Longhorns' Million Dollar Bash

Texas beats New Mexico 45-zilch

"...Ole Miss is a college of great tradition. William Faulkner went there, as did two characters played by Sandra..."

Sept. 9, 2012 Sports Post by Michael Corcoran

Comic Book Snobbery

"...all the works of Henry Miller, Arthur Rimbaud, William Faulkner, Steinbeck, etc. Then one day I watched High Fidelity...."

July 24, 2012 Postmarks

Blitzen Trapper

"...South. About half of American Goldwing owes more to Faulkner than Jack London. So much so that "Crying Eyes"..."

March 16, 2012 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Aftershocks

Finding inspiration in the devastation of the 921 earthquake

"...Years later, after reading Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and finding in its themes..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Point Austin: Recalling Eroy Brown

Groundbreaking Texas inmate murder case reflects long fight for justice

"...The past, as William Faulkner wrote, is not dead. It isn't even past. We..."

Feb. 17, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Lions and Leone

We do the historic hotel, and the historic hotel does us

"...arc of greatness, but did you know that William Faulkner, Truman Capote, and Eudora Welty all spent time at..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Alan Hollinghurst Untrammeled

On 'the very boring lives of slightly strange people'

"...after all, of One Hundred Years of Solitude; consider Faulkner; don't forget about James Baldwin's Go Tell It on..."

Oct. 26, 2011 Books Post by Sarah Smith

In His Words

Rolando Hinojosa-Smith's A Voice of His Own

"...they all did; without knowing it, I was following Faulkner's dictum: 'Read. Read. Read. Read everything – good and..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Books Feature by Roberto Ontiveros

Bobby Whitlock: A Rock 'n' Roll Autobiography

Bobby Whitlock was born at the crossroads

"...a modern Southern Gothic. Even the names sound like Faulkner: Jimbo, Peapaw King, Big Mama, and the notorious Aunt..."

July 15, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Southerly Course: Recipes & Stories From Close to Home

Home is where the heart is

"...produced an impressive list of great storytellers, from William Faulkner and Eudora Welty to Willie Morris and Jill Conner..."

May 27, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mayo on lobster, Faulkner on the Kentucky Derby, and more on more

"...William Faulkner covered the 1955 Kentucky Derby for Sports Illustrated. He..."

May 13, 2011 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

'A Knitted Wonderland'

The cedar elms in the Blanton Museum's plaza get new spring outfits

"...Friday, the 99 cedar elms that populate the museum's Faulkner Plaza will have hand-knit sleeves placed over their trunks...."

March 4, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ax-Wielding 101

Manga Beyond the Norm, in Excellent Paperback Form

"...that reach the sublime, that effectively illuminate what W. Faulkner, back in the day, called “the human heart in..."

Dec. 8, 2010 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Sound and the Fury

Monsters of Folk drummer Will Johnson continues demonstrating monstrous musical and compositional gifts

"...Southern Gothic tradition, with the fractured density of William Faulkner and a sympathy for his characters that recalls Eudora..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Blood-Dark Track: A Family History

Reissue of Netherland author Joseph O'Neill's inquiry into his grandfathers' pasts

"...a couple of years ago with his wonderfully crafted, PEN/Faulkner Award-winning novel Netherland. In 2001, however, O'Neill ventured into..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

AISD: Matching Buildings to Kids, or Vice Versa?

AISD aims to resolve under- and overcrowding issues with its facilities master plan

"...District 7 trustee Robert Schneider and his challenger Warren Faulkner agreed that old tensions over attendance zone realignments (see..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

ACC: A Second Round for Villarreal and Reiter

Sosa prevails while two others return to the trail

"...Glen P. Mayes II17829.4%14719.1%32523.7% DISTRICT 7 Robert Schneider54953.7%62552.3%1,17453.0% Warren Faulkner47446.3%56947.7%1,04347.0% DISTRICT 1: Cheryl Bradley223100%265100%488100% DISTRICT 4: Vince Torres702100%978100%1,680100%..."

May 14, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Final AISD Results; ACC Almost Complete

Sosa, Schneider, Moya win; other races headed for runoffs

"...DISTRICT 7 Warren Faulkner – 1,043 – 47% Robert Ray Schneider – 1,174..."

May 8, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

AISD and ACC Early Vote Totals

Sosa may avoid run-off in ACC race

"...DISTRICT 7 SINGLE MEMBER Warren Faulkner - 474 - 46.33% Robert Ray Schneider - 549..."

May 8, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

'Chronicle' Endorsement Disappointing

"...it greatly diminishes the efforts and experience of Warren Faulkner. This sort of off-handed and unprovable remark is expected..."

April 24, 2010 Postmarks

Get Ready for More Elections

The primary run-offs are only a month away, followed quickly by elections for ACC and AISD trustees

"...Faulk­ner challenges incumbent Robert Schneider. Just how popular is Faulkner? In 2007, an entire wing of the school was..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

History in the Making

A new exhibit at the Harry Ransom Center proves that no job is too small when it comes to 'Making Movies'

"...Gone With the Wind gig, including Maxwell Anderson, William Faulkner ("not very reliable in his plans or habits"), Philip..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Running the UT Numbers

Unless you're the football coach, budgetary times are dire

"...Austin. In 2004, the commissioners recommended to then-President Larry Faulkner that he end the existing system of running strategic..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

KUT Should Stay Local

July 15, 2009 Postmarks

Sanctified and Chicken-Fried: The Portable Lansdale

Lansdale is Lansdale, his ownself, sanctified in the blood of the walking Western dead and righteously readable

"...in his career, as the new Flannery O'Connor, William Faulkner-gone-madder, and the last surviving splatterpunk. He's none of those,..."

June 26, 2009 Books Review by Marc Savlov

Where the Line Bleeds: A Novel

A different voice tackles the Mississippi blues, with varying effect

"...style (exceeding its capacity, in fact) that recalls William Faulkner. The anomaly here – of a female, black author..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Books Review by Elizabeth Jackson

Blanton Museum of Art

The companion facility to the UT museum's gallery building is finally complete

"...Forsyth Trio plays on the Larry and Mary Ann Faulkner Plaza between the buildings...."

Nov. 14, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Creative Dead-End of Addiction

Who says blockage is bad for you?

"...John Mahoney's Bill Mayhew (a composite of Fitzgerald and Faulkner). Here Barton is arguing with Tony Shalhoub's producer character,..."

Oct. 13, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

After ArmadilloCon

Science fiction convention short on cosplay, big on literary advice

"...if the film-makers make a mess of it. As Faulkner (or Michener or Chandler or Cain, depending who was..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...well as Equality Texas and former UT President Larry Faulkner. With their prompting, and following the lead of the..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature

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