Book Bans Get Pushback at SXSW

“We're organizing around this because who else is doing it?”

"...student from Fort Worth, at Monday’s panel on the book ban crisis – 1984 or 2024? Book Bans. Censorship...."

March 12, 2024 SXSW Post by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...friends, holed up in a remote cabin, discover a Book of the Dead that unwittingly summons up dormant demons..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Adventures in the Book Trade

In Search of the McSweeney's Ethos

"...major publishers have cut secret sales deals with chain bookstores at the expense of independents, or anything else that..."

March 9, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Three SXSW Documentaries Visualize SXSW Music

Somewhere you feel free

"...Styrene (born Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) intended to publish a book of diary entries in her final years. Following her..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Book Review: I Came As a Shadow by John Thompson

Coach's autobiography is a tale of U.S. sports and U.S. history

"...served as offensive coordinator). If Sarkisian doesn’t deliver in three or four years …..."

March 3, 2021 Sports Post by Michael King

We Have an Issue: Hitting the Right Three Chords to Chronicle Punk Rock

In this week's issue, Tim Stegall recounts a pivotal Sex Pistols concert that inspired Austin's punk scene

"...the history of Austin punk. Tim started writing that book in 2019 – nearly 30 years after he started..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

March of the Banned Penguins

Let my Penguins go!

"...story, but it's making news again. And Tango Makes Three, the story of a pair of penguin dudes who..."

May 13, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

A Few Good Women: America's Military Women From World War I to the War in Iraq and Afghanistan

While the ambition to cover the history of women's service since World War I is noble, its delivery often overwhelms

"...American military history. Their extensive pursuits have already yielded three books organized around stories of servicewomen (And If I..."

April 2, 2010 Books Review by Kate X Messer

Estate Sale Roundup: March 29-30

Put on some sunblock and crank up the heap, we're sailin'.

"...this weekend. Also find large Tiki; Asian antiques; Texana books; a baby grand piano. Limited parking on dead end..."

March 28, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Estate Sale Roundup: March 21-23

Rested up from the fest? Let's explore residences, past and present.

"...artists, hundreds of old clocks parts and pieces, antiquarian books, antique fixtures, vintage dishes, fabric, prints and artwork; old..."

March 20, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Gift Guide: Film Criticism

New reads from two titans in film scholarship

"...away from Joseph Mankiewicz, who wrote A Letter to Three Wives, and that might get a person thinking about..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Andrew Does the Book of Luke

The Wilson boys are back in town with their 'Wendell Baker Story,' which took one an eternity to write and the other a month to shoot

"...before I flunked out, Owen went there for about three and a half years, so we've spent a lot..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

Lit-urday: Civil Rights Are Always Timely

Graphic novel talks Freedom Rides and a shout-out to UT

"...day when you can curl up with a good book – let's call it Lit-urday. Perhaps the release of..."

Jan. 31, 2015 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Top Books to Inspire Hope Amidst Change

Jessi Cape's top reads of 2016 helped ground her during a roller-coaster year

"...being grateful for the fundamentals: health, loved ones, and books. Snuggling up with a good read seems critical to..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

SXSW Taps ConsenSys Founder Joseph Lubin for 2019 Keynote

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency track programming comes into focus

"...Kevin Systrom with Josh Constine (Interactive) – SXSW announced three other sessions in the brand-new Blockchain & Cryptocurrency track...."

Oct. 9, 2018 SXSW Post by Bonny Chu

Ready Player One

Video gaming and Eighties culture get the Spielberg treatment

"...reference, from Mortal Kombat to Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators, by adapting Austin author Ernest Cline's genre mash-up..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Taking a Tour of Freedom House

Poet KB Brookins talks their new full-length book Freedom House

"...trans Texan, Brookins has built Freedom House, a full-length book of poetry...."

Dec. 17, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...It was the only year we were unable to book dates during Spring Break at the Hyatt downtown. Suddenly,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Bizarre Talents

The strange road to success of former Austin bookseller Lynn Bender.

"...the word "atypical" to describe how he began selling books, you prick up your ears. There's a lot about..."

March 10, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Doug Dorst puts the S. in 'Ship of Theseus' with this JJ Abrams Collaboration

The author presents his new literary creation at BookPeople tonight

"...will be talking about the intricacies of his newest book at BookPeople tonight...."

Dec. 9, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Letters at 3AM: What Are Human Beings For?

No I, only robot

"..."[T]hey do it all without a coffee break – three shifts a day, 365 days a year." No coffee..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

The Dungeon Masters

From the filmmaker who make the Roky Erickson doc, You’re Gonna Miss Me, comes this astute and empathetic survey of Dungeons & Dragons gamers.

"...meal, they're sociable. Put a Dungeons & Dragons rule book in the middle of the table, and suddenly they're..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

True Crime?

Why is the Austin American-Statesman in touch with the lawyers for Holtzbrinck Publishers Holdings and its subsidiary Holt, publisher of the critically acclaimed A Death in Texas?

"...road 21 years earlier" read part of the headline. Three years after Gamino's report, Henry Holt released A Death..."

June 28, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Faster Than Sound: Damn, Kathy Valentine Can Write!

Go-Go's local Kathy Valentine reflects on her memoir at three Austin fall events

"...Book tour and Go-Go's dates dashed by the pandemic, Kathy..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: Texas Travel

A trip planner for the month of March

"...Marfa Myths mixes music and film over three days, March 10-13, in Marfa...."

March 9, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Person of Interest

Meg Wolitzer's latest book tracks six characters through three decades of friendship

"...phone in advance of Wolitzer's appearance at the Texas Book Festival, and although it is early – she has..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature by Amy Gentry

Mary Margaret Farabee: In Memoriam

Remembering the Texas Book Festival co-founder and Austin Arts Hall of Famer

"...Mary Margaret Farabee, the original spark for the Texas Book Festival, as well as an advocate for a host..."

March 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From the Vaults: Nominees on Rewind

The Texas Film Hall of Fame film series in focus

"...entertainment industry at an annual awards show. On the three Mondays leading up to the event on Thursday, March..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gluten Can Be Your Bitch, Too

Biggest gluten-free party in Austin history is this Friday

"...upon its scope and audience, the blog became a book by the same name, released last month. I was..."

June 5, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 24-30

"...have been growing increasingly skilled in unearthing buried stories. Three examples: 1. Before the U.S. Civil War, six Black..."

March 24, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

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