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Aug. 16, 2004 Postmarks
Letters at 3AM
Our country's newest immigrant generation is no longer learning that this nation will belong to them
"...hours in elementary school were spent learning to form letters legibly and gracefully. (The handwriting of my immigrant parents..."
July 9, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3AM
It takes fierceness to grow old well
"...that sentence down. It was good to shape the letters with my fingers, different from a keyboard – I..."
June 25, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3AM
It's time to put our money and our mouths where they're needed in order to defeat George Bush in 2004
"...Keep the billboards simple: on a black background, white letters that read (one sentence per billboard), HEY, BUSH –..."
April 2, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura
Pointing Out Flaws in Anti-Property Tax Letters
"...Dear Editor, The letters in your last issue decrying Austin property-tax levels have..."
March 22, 2004 Postmarks
Everyone Should Read Letters @ 3AM
"...[Re: "Letters @ 3AM," Oct. 31] I wish the entire citizenry..."
Nov. 3, 2003 Postmarks
Respond to Letters
"...[Re: "Page Two," Aug. 15] Print all the letters, even those from grownup school-yard bullies (conservative Republicans). Then..."
Aug. 14, 2003 Postmarks
Letters @ 3AM
The author offers notes for a poem that tells how the America of our hearts is a forgotten country.
"...gathering that declared our independence: Several noted, in their letters home, the viciousness of the horseflies -- swarms of..."
Oct. 4, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3AM
All the tumult, all the culture, all the relentless historical brouhaha, has not changed the irreducible loneliness that haunts us.
"...Thomas Jefferson were writing each other the most important letters in the American canon. When Thoreau died in 1862,..."
Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 20 Years
Some "Postmarks" writers just don't know when to quit … god bless 'em.
Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Lee Nichols
Letters at 20 Years
Some 'Postmarks' Writers Just Don't Know When to Quit … God Bless 'Em
"...piles and piles on her desk. And there are letters. All of this is surrounded by books. Scads of..."
Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Kate X Messer
Letters at 20 Years
Some 'Postmarks' Writers Just Don't Know When to Quit … God Bless 'Em
"...presses! Kurt Standiford, the fire-and-brimstone writer of countless anti-gay letters, is not homophobic after all. That's just a misnomer..."
Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Amy Smith
Letters at 3AM
McGuffey's Readers helped establish American education as we know it (or knew it).
"...Civil War. Burns' narration consists largely of quotes from letters written by all classes of society and from all..."
April 27, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3AM
The paperback reissue of Steve Erickson's The
Sea
Came In at Midnight prompts a reflection on his
writing.
"...than the parts, while mine ramble like conversations (or letters) in which the parts usually make more sense than..."
June 23, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3AM
How broadband technologies will affect modern life.
"...mirrors facing mirrors. That's one possibility. Or, instead of letters, you could e-mail hours of your life as you'd..."
March 3, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3AM
Death is not a separation, but a living presence.
"...a friendship that grew intimate and dear, through many letters and rare meetings; I thought of two and a..."
Feb. 18, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3AM
What does this so-called "boom" mean to most Americans?
Oct. 29, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3AM
The stakes were suddenly higher. There was more possibility in the night and in their lives than they'd yet considered. The work of art itself gave them the energy to fulfill its expectations...
"...USE," as the poet Charles Olson said in capital letters. In this sense art is "conservative" in that word's..."
Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura
Love Letters, Pro Wrestling, and More Recommended Events
Your weekdays are spoken for
Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott
Owen Egerton, Austin's Man of Letters, Leaves the Community He Loves
An increasingly unwelcoming Texas leads to a big goodbye
June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker
We Have an Issue: Love Letters to Austin
Send us your stories about what you love and miss most about our city
April 24, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones
Letters for Laura Monterrosa
Local, federal politicians probe T. Don Hutto on abused detainee
March 2, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Letters at 3AM: As Time Goes By
"I'm not quitting. I'm turning," says Michael Ventura in his final column
Nov. 14, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3am: The World
That Calls Itself "the World"
We're capable of so much – and look what we've settled for
Oct. 31, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3am: The Future Dot-Dot-Dot
Ellipses express exactly my sense of the future
Oct. 17, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3am: Joe Ely's Reverb: An Odyssey
The road goes on forever, and there's never a destination
"...Ely's new novel, Reverb: An Odyssey, published by our LettersAt3amPress, he comes at West Texas from another direction: "He..."
Sept. 19, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters At 3AM: Karen Holden's This Music
This Music, Karen Holden's new poetry collection, expresses the connection between the self and the world
"...Aminian and I were thinking of when we founded LettersAt3amPress, and it is an honor that she allowed us..."
Sept. 5, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3AM: Connectivity/Vulnerability: Part 2
The boundaries of everything are wavering and disappearing
Aug. 22, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3AM: Vulnerability/Connectivity, Part 1
As a species, we have a desire to connect electonically, but not ideologically
Aug. 8, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3AM: So Big Deal, Hemingway
Will Huck Finn be a valuable and immortal American archetype in the future?
July 25, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura
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