Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...1. They Rode for the Lone Star: The Saga of the..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Books Column

Film News

Forgiveness, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, and more

"...One of his lead actresses was home sick, and the Austin rains wouldn't end. But the shooting went on...."

Aug. 10, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Postscripts

Texas Bound

"...For the fourth year in a row, Austin short story writer..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Books Column

Summer of Sam

"...LaPaglia, Bebe Neuwirth, Ben Gazarra and Michael Badalucco. In the summer of '77, I was 11 years old and..."

July 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...deeply suntanned man, about 40 years old, walked into the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho, and readied..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Finding Your Feet

Upper class British rom-com plays for laughs.

"...A socialite, mortified by the actions of her husband, moves in with her estranged..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sterling Lands' New Mission

Sterling Lands II and the Eastside Social Action Coalition fight for equity in Austin's public schools.

"...Late Sunday morning, a blues beat escapes the walls of Greater Calvary Baptist Church in Northeast Austin,..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...It was a hot Sunday afternoon late in the summer of 1978. Having arrived in town only two..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Celebrity, South Austin Style

The Mayor of South Austin

"...romantic tale that rivals many married couples' stories of their first meeting. Young fell hard. Kind of a chance-meeting,..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature

Earle Grey

Steve Earle keeps it real

"...Steve Earle brings his acoustic tour to the Paramount Theatre Sunday night with new wife Allison Moorer..."

April 24, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Capitol Chronicle

Surveying the George W. Bush Legacy in Texas

"...In an apparent return to the 19th-century practice of exiling incorrigible felons to what was..."

March 16, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Blood, Sweat & Murder

Redemption for Austin's definitive one-man band? Just don't ask Scott H. Biram what the 'H' stands for.

"...Nietzsche in one hand and the Bible in the other, Scott H. Biram's raising Cain...."

Oct. 21, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

High Stress at EMS

ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...in his native San Diego. He came here for the practice: the protocols, the pit-crew style, and high save..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Smart Enough to Die

In 2002, the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants. Still, Texas finds a way.

"...Elroy Chester was the worst one-man crime wave Port Arthur had ever seen...."

April 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Pure Happiness

Unassuming Austin singer-songwriter stumbles upon the big time.

"...Last June, a prank phone call was the last thing either Bruce Robison or Kelly Willis needed...."

Sept. 28, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dirty Words

Roger Gathman delves into local bookstores' shelves of smut to investigate the collective Gestalt of erotica.

"...In January of 1999, when the Senate was gearing up to try to unseat President..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Postmarks

The Xicanindio Poet

"...Thank you for publishing the article by Phil West on Raúlrsalinas ["Poetry as Activism,"..."

April 11, 1997 Column

Austin's Next Shot at Ending Homelessness

Thanks to an infusion of philanthropic cash, the city and its iTeam embark on a new effort

"...be like this," says Judy, who last lived on the street back in the Eighties. "I was having a..."

Aug. 24, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Don't Worry, Gus Van Sant Won't Get Far on Foot

Oscar-nominated director talks his new cartooning biopic

"...Gus Van Sant isn't quite sure why the brilliant and convention-busting cartoonist John Callahan picked him to..."

July 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Panel: Joe Swanberg Keynote

The indie film king of fast, cheap, and frequent has advice

"...Joe Swanberg began by taking the crowd on a peppy journey through the endless catalog..."

March 14, 2016 SXSW Post by Jacob Clifton

A Republic of Indie in a Netflix Nation

How Austin's homegrown video stores are faring against the big red giant

"...You know things are heading south by south weird when Salemi, Sicily,..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

AppleSauce

Second place, the 13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...The very second she woke up she struggled into a..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature by Jason Scott Katz

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...not working, but that has never been true of the Texas Film Commission. It's such good industry, filmmaking, because..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sk8 Baby Sk8

Austin author Inga Muscio (Cunt, Seal Press) reflects on her experience as a badass skateboard babe and wonders why more women in Austin don't fancy life on four wheels.

"...trauma, alien abduction, and disease are among some of the things that might cause a quality-of-life epiphany. However, motivation..."

April 7, 2000 Features Feature by Inga M. Muscio

Six-String Reverb

In the Beginning ...

"...Justin McGuire and Jeffrey Falcon in Six-String Samurai The soft-spoken Mungia readily admits to having entered the Loyola..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sculpting a School

David Deming on the Art of Being a Dean

"...It's the hands. Even if you didn't know David Deming was..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

R-e-s-p-e-c-t

The State of Austin's Hip-Hop Scene

"..."Jump On It" night at Rosewood Park on the Eastside photograph by Kenny Braun Austin's hip-hop scene just..."

July 4, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Back to Zombieland

Ruben Fleischer and Jesse Eisenberg pull the trigger on Double Tap

"...a cash in. Too late, and no one remembers the original. So how did director Ruben Fleischer know when..."

Oct. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

High Baptismal Flow

In search of rock & roll's psychedelic pioneers, Austin's 13th Floor Elevators

"...The words floated into my dreamworld, twisting and sliding throughout..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Loving and Fighting

A history of struggle at Blackshear Elementary

"...The one and only dear,..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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