SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...thieves forge a surprising relationship with with an unexpected housesitter when they accidentally trap themselves in a house they..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

A Change in Perspective

Tom Grimes doesn't rewrite history in his memoir, Mentor – he just understands it a little better now

"...down. Then he set the alarm off at the Katherine Anne Porter house, the historic home Grimes led the..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips

Texas-born Pulitzer Prize-winning author Katherine Anne Porter left a literary legacy

"...Katherine Anne Porter had mixed emotions about her Texas roots...."

Dec. 18, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

News/Print

Look into my eye. Look into my other eye. Rub noses!

"...excellent Texas Nafas poetry program on Austin Cable Access Channel 16 (Saturdays, 10pm), as well as DVD productions, including..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

News/Print

Half Price Books looks around for a new home; Roddy Doyle, gloves off, comes to Austin

"...Roddy Doyle's Friday, Feb. 27, 7:30pm, appearance at the Katherine Anne Porter House in Kyle as part of Texas..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

News/Print

People in the news

"...one and only Roddy Doyle will be at the Katherine Anne Porter House in Kyle later in February, on..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

News/Print

This editorial content is brought to you by the Steve Miller Band. And … I'm having job dreams.

"...21st Century, is out from MonkeyBrain, and Opal Divine's Freehouse is hosting its release party on Sunday, Sept. 7,..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

More Charter School Stats

"...Of these, only 94 were rated in the same manner as typical Texas schools. Exemplary:15 Recognized:9 Acceptable:31 Low Performing:39..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature

Recommended

"...(1993), a short story collection, will be at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center in Kyle on Monday, April..."

April 5, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Articulations

Ships coming in for Scott Thompson and Richard Byron, who get to stage Dames at Sea at the Goodspeed Opera House, and for Lynn C. Miller and Laura Furman, who will have their play Passenger on the Ship of Fools performed by legendary actress Irene Worth.

"...the 2002 season at the internationally acclaimed Goodspeed Opera House with a new production of Dames at Sea. The..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Recommended

"...a sensible adolescent orphan raised in a squalid little house of Hogarthian rakes and Dickensian fingersmiths (pickpockets), is persuaded..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

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.

"...year among fiction and literature titles... It's official: The house in Kyle where Katherine Anne Porter grew up (508..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Books Column by Clay Smith

2001 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 200110:30 to 11:15am House ChamberBookend Award Ceremony..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Books Feature

Postscripts

A party for Kinky Friedman's new book of etiquette and other upcoming literary events in Austin.

"...Mr. Manners..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Jim Bob McMillan has done more at the Writers' League of Texas than oversee a name change.

"...branches of the Austin Public Library; took accounting back in-house to save the League over $10,000 annually; increased collaboration..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin.

"...a platoon of traffic engineers, environmental consultants, and civic planners who will explore alternatives for increasing mobility through the..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Postscripts

The funny people at Modern Humorist have devised a new way to make fun of the President, and upcoming events in Austin's literary life.

"...and has discovered a secret passageway in the White House from the map room to the library. He has..."

March 23, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Remembrance of Texas Past

The Year in Texas Lit

"...a fluke, but the publication this spring by major houses of three novels set in 19th-century Texas had the..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.

"...and screenwriter Don J. Snyder will read at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center on both Monday, Oct. 23,..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Upcoming literary events in Austin.

"...faculties at Texas A&M and author of the bio Katherine Anne Porter: A Sense of the Times, will read..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Upcoming events in September.

"...Annie Proulx at KAP House..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

The kind of ghosts the first writer-in-residence at the Katherine Anne Porter House hopes to encounter and details on how to sign up for the Austin Public Library's Summer Reading Program.

"...KAP House Restored..."

June 2, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

How to pun your way to fame, how to meet lots of Texas writers, and how to discover the truth behind the mysterious and controversial de la Peña diary.

"...Month kicks off with a party at the Hirshfeld-Moore House (814 Lavaca) on Thursday, May 4, from 7-10pm featuring..."

April 28, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

The details about what books have been selling in Austin in 1999.

"...Last week, I wrote about the restoration of the Katherine Anne Porter house in Kyle. I wrote about Curt..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

What were the big literary news stories in the region for 1999?

"...Just three years ago, the house in which Katherine Anne Porter grew up in Kyle..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

The $10 house in which Katherine Anne Porter grew up in Kyle is now worth nearly $1 million due to fundraising efforts to save and restore the house. What does the change mean for Porter's reputation?

"...Katherine Anne Porter seems to know what we're up to..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Oil's Well That Ends Well

"...bricks, and before long she's buying furniture for the house and making plans to be Wife #5...."

May 7, 1999 Books Feature

Making Lists

"...am the first serious writer Texas has produced." -- Katherine Anne Porter to Winston Bode in The Texas Observer,..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

The 50+ Books

"...The House of Breath, William Goyen..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature

Postscripts

"...Money for KAP House..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

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