Novel Writing: America's Latest Extreme Sport

National Novel Writing Month now competes with Veterans Day and Thanksgiving as the November celebration -- except that it lasts all month long and demands 50,000 words, or one novel, from its participants.

"...day. Jack Kerouac, nourished by his wife's pea soup and innumerable cups of coffee, wrote the "scroll" version of..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Game On: Sports Films Hit the Ransom Center

Series pairs with 'Literature in Sport' exhibit

"...The Harry Ransom Center is batting a thousand with its upcoming film series...."

June 17, 2013 Screens Post by Russ Espinoza

Don DeLillo Is Coming to Austin

Esteemed author reads at UT's Homer Rainey Hall

"...his four-decade career – including Underworld, White Noise, Cosmopolis, and End Zone – and tomorrow night, he reads in..."

July 24, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

The LuvDoc's Celebrity Corner

An interview with Rachel McGruder, Asst. Events Manager

"...Rachel McGruder and I used to work in the same office, but..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

Oil's Well That Ends Well

"...braggadocious Texas oil man resonates from Odessa to London and from Australia to Japan. The world that spawned that..."

May 7, 1999 Books Feature

Armchair Adventures

"Good adventure books do the same thing as a good adventure," Chronicle writer Dan Oko writes in this roundup of recently published adventure books.

"...The White Death: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zoneby McKay Jenkins Random House,..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Books Feature by Dan Oko

The Whole Woman

The profound underexposure of women among Austin's food luminaries causes one to wonder whether a certain locker-room mentality still prevails in kitchens around the city.

"...There's no denying it: Professional cooking is a male-dominated sport. Longtime female veterans of the business will tell you..."

May 5, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Postmarks

ACC Needs Planning, Not Damning

"...As an ACC faculty member, I was disappointed to..."

June 20, 1997 Column

Lege Lines

Lege makes an anti-city push, nixes a bill limiting police filming, the Senate passes its budget, and more...

"...local government. Sure, Austinites are used to the competitive sport of Austin-bashing, but now it's hitting traditional Republican heartlands..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...the new Apple TV+ half-hour series from Seth Rogen and just one of the over 100 features and TV..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...along with most of this town square -- churches and storefronts and everything -- by the torches of Gen...."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Diamonds Are Forever

Does Baseball Still Matter?

"..."Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn base-ball, the rules,..."

June 23, 1995 Arts Feature

Peter Mayle

"...childhood to adulthood is the loss of whimsy in literature. Think about it. Children, who are by and large..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Books Feature

Viva Sinatra

Recent Titles

"...still remember his essay on the links between voodoo and rock & roll. I don't have a copy anymore,..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Books Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...Schools serving poor and minority students have far lower percentages of well-qualified teachers..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column

Revenge of the Return of the Son of the Graphics Giveaway Begins!

If Scrooge McDuck, Bruce Wayne, and Veronica Lodge are giving away millions, it can only be Free Comic Book Day, Part IV

"...things away, but this Saturday he's giving away millions and is happy to do it, as are his fellow..."

May 6, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Coach's Corner

"...is, I guess, dead, the news that former Cowboy and All-Pro lineman Mark Tuinei died from mainlining heroin mixed..."

May 21, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Book Reviews

Hangover Soup

"...novels are set in Texas: the first in Houston and the second here in Austin. In each book, Redd..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Books Review

It Came From Corsicana

Mrs. Telling Meets Mrs. Not Telling

"...a throaty Texas twang which, through occasional crisp consonants and fastidious vowels, conveys -- what is it? prep school?..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...story about wannabe indie filmmakers who mortgage their homes and ruin their credit, then throw together a movie on..."

July 18, 2003 Column

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...to resist the urge to follow its traditional beck and call. So why bother? Relax, get something cool to..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

Casual Fine Dining Guide

Eating out, Austin-style

"...Visitors and newcomers may love it or hate it, but Austin..."

March 8, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Copa Esperanza Benefits Local Charities

Soccer tourney scores with fun and charity

"...to break the cycle of poverty,” said co-founder Gustavo Hernandez. There were unexpected problems in Ecuador including mentoring the..."

March 15, 2010 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

Son of the Graphics Giveaway

Just as the success of the first X-Men film has spawned a sequel, so has Free Comic Book Day, and on May 3, 2003, this promotional event for graphic literature -- or funny books, if you will -- will give away more millions of comics about everything from guys in tights trying to save the world to schlubs in offices trying to hold onto their jobs.

"...X-Gang's second movie debut: Batman, Archie, Robocop, Donald Duck, and the Transformers! These fantastic figures are joining forces to..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The NFL Beat': Spinal Stenosis

What will this condition mean for Jarvis Jones' career?

"...2012 season. He plays with an extremely mean spirit and can rip, bend, dip, and twist past opposing linemen..."

Jan. 23, 2013 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

New Fest

Why the Texas Book Festival decided to loosen its criteria

"...Mark Jude Poirier and His Misfits Almost halfway through Goats, Mark Jude Poirier's..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Ms. Write

"...suspense novels, a book of erotica called Tart Tales, and the recently reissued Mr. Right: A Smartass Parafeminist Psychoerotic..."

July 2, 1999 Books Feature by Jessica Berthold

Off the Desk

"...Vega, is one step closer to a possible public reprimand or disbarment for his role in firing utilities specialist..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

The Big Picture Map

A comprehensive map of Town Lake Corridor public and private development projects

"...in progress. Shown are both city projects on public land (A-G) and developments on privately owned land (1-24). Projects..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature

Summer Camp Guide

"...I went to summer camp, and it was nothing like it was supposed to be...."

April 28, 2006 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

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