In Person

508 Center Street in Kyle, Texas, was Katherine Anne Porter's home from 1892 to 1902. But last Wednesday, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx was on hand to officially open it to the public.

"...On the same block as Katherine Anne Porter's childhood home is an establishment known as..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

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.

"...another student drove out to the house in which Katherine Anne Porter grew up in nearby Kyle. It was..."

June 2, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

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

Postscripts

Katherine Anne Porter would have turned 101 on May 15; details in Postscripts.

"...Katherine Anne Porter's Birthday..."

May 11, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

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

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 was about to..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Remembrance of Texas Past

The Year in Texas Lit

"...The Katherine Anne Porter House opens in September (auschron.com/issues/dispatch/2000-10-06/books_inperson.html). She couldn't..."

Jan. 5, 2001 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.

"...literature titles... It's official: The house in Kyle where Katherine Anne Porter grew up (508 Center St.) has been..."

Jan. 11, 2002 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

Postscripts

"...Chalk one up (again) for the forces renovating the Katherine Anne Porter house. Bill Johnson, a trustee of the..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Arts & Entertainment

"...Best Unplanned ExerciseAny of Austin's Movie Multiplexes..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Best of Austin Feature

Katherine Anne Porter: The Life of an Artist

Readers need not be overly familiar with Porter's writing to appreciate her as a protagonist in the engaging tale of her life, yet the book is authoritative enough to recommend itself to serious students, as well

"...Katherine Anne Porter: The Life of an Artist..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Books Review by Marrit Ingman

Articulations

The passing of celebrated actress Irene Worth touches Central Texas, Austin Cabaret Theatre lights its birthday cake with Charo, and Hedwig bumps bee at Zach.

"...writers and UT-Austin faculty members about Lone Star author Katherine Anne Porter. According to Miller, the actress, who was..."

March 22, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Postscripts

The 24th Annual O.Henry Pun-Off World Championships and other upcoming literary events.

"...Last week, I said that Tuesday's party at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center that celebrated the release of..."

May 18, 2001 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.

"...Texas A&M University Press Consortium... Good news for the Katherine Anne Porter House and the people who have been..."

April 28, 2000 Books Column 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.

"...Fools, is a solo show about celebrated Texas writer Katherine Anne Porter in which the author relives key moments..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Naked City

Katherine Anne Porter School | Wimberley | Larry McDowell | Grady Roper | Elizabeth Lee | Yana Bland | David Bland | Pat O'Bryan

"...in public schools came to a climax at the Katherine Anne Porter School, culminating in the whitewashing of a..."

Nov. 17, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

SWTSU's Top Twenty Triumph

Saving Literature... One Writer at a Time

"...a crucial role in saving the childhood home of Katherine Anne Porter in nearby Kyle (and laid plans for..."

May 22, 1998 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Postscripts

Mixed Notes

"...Katherine Anne Porter There goes the HRC again, reminding book..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

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

"...Katherine the Great..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Upcoming events in September.

"...Annie Proulx will be at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center (508 Center Street in Kyle)..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Texas Writers Month Events

"...* Tribute to Katherine Anne Porter with Porter biographer Janis Stout, Clinton Machann,..."

April 24, 1998 Books Feature

Postscripts

Texas Lit

"...is to write that last week it was decided Katherine Anne Porter will be the poster figure for this..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

The Latest in Paper

In his clear, descriptive style, Christian Parenti delivers not only the now-familiar voice of the "embedded" journalist, but also that of one who is intelligent and curious enough to seek out the resistance.

"...Parenti's compassion that separates him from the thrill-seeking war reporters who race from death scene to death scene with..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Books Feature by Diana Welch

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

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

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

"...I wanted all the obvious choices: J. Frank Dobie, Katherine Anne Porter, Larry McMurtry, Sandra Cisneros, etc. I think..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature by Dick Holland

News/Print

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

"...forget the National Book Award-winning Tim O'Brien at the Katherine Anne Porter House in Kyle on Sept. 12, 7:30pm,..."

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

News/Print

I've some good news and I've got some bad news. Which do you want first?

"...As I write, Barry Hannah's February appearance at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center in Kyle, courtesy of Southwest..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

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