2002 – Page 2 of 10

A Q&A With Thomas Mallon

An interview with Thomas Mallon, author of Mrs. Paine’s Garage and the Murder of John F. Kennedy.

A Q&A With Prudence Mackintosh

An interview with Prudence Mackintosh, author of Sneaking Out.

A Q&A With Diana López

An interview with Diana López, author of Sofia’s Saints.

A Q&A With Harry Knowles

An interview with Harry Knowles, author of Ain’t It Cool? Hollywood’s Redheaded Stepchild Speaks Out

A Q&A With Joyce King

An interview with Joyce King, author of Hate Crime: The Story of a Dragging in Jasper, Texas.

A Q&A With Jack Jackson

An interview with Jack Jackson, author of The Alamo: An Epic Told From Both Sides.

A Q&A With James Hoggard

An interview with James Hoggard, author of Patterns of Illusion: Stories and a Novella.

A Q&A With Keith Graves

An interview with Keith Graves, author of Loretta: Ace Pinky Scout.

A Q&A With Amy Fusselman

An interview with Amy Fusselman, author of The Pharmacist’s Mate.

A Q&A With Robert Bryce

An interview with Robert Bryce, author of Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron.

A Q&A With H. W. Brands

An interview with H. W. Brands, author of The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream.

A Q&A With Jay Brandon

An interview with Jay Brandon, author of Executive Privilege.

A Q&A With Rick Bayless

An interview with Rick Bayless, author of Mexico: One Plate at a Time.

Entrevista con Mario Vargas Llosa

EL ESCRITOR PERUANO MARIO VARGAS Llosa viene a Houston el 11 de noviembre como invitado del Margarett Root Brown Reading Series. El novelista, crítico literario, dramaturgo y ensayista es considerado uno de los más grandes escritores hispanoamericanos de nuestro siglo. Entre sus obras se encuentran las novelas La casa verde,

Interview With Mario Vargas Llosa

PERUVIAN WRITER MARIO VARGAS LLOSA will be in Houston November 11, as a guest for the Margarett Root Brown Reading Series. The novelist, literary critic, playwright, and essayist is considered to be one of the greatest Spanish American writers of our century. His works include the novels The Green House,

A Q&A With Neal Barrett, Jr.

Read Q&A's with James Hoggard, Joyce King, H.W.Brands, and other authors participating in the 2002 Texas Book Festival.

Hearing Voices

Bill Wittliff and Edwin "Bud" Shrake, the recipients of the 2002 Texas Book Festival Bookend award, embody Texas literature today.

Report Card

From elementary school to high school, we've got more than five thousand public schools ranked. See if your kid's school is making the grade.

Meet One of McConachie’s Picks

texasmonthly.com: You are featured in Dorothy McConachie’s book, Top Texas Teachers. How were you chosen?Carolina Carner: They picked 35 teachers from across the state. One of my students nominated me at Barnes and Noble in Round Rock. McConachie got thousands of entries, and I was picked out of all of

Man About Town

Senior editor Pamela Colloff talks about George W. Bush and this month's cover story, "Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch."

Interacting With Project InterAct

An Austin group brings theater into schools.

It’s the Vittles Things

Beans and cornbread are simple foods worth sighing about.

Blank Document

Teacher, Teacher

In the new book, Top Texas Teachers, author Dorothy McConachie gives 35 educators top honors.

Texas Tidbits

In case you didn't know, hockey is gaining momentum in Texas. It may never surpass football on Friday nights, but for fans, there's nothing like seeing their favorite team hit the ice.

Texas History 101

Half Moon Reef Lighthouse served as a beacon for ships coming into Matagorda Bay.

Pumpkin Gnocchi With Apple Cider Brown Butter

This dish from chef Doug Brown is tempting to fix on a cool fall day. It is, however, quite a challenge even for experienced cooks.

Illinois Jacquet Recommended Recordings

FAMED TEXAS TENOR ILLINOIS JACQUET’S very first session, with Lionel Hampton in May 1942, yielded “Flying Home” (heard on Hamp: The Legendary Decca Recordings[Decca]). It was his most famous record, but it was only the beginning of a long and impressive recording career. His 1946 work with Count Basie (“Mutton

Happy Trails

The small East Texas town of Jefferson makes for a perfect weekend getaway—it just takes a while to get there.

Books That Cook

Royers' Round Top Cafe: A Relational Odyssey

Lemon Hummus

Recipe from Saffron, San Antonio

Our Best High Schools

These are the best of the best—the top ten high schools in each of four economic categories, as ranked by the National Center for Educational Accountability. For the full list of more than one thousand public high schools in Texas, see page 170 (in the print copy).HIGHEST ECONOMIC GROUPCollege Station/A&M

Do The Math

DISTRICT/SCHOOL| STARS | % LOW INCOME | ALGEBRA PASSING RATEPewitt/Pewitt | 5 | 50.4 | 95.0Ysleta/Del Valle | 5 | 89.4 | 78.6Hidalgo/Hidalgo | 5 | 96.9 | 62.1San Antonio/Highlands | 5 | 89.0 | 57.2San Antonio/Jefferson | 5 | 90.6 | 57.1_________________________________________Humble/Quest | 1 | 9.4 | 26.9Holliday/Holliday |

Lights Out

Most of the lighthouses that once kept watch over the Texas Gulf Coast have vanished, victims of time and the modern world. Yet a few romantic relics remain.

Mr. Right

The line on James Leininger is fairly simple: He's a doctrinaire conservative who spends millions supporting candidates and causes he likes—and opposing those he doesn't. That makes him one of the most influential players in Texas politics in the post-Bush era.

How Good Is Your Kid’s High School?

Find out in our updated, expanded, and still exclusive ranking of nearly every public high school in Texas.

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Once upon a time, the Central Texas town of Crawford was like Mayberry: Everyone knew everyone, no one talked politics, and the air was ripe with the aroma of hogs. Then the leader of the free world bought a little place west of the Middle Bosque River, and nothing was

Suburban Madness

Why would a devoted wife deliberately run over her beloved husband three times? It’s quite simple, really. He was having an affair with a woman accused by her allegedly pill-popping ex-husband of carrying on a lesbian relationship with her best friend, whose ex-husband has been indicted for an illegal wiretapping

Ramsey Muñiz

Ramsey Muñiz behind bars.

Jungle Fever

How I became a wild man from Borneo.

Bust Town

It's been two years since Tulia's tainted drug busts first came to light. Do you really want to know how little has changed there?

Jim Lehrer

Jim Lehrer between the covers.

Left Out

Billie Carr, R.I.P. Liberals too.

Now, Voyager

I'm susceptible to seasickness and sun poisoning, and I hate being part of a herd. So, naturally, I took a cruise.

Ice on the Block

If your goal is to own a pro hockey team, Tom Hicks has a deal for you: He'll sell you the Dallas Stars for a mere $300 million—and throw in the prospect of an NHL-destroying lockout at no extra charge.

Restaurant Guide

The State of Illinois

At eighty, most of us would be off our feet, not out on stage. But Illinois Jacquet, the great Texas tenor, keeps blowing his sax—and tooting his own horn.

Water Hazard

The mayor of San Antonio says a 2,600-acre golf resort on top of the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone won't ruin the city's sole source of drinking water. Who wants to tee off on that one?

Around the State

On the Road

BACK TO BASICS Tucked away on a beautiful tree-lined road outside Elm Mott in north central Texas is Homestead Heritage, a pristine little village of sorts where the residents are dedicated to preserving traditional crafts and living off the land. You can sample the fruits of their labors at the