The Zone of Interest

Jonathan Glazer's Holocaust drama is powerfully distancing

"...Starring: Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Imogen Kogge and Medusa Knopf...."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Future Gladiators and Fantastical Stories Mark the Literary Year in Review

Pulled from the shelves

"...at the Texas Legislature in Mr. Texas (Alfred A. Knopf, 336 pp., $29). When a naive West Texas rancher..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies

For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate

"...Lawrence Wright's satirical novel about Texas politics, Mr. Texas (Knopf), and historian H.W. Brands' latest, Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison,..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by the News Team

Mr. Texas

Lawrence Wright’s newest novel isn’t just Mr. Smith Goes to Austin

"...Lavaca.Mr. Texas: A Novel by Lawrence Wright Alfred A. Knopf, 336 pp., $29..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer

Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more

"...Life in Musicby Henry Threadgill and Brent Hayes Edwards Knopf, 416 pp., $32.50..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Gabrielle Zevin Talks About Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Author discusses gaming and the secret meanings of green at BookPeople

"...Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Knopf, 416 pp., $28..."

April 4, 2023 Arts Post by Joelle DiPaolo

The Writer, The Editor, and the Filmmaker: The Story of Turn Every Page

Lizzie Gottlieb on her father and LBJ biographer Robert Caro

"...The former editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf, and The New Yorker, and no slouch as a..."

Jan. 28, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

The 50-year relationship between a legendary writer and his editor

"...with the bulk of his professional career spent at Knopf tending to an eye-popping roster of writers that has..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Turning the Page on the Year in Books

New works by Cormac McCarthy and Sarah Bird make for a memorable year in literature

"...mind melt, The Road. His new fiction The Passenger (Knopf, 400 pp., $30) is the first of two conjoining..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

As Both Writer and Editor, David Levithan Is at the Heart of the Explosion of Queer YA Literature

Young stories, queer voices at the Texas Book Festival

"...Answers in the Pages by David Levithan, Knopf Books for Young Readers, 176 pp., $17.99..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Arts Feature by James Scott

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TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...economist and author of The Passion Economy, published by Knopf Adam Davidson and Meghan Phillips, a design and marketing..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Gift Guide for the Music Head on Your Holiday List

What a fan, finger drummer, or Austin nostalgia freak may want for Christmas

"...by Michelle Zauner Knopf 256 pp. $26.95..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid

In his account of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the New Yorker writer reports the killers are off the leash

"...Year: America in the Time of Covidby Lawrence Wright Knopf, 336 pp., $28..."

June 4, 2021 Arts Feature by Michael King

Paris Without Her: A Memoir

In his latest book, the Austin author walks through the City of Light to find a new life after his wife's death

"...without her. Paris Without Her: A MemoirBy Gregory Curtis Knopf, 256 pp., $26.95..."

May 21, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ethan Hawke Pens a Valentine to Theatre in A Bright Ray of Darkness

His new novel is also a prayer for the stage and a reminder of the healing power of performance

"...say, amen. A Bright Ray of Darknessby Ethan Hawke Knopf, 256 pp., $27.95..."

April 23, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

A Ghanian American scientist makes findings about herself

"...Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Knopf, 288 pp., $27.95..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Arts Post by Barbara Purcell

Five Recent Graphic Novels You Shouldn’t Miss Out On

Book yourself some quality reading time AFK, why don’tcha?

"...Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World Knopf, 224pp, $25.99 www.penguinrandomhouse.com..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"..."Driving Louise" D: Isaac Knopf, Southwest Premiere* On the road, Ezra’s newfound insecurity with..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Vision 2020: Austin Books We're Looking Forward to in the New Year

Some local writers' books due out in 2020 we're eager to read

"...diseases than you ever expected to know – when Knopf releases The End of October May 12...."

Jan. 9, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Jay Trachtenberg's Top Books of 2019

From the social upheaval of the Sixties to the double life of an intelligence agent to the secular past of an Orthodox rabbi, splits resolved into memorable books

"...enjoyed this year was Joshua Furst's REVOLUTIONARIES (Alfred A. Knopf). Like an acid flashback for those of us who..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott

Who runs the world? Secretaries, spies, and survivors in Lara Prescott's debut novel

"...three in spades. The Secrets We Keptby Lara Prescott Knopf, 368 pp., $26.95..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

Casey Cep solves the mystery of the true crime book that Harper Lee never wrote

"...and the Last Trial of Harper Leeby Casey Cep Knopf, 336 pp., $26.95..."

July 19, 2019 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

Texas Book Festival Announces First 15 Authors

Fall lineup includes Susan Choi, Attica Locke, Hafsah Faizal

"...to his native Brownsville in Where We Come From (Knopf), an intergenerational novel set along the Texas-Mexico border. •..."

June 26, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A. Caro

The author of The Path to Power shares the methods and motivations he employs while producing his award-winning biographies

"...visit www.bookpeople.com. Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writingby Robert A. Caro Knopf, 207 pp., $25 Publication date: April 9..."

April 5, 2019 Arts Review by Roberto Ontiveros

Debussy: A Painter in Sound

What does it mean to be a classical radical?

"...deep listening. Debussy: A Painter in Soundby Stephen Walsh Knopf, 336 pp., $28.95..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

There There

The Big Oakland Powwow provides a window into modern Native American life in Tommy Orange's searing debut novel

"...comes with a high cost. There Thereby Tommy Orange Knopf, 304 pp., $25.95..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Review: The Annotated Big Sleep

Everything you need to know about Raymond Chandler's classic

"...writing for Dime Detective and other pulps. zin 1939, Knopf offered a contract for his first novel, The Big..."

July 27, 2018 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

Jay Trachtenberg's Top Reads of 2017

Four novels depict conflict and compassion in WWII Ukraine, present-day Pakistan and Israel, and a future America

"...journalist Omar El Akkad's harrowingly dystopian novel American War (Knopf) can easily be viewed through the prism of that..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Uncommon Type: Some Stories

A funny and creative short fiction debut that’s strong in portraying male characters but thin where the women are concerned

"...thoughtfulness. Uncommon Type: Some Storiesby Tom Hanks Alfred A. Knopf, 416 pp., $26.95..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

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