Inside the Small Presses Driving Austin’s Literary Scene

Meet the local small presses committed to publishing diverse literature

"...The Beats settled in the Bay, not the Hill Country...."

May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson

The Dark Knight Rises

An uncannily accurate mirror of the contemporary cultural zeitgeist, this epic finale to the Batman trilogy is just that: epic.

"...Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Juno Temple, Matthew Modine and Cillian Murphy...."

July 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades

Timbuk 3's Barbara Kooyman looks to a brighter future with Texamericana.org

"...Timbuk 3 T-shirt and laid it to rest at the bottom of a cardboard box. Atop it she packed..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Public Notice: The Month of Armed Rebellion

Bastille Day and other events

"...It's such a slow period in the civic engagement biz that even City Council is on..."

July 8, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Sweeping Religious Freedom Bill Heads to Senate

The Senate State Affairs Committee approves a license to discriminate

"...Not with a toilet flush, but with a whimper, the Senate State Affairs Committee sent a sweeping religious refusal..."

March 26, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Drastic Misdunderstanding of Conservative Thought

"...Two" that he continues to possess a drastic misunderstanding of conservative thought. I have few quibbles with the politics..."

March 10, 2006 Postmarks

Public Notice: The Housing Game

Council goes in search of the “lose-lose” solution

"...concern about housing and want to help produce more of it. It would be really helpful if they weren't..."

June 10, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Jay Trachtenberg's Top Books of 2019

From the social upheaval of the Sixties to the double life of an intelligence agent to the secular past of an Orthodox rabbi, splits resolved into memorable books

"...The book I most enjoyed this year was Joshua Furst's..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Keeping the Faith

Women lawmakers endure – and defy – the anti-choice wrath of the Catholic Church

"...Dawnna Dukes' great-grandmother was a French Creole. She came to Austin from..."

April 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Book Festival 2020: Meet the Whiting Award Winners in Poetry

Three emerging literary stars on disturbing the peace

"...James Baldwin quote – “Artists are here to disturb the peace” – followed by a Baldwin-esque question: What is..."

Nov. 10, 2020 Arts Post by Barbara Purcell

Last Day at the Lege

Sine die arrives as threat of a special session looms

"...The Texas Legislature has only one job: to pass a..."

May 29, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Allie X, the Bill Ball, and Oodles of Locals in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Lots of reasons to get out of the house and break out the earplugs

"...Dayglow: The Tour..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Verde Report: Austin FC’s Payroll Is Up, Even Though Wins Are Down

Inflated contracts, questionable investments, and underachieving veterans add up to one of the league’s largest payrolls

"...On Tuesday, the MLS Players Association released its annual bible of player..."

May 19, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

LBJ Library at 50: "Lady Bird Johnson: Beyond the Willdflowers"

The LBJ Library exhibit shows sides of the First Lady you may not know

"...a lake and a wildflower center named after her, then you may think her story begins and ends with..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

How the GOP Ended up With a Rape Problem

It's not just Todd Akin: Republicans reveal their radical mainstream

"...Missouri US Senate candidate Todd Akin has done the GOP one favor: He has distracted the press from..."

Aug. 26, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Taking a Tour of Freedom House

Poet KB Brookins talks their new full-length book Freedom House

"...KB Brookins, author of Saguaro Poetry Prize winning How to Identify Yourself With..."

Dec. 17, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...I didn't read Jonathan Franzen's Freedom (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); I inhaled it, giddy with..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...Tourists snap photographs. Health care providers offer cholesterol and blood-pressure screening. Insurance companies check car-seat safety...."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Texas Faith and Freedom

Samantha Smoot recounts her work with the Texas Freedom Network

"...Samantha Smoot, executive director of the Texas Freedom Network since 1998, recently announced her..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Lege Lines: Elsewhere Under the Dome

Rounding up the news left on the chamber floors

"...Zerwas, R-Richmond, requested an AG ruling this week on the Senate's proposal to withhold $2.5 billion from highway spending..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Five Exhibitors Not to Miss at the SXSW Creative Industries Expo

Make a beeline for these booths on the last day of the expo

"...The largest exhibition at South by Southwest, the Creative Industries..."

March 16, 2022 SXSW Post by Ikram Mohamed

From Slavery to Buffalo Soldier in Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

Sarah Bird's historical novel tells one woman's unique tale of freedom

"...What's most impressive about Sarah Bird's latest novel isn't just the fact..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Arts Feature by Marisa Charpentier

Joe Straus, Voice of Moderation in Texas Legislature, Won't Seek Re-Election

House speaker doesn't rule out future run for governor

"...After months of contention with extremist Republicans Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt...."

Oct. 25, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Facts Were Immaterial

The 'counterintelligence' operations of Hoover's FBI included harassment, vilification, violence – and fake 'underground' newspapers in Bloomington, D.C., and Austin

"...and humane struggle can build a living community within the shell of the dying one." – Letter from the..."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Dale Brumfield

Two for the Read

Off the Bookshelf

"...Soho Press $20 hard While the catchy title had me eager..."

July 14, 1995 Arts Feature

Band on the Run

ACL's battle of the bands, the Sound and the Jury, represents another new paradigm of indie music exposure in the post-label era of the music industry

"...sun, Aaron Behrens and Thomas Turner seem ill-suited for the glare of an Austin City Limits Music Festival afternoon..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Public School Bible Classes Run Afoul of Law

Classes violate state and federal provisions

"...In the Permian High School class on Bible History and Literature,..."

Jan. 17, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Always in the Best Spot

Harry Benson caught history in the making, at the center of it all

"...He was there. When John Kennedy swept Paris off its feet and..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Does Dan Patrick Even Understand the Cannabis Industry He’s Trying to Kill?

Texas Lege’s draconian bills are making even the stoners frustrated

"...One therapeutic aspect of marijuana that I value is that it..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

State Board of Education Rejects Racist Mexican-American Textbook

Board votes unanimously to dump controversial, error-riddled book

"...Some textbooks are too politicized for even the State Board of Education to accept. In a unanimous..."

Nov. 16, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

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