Southwest Texas State University

"...The 10-year-old creative writing program at Southwest Texas State University is a secret dying to get..."

April 21, 2000 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

Remembrance of Texas Past

The Year in Texas Lit

"...Cherry picks up where The Liar's Club, the bestselling Texas book of the Nineties, left off, in that awful..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Texas State Makes the Leap to Big-Time Football

Bobcats enter FBS

"...The stadium has been expanded to 30,000 seats. The Texas State Bobcats will compete at the Football Bowl Subdivision..."

Aug. 30, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

The Texas Accent

Texas Writers Month in Its Fifth Year

"...Above is this year's Texas Writer's Month poster: all previous posters appear throughout this..."

April 24, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Texas State’s First Year in Big-Time Football

Good news and bad

"...experiment: Watch/listen to every game this season as the Texas State Bobcats embarked on FBS (Big-Time Football!) in an..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

UTSA Looms as Texas State’s New Rival

Hide the orange paint immediately and warn the horses

"...Back in the day, the boys from Texas Lutheran College would load ice chests with longnecks, cram..."

Nov. 21, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Texas State Bobcats Remain Invisible

Host Nevada Wolf Pack

"...Just ask the Texas State Bobcats. For much of the past 30 years..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Southwest Key to Eastside's Future?

Education non-profit makes long-awaited pitch for Johnston campus

"...After years of rumblings and hints, today education non-profit Southwest Key will formally submit its plan to take over..."

Feb. 22, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Who's Texas?

The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers

"...year that when he was growing up in West Texas, he was sometimes called a "good minority" -- the..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

An interview with Don Graham, editor of Lone Star Literature.

"...$29.95) has been published just in time for the Texas Book Festival, where it will be a featured book..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature by Dick Holland

FSN Southwest to Air Hooks, Express Games

"...Express and the Corpus Christi Hooks – and FSN Southwest announced Wednesday that they've come to agreement on the..."

April 12, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Podcast the Myth: B.J. Novak Goes to Texas in Vengeance

The Office star explores the stories that Texas tells itself

"...Avenue. If you've been to Austin during South by Southwest, the odds are pretty good you've been here. It's..."

July 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Film Awards Becomes a Toast to Texas Film

Hall of Fame cofounder Evan Smith to be honored

"...has announced that they will offer a Toast to Texas Film, and will honor Texas Tribune founder Evan Smith..."

Feb. 23, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

UT Professor on the Making of Texas Film Epic Giant

Don Graham's Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film

"...Texans overwhelmingly despised the Texas epic novel penned by an outsider who played to..."

April 13, 2018 Books Review by Joe O'Connell

99 Years of Tracking Texas

Texas State Historical Association's Publishing Division

"...the high school diploma meets the outstretched palm. In Texas, that's different. Anyone taking a quick walk through downtown..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Phil West

Playback: Meet the New Texas Music Czar

New Texas Music Office director, new Rock N Roll Rentals branch, and a new Foot Patrol fetish!

"...experience in music-related e-commerce has assumed leadership of the Texas Music Office. Brendon Anthony, 38, whose résumé includes a..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Texas Tests Limits of Death Penalty With Mentally Ill Man on Death Row

"[The] applicant is clearly 'crazy,' but he is also 'sane' under Texas law."

"...of the most mentally ill people ever sent to Texas' death row. During a psychotic break in his hometown..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Opinion: Don’t Ask Texas Schoolchildren to Fund Your Corporate Expansion

Central Texas Interfaith calls on tech companies to withdraw their applications for Chapter 313 tax breaks

"...Central Texas schoolchildren and taxpayers are getting ripped off by large..."

April 22, 2022 Column by Michael Floyd

Texas Voting Rights Groups, Voters Sue Gov. Abbott Over Order Closing Ballot Delivery Sites

One location per county is unconstitutional, suit argues

"...The Texas League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), League of..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

What You Need to Know About U.S. Senate and House Races in Texas

Early voting in Texas starts Feb. 18, 2020. Here's the view from atop your Texas primary ballot.

"...first week of December, early voting in the 2020 Texas primaries is only a couple of months away. It..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Dip, Sip, & ’Que: A Texas Trilogy

Day Trips on the best barbecue and swimming holes in Central Texas

"...Summertime in Texas goes better with the cooling effects of dipping your..."

June 30, 2016 Columns Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas State Is on the Rise

Apparently there can only be one good team around town

"...San Antonio media largely haven’t noticed or cared, the Texas State Bobcats are good. I mean really good. Their..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Texas-Sized Basketball: The Houston Rockets and Why I Moved to Texas

"...home as to why exactly I would move to Texas. People from Maryland don’t move to Texas, they argue;..."

Nov. 23, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Dr Pepper, Texas

What makes the Dr Pepper in Dublin, Texas, so much better than that made anywhere else?

"...arise? Dr Pepper was invented in 1891 in Waco, Texas, but the real genesis of Dr Pepper is the..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Features Feature by David Lynch

Texas Tropes

Is Don Graham Really Texas' Literary Curmudgeon?

"...set in Dallas; Don Graham, the president of the Texas Institute of Letters, English professor at the University of..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Texas Book Festival 2019: Dave Campbell's Favorite Texas College Football Stories

The longtime sportswriter still recalls all those great games

"...he dubs the best football game of the old Southwest Conference. "I was afraid the press box would blow..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Joe O'Connell

Iron Age's Seminal Album Reverberates Through Texas' Metal Scene

The Sleeping Eye turns 10 with a reissue, its creators and other Texas metal icons consider its influence

"...An hour southwest of Austin sits another world. Rolling hills and winding..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four

Doc chronicles a shameful chapter in San Antonio history

"...so here it is: The crime never happened, the Texas legal system is (spoiler alert) full of homophobic bigots,..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Texas Book Festival 2015: The Mighty 300

Authors for Fest 20 include Lethem, Lemony, Pitts, Diggs, Hart

"...and Leonard Pitts, Robert Christgau and Jessica Hopper? The Texas Book Festival, natch. And for its 20th edition, the..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Local Advocates Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas

A handful of Texas counties continue to resist SCOTUS

"...recent historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling, some counties across Texas haven’t been as eager or willing to do the..."

July 8, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

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