Day Trips: Dobie Dichos, Oakville

Gather under the stars to celebrate storytelling and J. Frank Dobie

"...Dobie Dichos gathers people together who appreciate a good yarn..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Range War at the Dobie Ranch

A bulldozer's intrusion onto 'enchanted' property uncovers the struggles of UT's historic retreat for writers

"...Look a little closer, and you can see jagged stumps of cedar and scrub oak jutting up through..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Amy Gentry

Salon of the West

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?

"...in the 1940s or 1950s, an old man named J. Frank Dobie might walk over to the house of..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

Write On

The 2002-03 Dobie Paisano Fellows are Oscar Casares and Todd Hearon.

"...Two hundred and sixty-four acres just west of Austin, a "simply but adequately furnished" house,..."

June 14, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Making Lists

"...University of North Texas Press, $19.95 hard Well I'm just a fool for a list, whether it be an..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Postscripts

Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.

"...the first screening was not necessarily their intention. They just wanted to see it while children were in school...."

Nov. 23, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

The Son Rises With Philipp Meyer

Austin author on adapting his award-winning novel for AMC

"...Philipp Meyer was getting drunk on author and folklorist J. Frank Dobie's front porch when he decided to adapt..."

April 7, 2017 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

From Heaven to the Springs

'Nightswim' moves Barton Springs from history to literature

"...Austin scholarly triumvirate – historian Walter Prescott Webb, folklorist J. Frank Dobie, and naturalist Roy Bedichek, who spent many..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Postscripts

Not one day back from vacation and the growing list of noble souls who need to be congratulated is making Books Editor Clay Smith uneasy.

"...and memorable summer 2001 novel, about a woman who's just fumbled through her freshman year at college and has..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Austin's literary news

"...A Novel of O. Henry (St. Martin's, $7.50) has just been released. Departing from his established series of mysteries..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Notes on Mad Dogs

If you were young, talented, and a little crazy in the old Austin, you may have answered to the bizarre title of "Mad Dog."

"..."There were people who refused to join Mad Dog. ... I think they thought it was..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Neal Barrett Jr. and Bill Crawford both win the Busiest Texas Writer of 2000 Award.

"...see how goddamn many you can do," Neal Barrett Jr. says. But anyone who kept count of his output..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Upcoming literary events in Austin.

"...HRC (21st & Guadalupe) on the UT campus... The Jewish Community Association of Austin's Book Fair will be taking..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Nightswim

History and friendship are the fulcrum on which Nightswim balances Steve Moore's impressionistic, profound look at famous friends Roy Bedichek, Frank Dobie, and Walter Webb

"...History is not just the grand sweep of events, the tide of times..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Postscripts

Upcoming literary events in Austin and ideas about entering nationwide writing contests.

"...an adaptation of a short story by Austin writer Joe O'Connell. Writing on the Air, which airs in Austin..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.

"...strongest writers eschew help of this sort? "Basically, that just hasn't been our experience," Blakeslee says, and she laughs...."

Nov. 24, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

"...Book People hosts Jonathan Kellerman discussing and signing Billy Straight: A Novel on..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

In Memoriam: Bill Wittliff

Legendary writer/photographer/collector/benefactor dead at 79

"...with his wife Sally, William Wittliff – oh, let's just call him "Bill" – suffered a heart attack and..."

June 12, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Telling Stories

Bill Wittliff seeks the "yes" in his debut novel, The Devil's Backbone

"...live here, and Bud Shrake came over to write. John Graves' paddle from Goodbye to a River hangs from..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"...distinctions between black and white music communities, and not just in Austin, but everywhere she lived...."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Day Trips

"...a thing of beauty will never pass into nothingness." -J. Frank Dobie The Mustangs of Las Colinas harness the..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Big Land, Big Stories,& One-Eyed Jacks

Western Roundup

"...illustration by Nathan Jensen Some American Indian tribes used to believe that, before..."

April 18, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Day Trips

History Ahead: Stories Beyond the Texas Roadside Markers is part travel guide and part history book

"...Texas Roadside Markers by Dan K. Utley and Cynthia J. Beeman is part travel guide and part history book...."

March 26, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Hang the DJ

The new political theatre invites you into its messy, sexy conversation

"...is the only liberal on the faculty of a major university in Manhattan? Wha–? But oh my friend, that..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Literary Lone Stars Ten Best Texas Books

"...* The Longhorns, J. Frank Dobie (1941). Dobie did more -- far more..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

An interview with Don Graham, editor of Lone Star Literature.

"...to the Rio Grande (Norton, $29.95) has been published just in time for the Texas Book Festival, where it..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Day Trips: Oakville Jailhouse and Guesthouses

The crossbars hotel rescues the ghost town of Oakville

"...Oakville Jailhouse and Guesthouses revive what was once the largest town..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas Book Festival 2019

"...Jill Meyers at the On the Topic of Mothers panel..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Photo Gallery

Faulk Hero

Remembering John Henry Faulk's battle against the blacklist

"...[Editor's Note: On June 28, 1962, Austin native John Henry Faulk was awarded..."

June 27, 2014 Arts Feature by Willard Manus

Violated Sanctuary

"...Dear Editor, If J. Frank Dobie were still ruminating on Philosopher’s Rock, he..."

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