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June 13, 1997 Books Feature
Appetite for Reading
A Summer Spread of Captivating Cookbooks
"...Consequently, this year's publishing catalogues all feature a few cookbooks that could keep us company all afternoon curled up..."
June 13, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Rock, They Wrote
Writing From Both Sides of the Musical
Fence
"...between the (hard)covers: Each of them has written their first fictional efforts, each with the support of a high-profile..."
June 21, 1996 Books Feature
Qmmunity: Ch-ch-changes
Austin's queer scene turns to face the strange as it goes through big but good changes
"...retail space, Lunita by Las Ofrendas, that'll be the first intersectional Latinx mobile retail experience in Austin. This South..."
July 28, 2023 Column by James Scott
Hays County’s Overwhelmed Jail System in Dire Shape, Advocates Say
Some inmates are waiting years to see their day in court
"...The first time Hays County Jail officials rushed Melvin Nicholas to..."
Sept. 9, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Kevin McNamee-Tweed: The Exit Interview
As he leaves Austin, curator and artist Kevin McNamee-Tweed reflects on the city's artists and art community
"...three nominations for his curatorial work and exhibitions. His Books publication was released through Farewell Books, Raw Paw Press,..."
March 10, 2017 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood
Some Like It Hot
25th Hot Sauce Festival brings the crowds
"...Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest is in the record books, we can say with pride that the crazy-hottest party..."
Aug. 28, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Just Cos
SXSW Comedy headliner Bill Cosby shares his worst gigs ever
"...BC: Well, first of all… I’ve never really had a problem with..."
March 5, 2014 Arts Post by Raoul Hernandez
LeVar Burton Brings 'Reading Rainbow' to the Smaller Small Screen
On the app, the digital divide, and the future of hardcovers
"...app introduces kids ages 3-9 to new and classic books, while Burton returns as the host of video field..."
July 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Farewell to Allan
Eastside parents watch AISD and IDEA dismantle their neighborhood school
"...what is AISD getting with IDEA Allan? Boot Up, Books Down..."
June 1, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Photography, History & Accounting 101
Learning with Henry Rollins, us the shareholders.
"...You see so much you can’t process it. The first time I went to India was like that: I..."
Nov. 3, 2011 Music Post by Richard Whittaker
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, May 19-26
"...march to the Capitol. 6:30pm. City Hall, 301 W. Second...."
May 20, 2011 News Column
Bedside Manner: Mogwai's Travel Reading
What Savlov's dog is napping on these days
"...of printed matter, oblivious, gone, busy-reading-please-be-quiet, or scouring used bookstores for cool book-scores that my dog Mogwai (seen here)..."
Nov. 30, 2010 Books Post by Marc Savlov
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Dec. 10-15
"...rail). 10:30am. City Hall, City Council Chambers, 301 W. Second.
www.cityofaustin.org/transportation...."
Dec. 11, 2009 News Feature
Gun Crazy!
Barack Obama may not be coming to get your weapons – but he's sure doing wonders for gun & ammo sales
"...are also vintage and military weapons, thousands of knives, books, and coins...."
May 22, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Happy Accidents
Dominic Smith on The Beautiful Miscellaneous
"...traveled an interesting path to the publication of his second novel, The Beautiful Miscellaneous, which hit shelves earlier this..."
June 15, 2007 Books Feature by John H. Razook
Letters @ 3AM
One of the great lessons of civilizations is that smarts don't count for much in the long run
"...fall. The Greeks left us a great shelf of books, though...."
Dec. 22, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3AM
Our Ecstatic Days' is that rarest of creatures: a great
novel. The first great American novel of the 21st
century. Steve Erickson has discovered the secret of
creating a novel that is not a book but an organism.
Proust did it. Joyce almost did it. Faulkner sometimes
did it. Marquez did it. Yes, that's the company Steve's
keeping in Our Ecstatic Days.'
"...good." The book was Days Between Stations, Steve Erickson's first published novel. In my review I wrote, "Erickson is..."
March 4, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura
The House on the Point
Tim Walker reviews Benjamin Hoff's Hardy Boys tribute, The House on the Point.
"...Hardy Boys recalls The House on the Cliff, the second installment of the original series. As one would hope,..."
Jan. 24, 2003 Books Review by Tim Walker
Child's Play
Writer Kevin Wood discovers that there's a lot to learn while teaching kids.
"...Joel and I drove to the school for the first time. Part of me was excited. Part of me..."
Aug. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Kevin Wood
An Immense World of Delight
It used to be a commonplace of moralists that man was the only creature in the animal kingdom to slaughter his own kind. But as Chronicle writer Roger Gathman points out, kind is slaughtered by kind routinely among ants, salamanders, and, as any child can tell you, guppies. The golden rule, in nature, is not "do unto others" -- it is "why waste the protein?"
"...from the African jungle, Homo sapiens. All of the books in our roundup touch, to one extent or another,..."
June 30, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman
Confessions of a Cowboy
Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.
"...odd, given the wildly unpredictable gestation period that most books undergo before they arrive on bookshelves. Nonetheless, the dust..."
May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons
Day Trips
The Dairy Queens and crumbling sandstone of Larry McMurtry's hometown, Archer City, Texas.
"...ranches, lethargic oil fields, county government, and the world-famous bookstore owned by its most famous son, Larry McMurtry...."
May 5, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Double Take
Austin Scribe Lawrence Wright Tackles Noriega -- Twice
"...52-year-old screenwriter and staff writer for The New Yorker, first tried writing the story of Noriega's last days in..."
March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts
Going for Broke
Fruit Salad Days
"...Geissler, a German immigrant who exported rock & roll books back to Europe as the Flying Book Service, started..."
June 18, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Celebrity Cynosures
"...I decided not to read any press about it first, to avoid the storm of righteous outrage and pretentious..."
March 5, 1999 Books Review
Readings From the Fringe
"...Mystery and science fiction sometimes go hand in hand...."
Jan. 22, 1999 Books Review by Mike Shea
Dancing with Dawson
"...they're talking about someone like Carol Dawson. When I first met her, it was at an event where dancing..."
Jan. 15, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith
Handicapper's Guide
Slam-O-Rama
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Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature by Michael Bertin
The Faculty
"...being called her "breakthrough" book. She has published two books of short stories: The Source of Trouble, winner of..."
