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Austin Is Slammin'

"...Austin has been selected as the host city for the 1998 National Poetry Slam. The event, tentatively scheduled..."

April 18, 1997 Books Column by Lee Nichols

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Maya Angelou at UT

"...1993, and Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Nominations. Former U.S. Congressman Jake Pickle, humorist Cactus Pryor, and UT..."

April 11, 1997 Books Column by Lee Nichols

A Commitment to Playwrights

The Life and Legacy of David Mark Cohen

"...write another story, one that won't make me cry. Unfortunately, this beggar can't ride. David Mark Cohen, Austin theatre..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Arts Feature

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Texas -- not just the place, but the idea -- is always being celebrated in some way, it seems. But Texas writers are often behind the scenes, which is why last week's spate of events celebrating Texas writers has seemed so odd, and compelling.

"...Texas Writers: Front and Center..."

April 21, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Five Recommended Arts Events In Austin This Weekend

Mind the rain, yes, but don’t miss these public treats IRL

"...No, really, step away from that screen, citizen, just for an afternoon or a night or two. The internets..."

May 3, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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"...to imagine. Christian McLaughlin, a Los Angeles-based television writer formerly of Married... With Children, will be reading from Sex..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Books Column by Clay Smith

The Cool Keeps On

Fourteen years after AICN woke up the Web, three Austin film sites carry on the tradition

"...was painful. And Harry Knowles was confined to bed for eight score and 10-odd days and was alone but..."

June 18, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...a stage, the actors dancing a secret drama that for a moment I'm part of. Laura Furman's stories, with..."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

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Mixed Notes

"...opened this week at New York's Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography at Cooper Union. Here in..."

March 6, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Live and In Person!

Views and Reviews of Recent Author Visits

"...illustration by Jason Stout Worldcon in San Antonio Aug...."

Oct. 3, 1997 Books Feature

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...the hardest metal folding chair on the entire planet. For three hours. Brrrr...."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

Real Austin Stories

Austin's Exploding Documentary Scene

"..."Paul Stekler kind of serves as a poster child for how to use and foster the Austin film community,"..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

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"...Before you run over to the Texas Center for Writers..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Books Column by Clay Smith

In Person

"...the Fiction Workshops 1998. Almost every chair was full for her March 5th appearance at Barnes & Noble Arboretum,..."

March 27, 1998 Books Feature

2010 Dobie Paisano Fellows Announced

Writers Philipp Meyer and John Pipkin to split time at 250-acre former ranch of J. Frank Dobie

"...Writing Fellowships: Once and very-near-future Austinite Philipp Meyer, a Michener alum, and John Pipkin, who has taught at Southwestern..."

May 11, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

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Should authors really worry if publishers are reporting a rise in the number of unsold books being returned to them from bookstores?

"...allows the bookstore to return the publisher's unsold titles for a complete refund. (The industry standard is that 25%..."

July 6, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Getting Creative

UT unveils a new Master of Fine Arts writing degree

"...to get a graduate degree at the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop*, at a slightly advanced age when the trend..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

News/Print

Don't forget to take your bilberry extract.

"...First off, what better time for UT Press to release The French in Texas (François..."

April 4, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...Sarah Bird is coming over for lunch and she's promised to bring her latest production..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

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Paredes Memorial

"...Américo Paredes, UT scholar, writer, and founder of UT's Center for Mexican American Studies, died Wednesday, May 5; a..."

May 21, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

In Person

Roger Gathman, Belinda Acosta, and Maria Hong recap three of the Texas Book Festival's finest panels.

"...How much history fits into a word? For instance, the word "water." As I pronounce the word,..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

In Person

Roger Gathman, Belinda Acosta, and Maria Hong recap three of the Texas Book Festival's finest panels.

"...How much history fits into a word? For instance, the word "water." As I pronounce the word,..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

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What's happening in Austin's literary life for the upcoming week

"...his success with The Bottoms, which won the Edgar for best novel and became a New York Times notable..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Write of Passage

As Austin upstart Badgerdog Literary Publishing prepares to relaunch 'American Short Fiction,' it's preparing high-needs students to express themselves on the printed page

"...defunct publication with plans of reviving it to its former glory. It was the beginning of her crusade to..."

May 13, 2005 Books Feature by Nora Ankrum

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Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.

"...Poets & Writers Coming to Austin..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

The 'West' Shall Rise Again

A new generation creates its own take on the show that changed Austin theatre

"...but they are also intensely personal and, taken collectively, form a compelling mosaic of life in a particular time..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Inside the Small Presses Driving Austin’s Literary Scene

Meet the local small presses committed to publishing diverse literature

"...chapter of Red Light Lit, the small press and performance series her friend Jennifer Lewis launched in 2013. Poetry..."

May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson

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BookPeople is making it easier than ever to contribute to local nonprofits and other independent businesses on its Web site.

"...luxury of contributing to nonprofit organizations in the easy form of shopping isn't unique anymore; what's newsworthy in this..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

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Upcoming literary events in Austin.

"...The deadline for sending in your previously unpublished short story to our..."

June 9, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

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"...St. Ed's and literature at ACC. That's good news for Stolz because Haber told Grimes that she came up..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

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