There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock & Roll

Once upon a time, writers used to be the tour documentarians

"...with her start in an era when groups enlisted writers as tour documentarians, which gave Robinson unparalleled access to..."

May 30, 2014 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Get to Know Zadie Smith

Acclaimed author stopped in Austin last night

"...for a talk sponsored by the Michener Center for Writers. She brought with her a new short story, much..."

March 28, 2014 Books Post by Rod Machen

The Poet Goes About Her Business

Linda Gregg reads tonight at UT

"...Tonight, the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin hosts this..."

April 11, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Meat and Greet

Texas Book Festival and 'Texas Monthly' to pair writers with barbecue

"...thing, but rather listening to a varied group of writers talking about the books they've written (which will be..."

March 18, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

After Hippie Hour

Casper Rawls takes over the Continental Club's Tuesday's Hippie Hour.

"...Leroi Brother, and a rotating cast of musicians and songwriters that have included Price alums Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Warren..."

Sept. 13, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Letters at 3AM

A week of truth.

"...lie, because the truth will always make things change. Writers get dull when we stifle the contradictions in ourselves;..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Postscripts

Local Writers Now Victims

"...Denis Johnson, who has been the Michener Center for Writers visiting professor this spring, will read from a novel..."

April 24, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Austin Film Festival Snags Widows

High profile and local features fill out the schedule

"...roster of speakers and panels at the four day writers conference within the week long festival...."

Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...Chappaquiddick – Closing Night Film Writers: Taylor Allen, Andrew Logan Director: John Curran..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...Small, Beautifully Moving Parts Directors & Writers: Annie J. Howell & Lisa Robinson Technology-obsessed Sarah Sparks..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Notes on Mad Dogs

If you were young, talented, and a little crazy in the old Austin, you may have answered to the bizarre title of "Mad Dog."

"...name of a band of rebellious artists -- mainly writers and journalists but also musicians and painters -- who..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

A League of Their Own

"...Bud Shrake photograph by Todd V. Wolfson Nowadays there's..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Making Lists

"..."Texas has no serious writers. I am the first serious writer Texas has produced."..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Literary Guisado

An Interview with Francisco Goldman

"...literary friends (including his ex-wife and his then-girlfriend, both writers) in the city a couple of months later. I'm..."

June 6, 1997 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

John Singleton and Chris Cooper to be honored

"...The Adderall Diaries Writers: Stephen Elliott (memoir), Pamela Romanowsky Director: Pamela Romanowsky..."

Sept. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...“Adam Resurrected” (Germany/Israel/USA, 106 min.)
Director: Paul Schrader
Writers: Noah Stollman Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi,..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AI, Strikes, and Burning It Down: Highlights of the ATX TV Festival

Celebration of the small screen becomes a war room for writers

"...industry is in meltdown right now because of the Writers Guild of America strike and ongoing negotiations with the..."

June 9, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

James Magnuson Leaves the Michener Center

James Magnuson reflects on his 23 years as director of the Michener Center for Writers

"...not as teachers of writing, dammit, but as working writers – would be the keystone to it. He trusted..."

May 26, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

TV Eye enters week three of no TV (okay, with an itty-bitty cheat)

"...a small gem of a Web series titled The Writers Room, the first made-for-the-Internet series that hits a high..."

June 27, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Waterfalls and Sea Changes

The former and current artistic directors of Austin Script Works discuss new plays, local theatre, and the writer's voice

"...Works, a playwright services organization made up of experienced writers (Core members) and those earlier on in their careers..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Dietz

Postscripts

Texas -- not just the place, but the idea -- is always being celebrated in some way, it seems. But Texas writers are often behind the scenes, which is why last week's spate of events celebrating Texas writers has seemed so odd, and compelling.

"...Texas Writers: Front and Center..."

April 21, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

A Portrait of the Artist as a Grad Student

Chronicle reviewer David Garza uses Tom Grimes' new history of the Iowa Writers' Workshop to question whether creative writing can be taught.

"...illustrate the legitimate concerns about the changing way that writers develop their craft and make their way to the..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Books Feature by David Garza

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

"...fantastic-literature community here, a community of both readers and writers."..."

July 14, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mat Johnson: Black & White & Read All Over

Our interview with the Houston-based author

"...the first book I got a Discover Great New Writers thing, and I got a review in the Washington..."

June 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film Festival Unveils Complete Lineup

David Chase's 'Not Fade Away' opens fest

"...Marsh (Director) THE SAPPHIRES - Tony Briggs, Keith Thompson (Writers), Wayne Blair (Director) A LATE QUARTET - Seth Grossman,..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin's WriteByNight Is a Writer's Port in the Media Storm

Goldberg & Duhr: Easing the agony of blocks and deadlines

"...writing center: WriteByNight. The place is run by two writers – of course it is – Justine Tal Goldberg..."

Feb. 6, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

South-of-the-Border Speculation

Three Messages and a Warning presents a broad swath of Mexican SF

"...– a groundbreaking anthology which gathers nearly 40 Mexican writers and holds a diversity that includes an underground comic..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Books Feature by Roberto Ontiveros

A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx

This impressive new history makes the case for more space and permanence for women in halls previously ruled by Melville, Twain, and Hemingway

"...A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulxby Elaine Showalter Knopf,..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Books Review by Elizabeth Jackson

Postscripts

Broadside Benefit

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April 30, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

AFF Announces 2011 Lineup

Regional premieres of Shame, The Descendants

"...THE DESCENDANTS Alexander Payne (Writer/Director), Nat Faxon, Jim Rash (Writers); stars George Clooney – Regional Premiere..."

Sept. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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