With Style

"As corny as it sounds, I have to say that my life changed 14 years ago," Anne S. Lewis writes, "the day my bike tire blew out -- the second time in one week -- right in front of John Trimble's house. I'd never heard of the author of the venerable Writing With Style book or his legendary UT writing classes."

"...from one of his flower beds, the cap gun pop of my tire startled both of us. Though I'd..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Books Feature by Anne S. Lewis

An Immense World of Delight

It used to be a commonplace of moralists that man was the only creature in the animal kingdom to slaughter his own kind. But as Chronicle writer Roger Gathman points out, kind is slaughtered by kind routinely among ants, salamanders, and, as any child can tell you, guppies. The golden rule, in nature, is not "do unto others" -- it is "why waste the protein?"

"...lies the gap between the biologist's perspective and the popular one. Simply put, the biologist can't afford to be..."

June 30, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Postmarks

Different Traditions

"...it. I love SoundSight on Sunday mornings and American Pop on Sunday afternoons. Believe it or not, all of..."

July 30, 1999 Column

Live Shots

"...melody; and Troy Young Campbell, who writes impeccably crafted, literate songs more suited to the Cactus Cafe or Flipnotics...."

July 2, 1999 Music Feature

Thinking Man's Mojo

Charlie Burton

"...crafts his sound from the chunkiest R&B, country, and pop nuggets in his 45 collection. And in the Midwestern..."

April 18, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

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