Book Reviews

"...they fear he'll blow up completely and never come back to normal and then everything will be gone." 30..."

July 30, 1999 Books Review

Projecting the 21st Century

"...people are allowed to interrogate experts, and are given background material, things like that. Experiments have been conducted by..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

The Rock Pile

"...reminiscences are what give this book its character. The pages are filled with his behind-the-scenes goings-on covering 50 years..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Hand-to-Mouthville

Health and Legal Services for Musicians

"...Labor Day Weekend Mandy Mercier collapsed. "I was on my way to Kerrville to play with Ray Wylie Hubbard..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Dancing About Architecture

Never Everland

"...good review for his second album Everland in the pages of this month's Request magazine. The only problem is..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Usual Mayhem

A Potpourri of Book Reviews

"...Mystery novelist Kinky Friedmanphotograph by Evans Cartlage A blurb from..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Books Feature

How Becoming a Book Saved The Dead Friends Society

Austin filmmakers Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall turn the page on a new career as horror novelists

"...has been a creative duo for over a decade, back when they both served as producers on Austin-made teen..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Esther's Follies: The Laughs, the Gossip, and the Story Behind Texas' Most Celebrated Comedy Troupe

In his history of Esther's Follies, author Jesse Sublett follows the flow of four decades of frivolity

"...especially for folks whose only point of reference for Jimmy Carter is swingin' a hammer for Habitat for Humanity...."

Dec. 1, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival: Monsterator Keith Graves

Now your budding doctor-to-be can piece together their own...

"...of Graves’ television and film projects detailed at length back when longform newsprint ruled the roost “crashed and burned,”..."

Oct. 23, 2014 Books Post by Raoul Hernandez

Writing Rebel

Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Stewart Stern remembers writing Rebel Without a Cause:"I was caught up in the same kind of fervency and speed that the characters were."

"...first feature screenplay, which had been nominated for an Academy Award]. At lunch, Ray talked about his problems being..."

June 16, 2000 Screens Feature by Chale Nafus

An Eye for History

"...it in front of the copy lights, and shrinks back in horror. Not only has he smudged a work..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Writes of Winter

"...Ken Foster William Morrow & Co., $14 paper Some background: Back in the summer of 1994, Ken Foster took..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Books Review

Shooting Star

"...cops he was you. Your brother showed up at my house yesterday with a crack pipe and a bag..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

Hot Line to Jesus

Edison's Speaking Phonograph

"...There was a time, not so many years back, when I spent an awful lot of nights in..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Carburator Blues

"...For me, end-of-summer is a time to kick back, open up a fresh can of snuff, crack some..."

Aug. 11, 1995 Arts Feature

We Have an Issue: This Is Austin, Sometimes Pretty Swell

A good issue for the reading, and a great Austin Music Awards on the horizon

"...A couple weeks back, our friends at Portland's Willamette Week came down here..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Five Things to Stuff Your Literary Stocking

Supercharge your personal, locally sourced library

"...Chance, was published by Macmillan earlier this year. Oh My God, Guns, and Country..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...its mark on the many writers who've filled its pages over the years. – K.J. The Birth of Martin..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...espoused in a series of Austin planning efforts dating back to the 1970s – efforts whose strongest supporters were..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

A Cookbook a Day Keeps the Munchies at Bay

Texas Book Festival showcases seven food books from around the world

"...authors' favorite vendors and markets are strewn throughout its pages, telling the reader best practices for their visit and..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

A Good Time to Be Lawrence Wright

With new book God Save Texas, The Looming Tower series on Hulu, and his play Cleo at the Alley, Lawrence Wright is the man of the moment

"...his fixed eyes. The cloud of piranha-like mosquitoes gulping my blood in the thick heat of the October night..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

Now Streaming in Austin: Becoming Jessica Nigri

Rooster Teeth’s new cosplay documentary, Becoming Jessica Nigri

"...I just get a resin gem and paint the back? Why am I going so extra with this?'"..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...Myself age six, eating toast, getting butter on the pages..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...Austin Chronicle: Let's go back to last year when Ike hit. Do you feel..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

What Would Keith Richards Do?

Rock & Roll Summer Reading Lagniappe: “What Would Keith Richards Do? Daily Affirmations from a Rock & Roll Survivor”

"...Daily Affirmations.” The one-liners, in other words, 100 small pages of them – Forty Licks at least:..."

July 17, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Convenient Truth

Kevin Smith on 'Clerks II'

"...struck pay dirt first time out and hasn't looked back since, not even for film school, making it up..."

July 21, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Will Shill for Nukes

At UT and elsewhere, academic scientists are only too happy to lend their names and reputations to the nuclear power industry

"...(Unmentioned in Landsberger's plea for official rectitude are the myriad of unresolved scientific, technical, and legal questions about the..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by William M. Adler

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...My name is Kira Koonce. I'm 7 and I'm in..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

Devil in the Details

Why Is 'Talented Amateur Historian' Leon Day Obsessed With the Death of Ambrose Bierce?

"...Regarding the mysterious question of Ambrose Bierce's death, his hubris is justified...."

May 17, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

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Our readers talk back.

"...her numbers because of money is completely misleading in my opinion. Obviously, most citizens feel that Beverly is far..."

April 19, 2002 Column

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