Spike Gillespie

Stories

’Night, Mother

There’s always at least one man in my life: my eight-year-old son, Henry. Sometimes, however, there are two, and that’s when things get complicated.

By Spike Gillespie
Aug 1999
Fame of Hall

You might not recognize actress Irma P. Hall on the street, but you know her from her films. And thatÕs just how she likes it.

By Spike Gillespie
Oct 1998
Slammin’

Poetry slammers descend on Austin.

By Spike Gillespie
Aug 1998
Pup Culture

Thanks to his penchant for classic literature, Wishbone is the new top dog in kids’ entertainment.

By Spike Gillespie
Oct 1997
Needlemania

In an era of AIDS and family values, who’s crazy enough to have a tattoo? Some twenty million Americans, including sports stars, Academy award winners, the CEO of Nike, a Republican Secretary of State—and me.

By Spike Gillespie
Sep 1996
Cool Hand Lukas

Austinite Lukas Haas is back on the big screen alongside Winona Ryder, Julia Roberts, and Jack Nicholson. For now, though, he isn’t letting Hollywood go to his head.

By Spike Gillespie
Apr 1996
Give Me an A!

I pulled more all-nighters writing other people’s papers than I did my own.

By Spike Gillespie
Sep 1992