi, the ultra-tough..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...the summer heat by spending time at Austin's myriad bookstores, where you'll find all these titles and so much..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

Mat Johnson: Black & White & Read All Over

Our interview with the Houston-based author

"...Note: Johnson had written a few books before those two, yes, and – here, that's what..."

June 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...Other books I loved this year traveled farther afield, as in..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Thinking About Sharing the Black Emerald with Your Friends?

Genre-churning Instar Books wants to make it weird and easy for you.

"...We wrote of one example right here a while..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Books of a Lifetime

Dawn Powell: A Biography

"...Parker's. When she died, all but one of her books was out of print. But starting in 1993, a..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Books Feature

Coffee Table Books That Depict and Provide Escape From

"...Bordertown..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Art and Photography Books Picture This!

"...Holidays and art books go together like rum and eggnog -- the combination..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Books Feature

Fashion Axe

Fashion axe

"...and Words (Yale University Press, 183 pp., $24.95). Pairing black-and-white photos taken throughout his career with the words of..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Francesca Camillo

Five Things to Enjoy as Black History Month Continues

We highlight artists of color who bring a diversity of aesthetic vibrance to the theatres, galleries, and other venues of our city

"...exhibition lies in the generations of skilled observation within Black and Brown communities, warning each other when sociological danger..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Black Sheep Boys

Okkervil River navigates the headwaters of its career

"..."A black sheep boy dissolves in hot cream,..."

April 1, 2005 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Books That Keep on Giving

Does It Come in Paperback?

"...Tammy Faye Messner Giving books as presents is almost a cliché. It seems to..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

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