Bedside Manner: Hell on Earth

Dark literature in dark times, plus a plea for casting sanity

"...new endeavor with Christopher Golden. The original oversized illustrated novel Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire,..."

Sept. 6, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

God Says No

With dust-dry wit, James Hannaham charts a Homeric course for his protagonist through a sham marriage, an identity change, Atlanta's gay underground, an extended pray-away-the-gay program, and more

"...his life. It is the impressive discipline of first-time novelist (and Michner graduate) James Hannaham's flat prose – which..."

July 10, 2009 Books Review by Cindy Widner

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Pop. 81) will debut When Angels Sing, scripted by novelist Lou Berney (Gutshot Straight) and starring Harry Connick Jr.,..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Something Wicked This Way Comes: Lucinda Williams

New songs, new outlook, new horizons

"...At the same time, they found a novel Woody had written but never published, also called House..."

Jan. 15, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Fanning the Flames

Did TV News Reports Jeopardize Out Youth Austin's Partnership With AISD?

"..."There is nothing novel about talking about sex with teenagers, and sexuality is..."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Suzy Spencer

Writing Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in Austin

How local authors who work beyond the world we know meet, connect, and launch themselves into the business

"...1998," says Christopher Brown, who presents his dystopian debut novel, Tropic of Kansas, at BookPeople this Friday, "it was..."

July 14, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Short Third-Degree Sessions

Jesse Sublett gets personal with four of Bouchercon 2002's featured authors.

"...Carlos Blake: Under the Skin is a 1930s crime novel set chiefly in Galveston in the heyday of the..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

An Austin D.A. Turns to Detective Novels

Q&A with Mark Pryor on his Paris-set Hugo Marston mysteries

"...Johnny Goudie. On Oct. 12, he'll add published mystery novelist to his list of accomplishments with the release of..."

Oct. 10, 2012 Books Post by Jordan Smith

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...Denton's Little Jack Melody & His Young Turks produce novel and charismatic songs that create a circus cum stratosphere,..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Book Thief

This print bestseller about a girl's coming of age amid the horrors of Nazi Germany is swaddled in maudlin melodrama in this film adaptation.

"...list. No mean feat for an ostensibly Young Adult novel relating an intimate tale of one plucky young girl’s..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Best of Print 1995

Words: Printed, Spoken, and Painted

"...we've included thoughts on spoken word, poetry, and graphic novels, reflecting the ever-expanding universe of words. Hope these opinions..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Books Feature

A League of Their Own

"...Memoirs of Cleopatra, ABC's mega-budget 14-hour miniseries written by screenwriter-novelist Stephen Harrigan. God's Favorite, the Manuel Noriega story written..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

"...What this film adaptation of Tom Robbins' popular Seventies novel may ultimately prove is that when the prevailing wisdom..."

May 20, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nathan Harris Pens an Intimate Civil War Tale in The Sweetness of Water

In his debut novel, the Michener Center alumnus brings "a new story to the table"

"...come from Nathan Harris' richly imagined, deeply compassionate debut novel, The Sweetness of Water. Set around the town of..."

June 18, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hours

"...exquisite adaptation of Michael Cunningham's seemingly unfilmable Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Most films simply move from scene to scene, but..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Outside Providence

"...and There's Something About Mary. Peter Farrelly wrote the novel on which Outside Providence is based back before he..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

India Ink

The Literary Coming of the Second Continent

"...Rahel and Estha and all around them, but the novel moves in great circles around its climax, whirling forward..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature by Michael J. DiLeo

Top Books

Hard-Boiled Top Ten

"...appropriate that my list should include not only crime novels but a memoir and a biography or two as..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...find a home. The story, adapted from Walter Mosley's novel, centers on Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a WWII vet whose..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Page Two: Fictional Fiction According to John Irving

Louis Black interviews his former writing teacher about his latest novel, Avenue of Mysteries

"...established Irving as one of our most important contemporary novelists. What Irving taught was that writing was work, not..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Column by Louis Black

The Fault in Our Stars

The film does justice to the popular novel in this judicious teen tearjerker.

"...those who hadn’t already gulped John Green’s gorgeous source novel – director Josh Boone (Stuck in Love) announces the..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

What Maisie Knew

Young Maisie’s divorced parents are negligent, not cruel, in this contemporary take on the novel by Henry James from the co-directors of the Deep End.

"...Carroll Cartwright spied expiration-date-free drama in the 1897 source novel; with minimal refurbishment, What Maisie Knew makes an easy..."

July 12, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bless Me, Ultima

This honest, earnest, and naturalistic kids’ story about growing up Mexican-American in 1940s New Mexico is based on the popular book.

"...is based on the most widely read and bestselling novel of the Chicano literary canon, according to the film’s..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Limitless

As cautionary tales go, this is an entertaining take on finding your muse through chemical means.

"...wish fulfillment, and giddily so. Adapted from Alan Glynn's novel The Dark Fields, it posits a Philip Dick-ian now..."

March 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lila Says

Based on an eponymous 1996 erotic novel, Lila Says is the story of a French girl and an Arab boy who learns the difference between words and actions.

"...the narrative is based on an eponymous 1996 erotic novel by Chimo. The result, although more sexually provocative, is..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Remembrance of Texas Past

The Year in Texas Lit

"...deceptive because arrigan's eight years of research for the novel don't show up on the page as "research." He..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Dancer in the Dark

Björk goes goes to the death chamber in musical interludes.

"...there's song, and dance, and, well, confusion. It's a novel idea, but von Trier's use of DV cameras (he..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Future's So Brite

I Love the Scent of Burning Flesh...

"...Crowley proud. Though her previous short story collection and novels were marketed to horror fans, her fiction outstrips the..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

City of Ember

Despite some inventive production design and a comically villainous turn from Bill Murray, this film based on a young-adult novel never really picks up much steam.

"...Kay Place and Liz Smith. Based on the young-adult novel by Jeanne Duprau, City of Ember digs deep but..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...A subtitled adaptation of a French-Canadian novel written in the 1950s might not sound like your..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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