Letters at 3AM: Open Letter to Sharon Doubiago

The reason I can't read Sharon Doubiago's book is that I, like she, was shaped by incest and rape

"...I've owed you a letter and an explanation. My Father's Love: Portrait of the Poet as a Young Girl:..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Missive to the Ending Year

Letters at 3AM

"...illustration by Jason Stout Dear Sir-or-Madam 1996: Like every year, you began as..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

The Whole Package

With Margaret Wiley, you didn’t have a one-trick pony; you had a multitude of talents and personalities in one big and big-hearted woman. Wiley’s friends and colleagues at Esther’s Follies offer their memories of this exceptional Austin comedian who died November 2.

"...In talking about Margaret Wiley, it's hard to know where to start: with the performer, that commanding..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From Southerners to Seventh Grade

"...Feisty old women who presume to tell everyone what to do and how to do..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

Clark-Madison Connects the Dots

"...is not new but has become more and more courageous as parochialism resists the emerging urban-suburban coalition seeking to..."

July 26, 2004 Postmarks

Meet the Women of Austin R&B

Spotlighting five formidable soul vocalists

"...Lodged just beneath the national mainstream, R&B and its ever broadening spectrum enjoys..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Going Underground at the Vortex

Lisa B. Thompson's new drama digs deep into politics past and present, and asks us all: What are you gonna do?

"...To see Mason and Kyle sipping cognac while seated on..."

March 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Quiet Man

To Kill a Mockingbird screenwriter and Texas Film Hall of Fame inductee Horton Foote reflects on the last 87 years.

"..."This is Horton."..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Bookshelf Pop Fiction

"...Chyna Shepherd is determined to avoid intensity or involvement of any kind. Chyna, whose..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Books Feature

Nov. 6 Elections: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...The Chronicle editorial board (consisting of the News staff and..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature

The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth

A dystopian future meets a pop-culture obsessed past in Ready Player One

"...Looking at Ernest Cline's North Austin home, it's easy to imagine the man inside living an ordinary life. But..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Books Feature by James Renovitch

Letters at 3AM: Auschwitz Up the Block

To retain our humanity, we remember the unthinkable

"...lived in a house once. When I was between the ages of 5 and 13, my family lived at..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

The Lost Cause

"...Jack Jackson's Lost Cause: The TrueStory of Famed Gunslinger John Wesley Hardin is what..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Books Feature

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

The Dark Horses

The redistricted Centex Democrats bravely into battle go

"...The sun is just coming up over the East Texas..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Arya’s Weyes Blood aftershow, celebrating SPOT, Urban Cultural Fest, and more

"...Arya's relationship with music mirrors the winding path she took from Belgrade to Austin, where..."

March 31, 2023 Music Column by Angela Lim

Bedside Manner

Books as call to action

"...I wear entirely too many hats. A full plate of life’s dreams and..."

Feb. 20, 2012 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Nora Guthrie: Tourniquet in Cheek

More music history with SXSW Music panelist Nora Guthrie

"...South by Southwest Music panelist Nora Guthrie – coming tomorrow to the print edition of the Chronicle – watches..."

Feb. 29, 2012 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...The Reasons Behind the Attack..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Editor:..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Editor:..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

'He's Forked Himself'

Our Full conversation with Louis Dubose about 'The Hammer'

"...Last month PublicAffairs published The Hammer: Tom DeLay, God, Money, and the Rise of..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Where Does Margo Price Get Off?

Willie, Billy, Loretta, and Nashville’s crossover queen

"...Price, 34, who dropped out of college and moved to Music City when she was 20, embodies all the..."

Jan. 25, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

'When I Was Your Age'

The full text to the Obama back-to-school speech

"...Ah! The conspiracy theorists were right! Argh! Pres. Obama wants kids..."

Sept. 7, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

This Terrible Moment

'All the Way' playwright Robert Schenkkan and its LBJ, Bryan Cranston, on JFK's assassination

"...Bryan Cranston had the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum all to..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Capitol Chronicle

Lloyd Doggett feels the pressure of the "war hysteria."

"...Asked if he thought Congress might be falling prey to war hysteria in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Column by Michael King

With Style

"As corny as it sounds, I have to say that my life changed 14 years ago," Anne S. Lewis writes, "the day my bike tire blew out -- the second time in one week -- right in front of John Trimble's house. I'd never heard of the author of the venerable Writing With Style book or his legendary UT writing classes."

"...As corny as it sounds, I have to say that my life changed 14 years ago, the..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Books Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Anatomy of an Understanding

How an unfortunate fitting room encounter brought Petticoat Fair to a session called 'Trans 101'

"...When Kylie Jack headed out to shop with her girlfriend on Saturday, June 28, she..."

Aug. 1, 2014 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Much Needed Wackenhut Story..."

July 12, 2002 Column

Letters at 3AM

On the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death, Micahel Ventura revisits the column he wrote at the time of Lennon's murder when the pain was fresh

"...I just loaded the stereo and hit Random. The first song to play..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

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