Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins

The legend of Texas journalism gets the coverage she deserves

"...immediately want to go back and re-read all her books...."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trafficked

The global network of human trafficking is examined in this drama

"...Directed by: Will Wallace. Starring: Elisabeth Röhm, Ashley Judd, Sean Patrick Flanery, Kelly Washington,..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Nguyen Le

Making Everyone Happy

The state's textbook adoption process focuses more on pleasing everyone than on teaching children.

"...recent hearings on the statewide adoption of social studies textbooks, which began July 17 and ended Sept. 11, featured..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature by Michael May

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...entering a time in which the old distribution rule books no longer apply. The age of experimentation is in,..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beer Flights

The Texas craft-brewing scene has finally reached a benchmark: It's gotten big enough to have a book written about it

"...A Guide to the Brews and Brewmasters of the Lone Star State'by Travis E. Poling and Paul W. Hightower..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Food Column by Lee Nichols

TV Eye

The return of Ricky Gervais; plus, Jennifer Perkins, Vicki Howell, and Austin among the Emmys

"...on a new job, playing human wallpaper to the stars of the film (Kate Winslet, Patrick Stewart, and others..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Texas Music Group

TMG label rises from the ashes of Watermelon and Antone's.

"...award-winning Antone's Records, one of America's leading blues labels; Lone Star Records, a label devoted to exposing the best..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Writing Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in Austin

How local authors who work beyond the world we know meet, connect, and launch themselves into the business

"...all members of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop, a Lone Star coterie that became one of the epicenters of..."

July 14, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Arrested Development?

Young-at-heart Austin is home to a booming Young Adult literature scene

"...then, it was mostly just young people reading those books. Today, teens and grownups alike devour YA titles like..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

Postmarks

Balcones Responds

"...at Whole Foods but I have to settle for Lone Star at HEB; I can't afford $5-6 six-packs...."

Dec. 6, 1996 Column

Oh, the Humanities

Author mingling at Humanities TX annual Holiday Book Fair

"...The annual fundraiser pairs discounted books for purchase with elbow-rubbing access to 20 Austin authors,..."

Dec. 7, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Culinary/Literary

There's a lot to chew on at this year's Texas Book Festival

"...for instance, Chronicle wine writer Wes Marshall is the lone Texas author in the Cooking Tent. He and fellow..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Postscripts

Upcoming literary events in Austin.

"...Outrageous True Stories of Murder and Mayhem in the Lone Star State… Dallas dramaturges Ann Taylor and Greg Romero,..."

May 25, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Why I Read ...

"...What have some local writers and literary folk been..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Wish List

Give 'til it helps: Part 1

"...bulging heart smack dab in the center of the Lone Star State! We can always count on you (us)..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Features Feature

Those Were the Days

Earlier this spring, University of Texas Press began publishing a series of books about politics in Texas. Because the editors of the series, which is spearheaded by Don Carleton, the director of UT's Center for American History, understand that it's more interesting to read about underdogs than the ruling class, all three books in the series are about Texas liberals. Here's a brief overview of the series.

"...University of Texas Press began publishing a series of books about politics in Texas. Because the editors of the..."

April 26, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Status of the Original

"...facility specializing in bookbinding and the photocopying of brittle books for libraries, which closed late last year after consistently..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Femmes Fatales: Rounding up Austin's Women of Mystery

"...Grape, Jan Maxwell, Nancy Bell While driving on a lonely stretch of road, I get inspired. I see an..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature by Anna Hanks

Public Notice – Free Lunch: Yes or No?

A potpourri of virtual events and programs

"...five decades of service to the community, plus a star-studded cast of appearances by Kirk Watson, Sarah Bird, Marcia..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Lebanon Calling

The Lebanese connection: ACL booker Charles Attal's bond with Zilker Park

"...Since Attal books the festival as a partner at C3 Presents, you..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...excitement over the Oct. 26-27 event, the stunning and stark event poster by photographer Randal Ford, and the 225-plus..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Day Trips

Hill Country and Central Texas guidebooks have been updated, expanded, and reissued

"...The Texas Hill Country and Central Texas guidebooks by Richard Zelade have been updated, expanded, and reissued...."

July 1, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Know at the SBOE

The State Board of Education considers health textbooks, and abstains

"...(the lefties) or approve (the righties) four proposed health textbooks that the board will vote on in November. Textbook..."

July 23, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Among Green Pastures Again

Virginia B. Wood on why one of the great Texas cookbooks is being reissued.

"...White House in 1964, most Americans' perceptions about the Lone Star state and its inhabitants were defined by the..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Welcome to Texasland

Bob Bullock's final monument to himself, the Texas State History Museum, won't have many historical documents, but it promises to be entertaining.

"...the story behind the biggest history museum project in Lone Star history reveals as much about the history of..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Bill Crawford

Amassing Awards

"...a Riverbank Review Children's Book of Distinction, a Texas Lone Star nominee, a New England Children's Booksellers Association "Fall..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Books Feature

Texas Book Festival

Festival Roundup

"...West, the Alamo, the literary memoir, romance novels, and cookbooks -- will take place inside the Capitol. Book lovers..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature

Farewell, Neal Barrett Jr.

Texas' sci-fi, fantasy, and crime author passes

"...showing his value to and impact on the medium. Books like Interstate Dreams and The Hereafter Gang established him..."

Jan. 14, 2014 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Texas Book Festival

Chapter Three

"...So much of the discussion about what it means..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Books Feature

In Memoriam: Terrence McNally

Covid-19 complications claim the distinguished playwright

"...Only once did McNally make overt reference to his Lone Star upbringing: in the play Corpus Christi, named for..."

March 25, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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