Billy Lee

How a bountifully talented young Texas writer based a novel on Lyndon Johnson, won high praise, and then…

by Al Reinert

Hotel Detective

He knows the secrets behind closed doors.

by Gregory Curtis

Requiem for a Margarita

Tequila, tequila, everywhere, and not a drop in your margarita.

by Mimi Swartz

Only the Strong Survive

“There are two things to remember about the ghetto that is Houston’s Fifth Ward. One, evil usually triumphs over good. Two, in spite of that, most of its residents retain a goodness that proves indestructible.”

by Richard West

Behind the Lines

As New Ulm went, so goes New York.

by William Broyles

Politics

The Seep of Death

Chemical waste disposal sits are environmental time bombs-if they don’t get you know, they’ll get you later.

by Mitch Green

Country Notes

Through All Kinds of Weather

The best thing about the weather is complaining about it.

by John Graves

Politics

Rebel with a Cause

Can a Texas revolutionary find happiness exiled in Europe? Not when his revolution is in Mexico.

by Dick J. Reavis

Film

The Long Brawl

Clint Eastwood stars in a movie about a macho man with a heart of gold and a sense of humor.

by George Morris

Theater

No Means for the End

Theatre Three in Dallas went out on a limb with their production of Happy End. Oops.

by W. L. Taitte

Classical Music

Out with a Bang

‘Twas the season to see Dallas Civic Opera.

by W. L. Taitte

Popular Music

Gather Ye Records While Ye May

And T-shirts and photos and Elvis’ dinner jacket-all at the first Dallas-Fort Worth Records Collectors’ Convention.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Dance

Ben’s Ballet

Artistic director Ben Stevenson keeps Houston Ballet on its toes.

by Suzanne Shelton

Books

Just Whistlin’ Dixie

Way down up on the Suwannee River and uptown Saturday night; tracking a few Southern women.

by Carolyn Osborn

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Southland wants a Seven-Eleven around every corner; chicken fanciers don’t want to see a chicken in every pot; the battle for the News; and an ex-con cons the Beaumont paper.

by John Bloom

The Inside Story

Tolstoy, you’re late again.

by Gregory Curtis

Roar of the Crowd

Protective custody.

Touts

Wok ‘n’ roll.

by Patricia Sharpe

State Secrets

Working on the Railroad Commissioner; romance on the range; another guild nipped at the Post; should Bill Clements be for sale?

Edited by Paul Burka

The Best Little Margarita In Texas

by Mimi Swartz