On the Ground at Austin’s First-Ever African American Genealogy Conference

A community considers its roots

"...In visiting Growing Your Roots 2020: The Inaugural African American Genealogy Conference – the first event..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Luv Doc: Fast and Furious

Tornadoes are a dime a dozen in Oklahoma

"...My boyfriend likes to have sex that goes on for a long time...."

Oct. 25, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

The AggreGAYtor: March 11

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...her status, and Brett Ratner updates his public image. Today's AggreGAYtor is updating its resumé...."

March 11, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Letters at 3AM: Who's That Girl?

Singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom is an inimitable genius

"...But when a female friend says, "You gotta listen to this gal," revelation may be at hand. A friend..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

The Treasure in Other People's Trash

Your loss is Davy Rothbart's gain

"...It's 11am, and Davy Rothbart thinks I'm the law. About five years ago, the Michigan-based author got..."

May 29, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

U.S. Government Is Similar and Had Connections to Hitler's

"...Dear Editor, Louis Black has stridently contested assertions by conspiracists that..."

May 28, 2007 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM: The Nameless Moon, Etc.

Ventura unpacks his folders full of sentences without homes, and other remnants excised from this and that

"...columns because I was short of space or because they distracted. Once in a while, I save what's worth..."

May 16, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: James Hillman (1926-2011)

Remembering James Hillman

"...Santa Barbara is a city on the California coast that teeters over the sea and will..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Behold The Maslin

The Maslin is not a person but, rather, a function of virtually every book-review staff in the Western world

"...paragraph were a movie trailer, a sonorous voice would intone: "Some there are who live and die for literature...."

Jan. 29, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Georges Méliès' Tricks and Treats

Creating the possibility that anything could happen onscreen was the great contribution of Georges Méliès

"...and he removes his head – while it continues to converse – and, headless, he places that head on..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

Cyberspace is nowhere and everywhere, a place where the articles on www.michaelventura.org hover and hang, nailed to a virtual wall like paintings in a museum

"...while back John called and asked that I contribute to "our tombstone." I said, "What?" He said something about..."

May 9, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

Before the presidency is anything else, it's a job – a job that requires a dash of corruption

"...I heard God's spirit beckoning me. I submitted myself to his will, and dedicated myself to discovering his truth..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Learning about "manhood" from the movies

"...To track the drastic shifts in America's ideals of manhood,..."

June 14, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

The University of Houston

"...The University of Houston's graduate program in creative writing is..."

April 21, 2000 Books Feature by Lissa Richardson

Little Fleshlets, On the Run

"...illustration by Jason Stout..."

July 23, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Taking the Low Road

Are Boycotts Still an Effective Strategy?

"...business, particularly a small start-up venture with little in the way of cash reserves, the threat of a boycott..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Column

Yes to Playful Pondering

"...Dear Editor, Re “Letters @ 3AM,” Feb. 4. The only thing..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Postmarks

Standiford Is Back; More of the Same

"...Dear Editor, [RE: "Driving in Sin," Letters @ 3am, May 27]..."

June 1, 2005 Postmarks

If Only We Could Overlook Babich's Letters

"...Dear Editor, As I sit in record 104-degree heat, wondering if..."

July 11, 2005 Postmarks

'Chronicle' Ignored Great Artists Honored by the Grammys

"...Dear Editor, The day after the Grammy Awards, it is worth..."

Feb. 12, 2008 Postmarks

Below the Radar of Conventional Politics

"...Dear Editor, Michael Ventura's column, Sorry We Missed Church, [“Letters @..."

Feb. 20, 2006 Postmarks

Why Did the Buildings Fall Straight Down?

"...Dear Editor, Michael Ventura's article [“Letters at 3AM: The Mob, 9/11,..."

Oct. 24, 2011 Postmarks

Once Again Ventura Hits the Nail on the Head

"...Dear Editor, Re: El Pueblo Unida [“Letters @ 3am,” May 26]:..."

May 31, 2006 Postmarks

Ventura's Article One of the Best

"...Dear Editor, Mr. Ventura's article about the future of the U.S...."

Sept. 9, 2005 Postmarks

The Rest of the World Isn't Laughing

"...Dear Editor, In his article on the slippage of education and..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Postmarks

Empathy Shows Us the Path

"...Dear Editor, Michael Ventura's article "Dancing in the Dark" ["Letters @..."

Nov. 16, 2004 Postmarks

There's a Web Site or an E-Mail List Spawning Many Letters Like This

"...Dear Editor, If the people in a representative government do not..."

March 10, 2004 Postmarks

It's as Easy To Make an Honest Million as a Crooked Million

"...Dear Editor, I believe the quote that Michael Ventura was looking..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Postmarks

We Are Fortunate to Have Ventura's Wisdom

"...Dear Editor, Re: “Letters at 3AM: Of Tiers and Tears” [May..."

May 12, 2010 Postmarks

More and More of the Same

"...Dear Editor, Even though Louis Black painfully laments Chronicle letter-writers spewing..."

Aug. 2, 2007 Postmarks

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