The Overthinking Man's Fighter

Floyd Patterson biographer W.K. Stratton explains the appeal of boxing's gentleman eccentric

"...Cole, who suddenly found himself in the era of James Brown. All that fascinated me. I thought he was..."

July 6, 2012 Books Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

HRC Director Tom Staley to Retire in 2011

Stepping down after 22 years turning center into a world-class institution

"...David Hare, Arnold Wesker, Jayne Anne Phillips, Peter Matthiessen, James Salter and Penelope Fitzgerald. The Center also acquired the..."

April 26, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

American Rust: A Novel

Former Austinite Philipp Meyer has impeccable, even prescient, timing with his debut novel about an economically ravaged steel town in Pennsylvania

"...Fittingly, Isaac's sister picks up a copy of James Joyce's Ulysses then looks for works by Henry James...."

March 13, 2009 Books Review by James Renovitch

Rock & Roll Books

Gift guide

"...(the winking amicus brief to Broadside), Lester Bangs, Clive James, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Lethem, Anne Waldman (the startling..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Shawn Badgley

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...James W. Rohlich..."

June 13, 2003 Column

Naked City

Headlines

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Breece Is Back

Breece D'J Pancake committed suicide in 1979 at the age of 26, and his Stories -- which Little, Brown has reprinted -- shows that he "cut short a literary career which had suggested a greatness that can now only be guessed at."

"...Pancake mentioned alongside the likes of Faulkner, Hemingway, and Joyce. But if you've yet to come across his work,..."

July 26, 2002 Books Feature by Dominic Luxford

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...Desert Island 1. Arden Shakespeare Complete Works 2. King James Bible 3. Bhagavad-Gita 4. The Complete Poetry and Prose..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...Vanished Kingdom: Travels Through the History of Prussia by James Charles Roy..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

No Law & Order

"...JAMES HAND: A veteran of several hangovers' worth of north..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

Art

Art Openings

"...BLUE ROAD STUDIO & GALLERY A self-described "sculptural robotisist," Joyce DiBona profiles "New Works and a New Location" that..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

Cultural Coolness Around Texas This Month

"...footage of the Parisian vaudeville performer Josephine Baker. Photographer James VanDerZee documents the Harlem streets while Carl Van Vecten,..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Christopher Menaul; with Embeth Davidtz, Tom Bell, Gemma Jones, James Purefoy, Greg Wise, Kenneth Anderson, Ben Chaplin. (R, 118..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Christopher Menaul; with Embeth Davidtz, Tom Bell, Gemma Jones, James Purefoy, Greg Wise, Kenneth Anderson, Ben Chaplin. (R, 118..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Bird

Danger, nature, and coming of age in Andrea Arnold's latest

"...Adams, Franz Rogowski, Barry Keoghan, Jason Buda, Jasmine Jobson, James Nelson-Joyce, Frankie Box, Rhys Yates, Joanne Matthews and Sarah..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bill Campbell: Blues Me or Lose Me

Remembering the late, great guitarist

"...Kenneth Threadgill and his quartet of Chuck and Julie Joyce, Cotton Collins, and Campbell playing a devoted night of..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Emerald Fennell's Saltburn to Open Austin Film Festival

Promising Young Woman followup leads first title drop

"...interrupted by a stranger seeking to belong.Starring: Michelle Fairley, James Nelson Joyce..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Fusebox, Alejandro Escovedo, alexalone, and the Ballinger brothers lead our recommendations

"...Brennen Leigh, Amber Digby, Marti Brom, Summer Dean, Teri Joyce, Janet Lynn, and Kathryn Legendre, while Shinyribs' Kevin Russell..."

April 14, 2023 Music Column by Genevieve Wood

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 6-12

"...19): Poet Ezra Pound wrote a letter to novelist James Joyce that included the following passage: "You are fucking..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 4-10

"...championed and promoted with gusto were 20th-century literary icons James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Hilda Doolittle, William..."

June 4, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Faster Than Sound: Venue Relief Pending as COVID-19 Spike Stalls Restarted Gigs

Also, sampling Flobama's beats, and remembering landmark pianist Margaret Wright

"...funds, music venues must work with racial equity consultant Joyce James on long-term plans for diverse booking, hiring, and..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The word quark comes from a whimsical book by James Joyce, Finnegan's Wake. Hence, why not describe them with..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 13-19

"...for fake claims, followed by Tolstoy's War and Peace, James Joyce's Ulysses, and the Bible. I hope you won't..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Fear & Loathing

Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine

"...to coyotes, with Texas congressman and ag industry champion James Paul Buchanan asking it to "wipe them out" in..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

“Jewels in the Wasteland” Returns

Richard Linklater's series is back with more Eighties gems

"...had career highlights, like John Huston's melancholic adaptation of James Joyce's "The Dead." For Linklater, that's "one of the..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Whitney Rose

"...in subject matter and music. "My Boots" scoots on James Shelton's steel guitar licks, which come ready-made for packing..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Mad Men Archive Lands at HRC

Matthew Weiner show archive parks its fedora at Harry Ransom Center

"...found out that Gabriel García Márquez, Norman Mailer, and James Joyce had all been recently added; and from then..."

Jan. 12, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Society Announces 2016 Grants

Program gives much-needed funds to Texas filmmakers

"...PI is hot on their trail. Based on the James Joyce short story "Two Gallants," and the songs of..."

Aug. 29, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Culture Flash! March 2016

Honors for Dietz, compassion for ASO, and China for the ballet

"...world premiere there this past September. The play uses James Joyce's Ulysses as a sort of jumping-off point to..."

March 23, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW List No. 7

Music fest drafts Dion, Børns, Sun Kil Moon, Faust and 143 more

"...Jason James (Texas City)..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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