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"...Lenardo as Code 137, "Suicide" appears alongside music by Grimes, Run the Jewels, Refused, and Converge. Listen on Cyberpunk..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Long Lines and Close Races Defined Super Tuesday in Travis County

The votes are in!

"...(31%). Four other candidates split the rest, including Michael Grimes, who had withdrawn for family reasons but still managed..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...resident deranged millionaire have in common? Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, and John Hodgman will all be at the 2019..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Freeheld

Julianne Moore and Ellen Page are adrift in this gay-rights drama

"...Ellen Page, Michael Shannon, Steve Carell, Josh Charles, Luke Grimes, Gabriel Luna, Kelly Deadmon, Mary Birdsong and Dennis Boutsikaris...."

Oct. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chef Genealogy

Tracing culinary family trees to the roots of four local mentors

"...Tom Micklethwait - EC and co-owner Micklethwait Craft Meats..."

Sept. 16, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Off the Record

SXSW News and Carryings-On

"...over." For tonight's showcase at White Swan Lounge, headliner Tom Morello is planning an Occupy flash mob that will..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday blurbs slim down from the Wednesday bloat

"...deadbeats, and hopeless romantics with brittle harmonies and embittered stomps. – Doug Freeman Curren$y..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Off the Record

Asylum Street Spankers' last laugh

"...November 2002: After an appearance on The Bob & Tom Show, "The Scrotum Song" becomes the radio program's most..."

April 22, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

A Change in Perspective

Tom Grimes doesn't rewrite history in his memoir, Mentor – he just understands it a little better now

"...Tom Grimes wasn't having a great morning. On summer break..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Turd Blossom at TBF

Texas Book Festival announces 2010 lineup

"...coverage of TBF authors, starting with the profile of Tom Grimes (Mentor) in today's issue. Watch this space...."

Aug. 26, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Systematic Destruction of the United States

March 7, 2009 Postmarks

Theft, Pure and Simple

Sept. 20, 2008 Postmarks

A Bad Choice Is a Bad Choice

Nov. 30, 2007 Postmarks

News/Print

Book deals, raw deals, and notable upcoming events of interest

"...driven young writers I've ever known," says program director Tom Grimes, "and what's amazing is that his work covers..."

May 11, 2007 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Also This Week ...

Fifteenth annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest deadline approaches; and may we recommend Issue 1.0 of Front Porch

"...Lauer, et al., and headed up by the great Tom Grimes, is available at www.frontporchjournal.com. It includes fiction, poetry,..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Books Feature

Foreword

Previewing the 2006 Texas Book Festival

"...Richard Ford; Intro: Tom Grimes..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Books Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

High-Powered Help for Hospital District

But can slick, GOP-friendly HillCo defend the public interest?

"...state government – Gov. Rick Perry and House Speaker Tom Craddick, who two years ago tapped HillCo co-founder Bill..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

News/Print

Look into my eye. Look into my other eye. Rub noses!

"...House No. 19 for Texas State creative writing head Tom Grimes' memoir/essay on saving the Katherine Anne Porter House..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

"...Noon-1pm CER E2.012Remembering Tom Lea José Cisneros, James Lea, Becky Duval Reese, Moderator:..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

What's past is present: earlier coverage on attending authors

"...Tom Grimes..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Please Don't Call!

Sept. 29, 2003 Postmarks

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SWT creative writing director Tom Grimes' new novel: an excerpt

"...Tom Grimes is flagrantly intelligent and a swift, smooth, ultra-savvy..."

April 25, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Take Me, Instead

An interview with SWT's Arturo Mancha, whose novel in progress was a recent break-in casualty

"...the first time around," he says. But, says Dr. Tom Staley, the director of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research..."

April 25, 2003 Books Feature by Michael Erard

Authors Who Need Authors

Authors who need authors are the luckiest authors: We assess the harmonies and tumults at the 2002 Texas Book Festival.

"...discussion with Annie Proulx and SWT creative writing head Tom Grimes. Proulx was her abrasively brilliant self, dismissing dumb..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

On the Way to Anywhere

Sarah Hepola talks to the three panelists of one of the Texas Book Festival's most eagerly anticipated panels, "At the Crossroads: Mexican-American Literature."

"...join Annie Proulx for "Heart Songs and Gritos" with Tom Grimes at 2:15pm, and Cisneros will be interviewed by..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...The Work of Dagoberto Gilb & Annie Proulx Moderator: Tom Grimes..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

High Crimes

"...plays Claire Kubik, star attorney and loving wife to Tom Kubik (Caviezel). Their storybook marriage is ripped apart when..."

April 5, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Black Hawk Down

"...Bana, Sam Shepard, Ewen Bremner, William Fichtner, Ron Eldard, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Piven and Orlando Bloom. Ridley Scott's newest..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sexy Beast

With a bold new take on Andre Previn's operatic adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, Austin Lyric Opera has a remarkable opportunity to lead the operatic pack and show the world the stuff it's made of.

"...But then, all the operas do that. Like Peter Grimes [by Benjamin Britten], you hear that and go, "That..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postscripts

Not one day back from vacation and the growing list of noble souls who need to be congratulated is making Books Editor Clay Smith uneasy.

"...philanthropist Bill Johnson of the Burdine Johnson Foundation; SWT's Tom Grimes and Carroll Wiley; Curt Engelhorn, whose Angel Foundation..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Books Column by Clay Smith

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