The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...editor of The Best American Comics 2011 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), offers just that in a hardcover volume of remarkable..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

It Gets Better Than This?

In general, not bloody likely

"...longtime Best American group of anthologies from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This year's collection is edited by Bechdel, in fact,..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

Novel idea: Steve Earle's prose

"...Out Of This World Aliveby Steve Earle Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 256 pp., $26..."

May 13, 2011 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

The Canada Model

Author Paul Tough on education innovator Geoffrey Canada

"...Change Harlem and America, by Paul Tough (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 304 pp., $26)..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Raising Steaks: The Life and Times of American Beef

Fussell deconstructs the American romances that spawned today's beef culture

"...The Life and Times of American Beefby Betty Fussell Harcourt, 402 pp., $26..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Food Feature by MM Pack

How the West Was Won

SXSWUK 2008

"...Ed Harcourt, London, www.edharcourt.com, Wednesday, 11pm, Smokin' Music..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Rock & Roll Books

Summer reading

"...Harcourt, 354 pp., $23..."

June 2, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Latin Beat

Latin Beat

"...frequency's Liza Richardson. Curated by name brand colleague Nic Harcourt, Sounds Eclectico (Nacional) is sexier – 16 in-studio live..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Almost Grown

Ana Egge and Adam Carroll reflect over their songwriting adolescence

"...has garnered special notice from influential L.A. deejay Nic Harcourt, so Egge spent a couple of weeks last month..."

June 10, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Friday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Street Sessions, last summer. Airplay by hometown jock Nic Harcourt on KCRW's Morning Become Eclectic has garnered them interest..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

New Model Army

Anarchy in the UK

"...Ed Harcourt (London) www.edharcourt.com; Sat., 10:30pm, Antone's..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Girls, Uninterrupted

An interview with Rachel Simmons

Jan. 23, 2004 Books Feature by Rachel Proctor May

ACL Fest Interviews

"...is buzz. Last August, after KCRW Music Director Nic Harcourt added a demo of "Orange Sky" to his influential..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer

CMAS, CMAS Books, and Víctor Guerra

The Center for Mexican American Studies and CMAS Books share a proud history at UT and nationally.

"...nine years working in other well-known publishing houses like Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, St. Martin's Press, and Macmillan Publishing Co...."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...ED HARCOURT: A wistful blend of Elton John and Rufus Wainwright,..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Hey! That's My Song

Conference Panel

"...no, don't say, 'Why the fuck not?'" said Nic Harcourt of KCRW in Santa Monica, Calif. With a finite..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Greg Beets

Recommended

"...in Timothy Westmoreland's exceptional debut, Good as Any: Stories (Harcourt, $24), have nowhere to go but up, though they..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Books Feature

Postscripts

Recent news in Austin's literary scene

"...New York Times Book Review on Sunday, November 18. Harcourt just bought the paperback rights; SMU Press published the..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

How can the UK reclaim the U.S.? Austin Convention Center, Saturday 17

"...want to do meet-and-greets. Noncommercial Los Angeles DJ Nick Harcourt commented, "Oasis fucking blew it. America didn't have time..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Mindy LaBernz

Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope: All Story

"...Harcourt, 356 pp., $14 (paper)..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

Armchair Adventures

"Good adventure books do the same thing as a good adventure," Chronicle writer Dan Oko writes in this roundup of recently published adventure books.

"...of Fighting Wildfire in the Westby Murry A. Taylor Harcourt, 437 pp., $26..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Books Feature by Dan Oko

Book Reviews

The Politics of Prose

"...Harcourt, 216 pp., $22..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Books Feature by Martin Wilson

The Adventures of Jules & Gertie

"...Harcourt Brace, 36 pp., $16..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Books Review by Amanda Eyre Ward

Auntie Claus

"...Harcourt, Brace & Co., 38 pp., $16..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Books Review

Road Sign Language

Lost Highway Screenwriter Barry Gifford

"...Father, is due to be published in May by Harcourt Brace...."

Feb. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Sid Moody

The Ex-Files, Part III

"...of the Story,edited by Penny Kaganoff and Susan Spano (Harcourt Brace & Co., January, 1997)...."

Aug. 2, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

The Ex-Files

"...the Story, edited by Penny Kaganoff and Susan Spano, Harcourt Brace & Co., January 1997.)..."

July 5, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

Mrs. Claus Delivers

Food Gifts for the Holidays

"...young readers on your Christmas list. The Greatest Table (Harcourt Brace, $18.95, hard) is a beautifully produced fold-out book..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Food Feature

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