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Major Barbara »
Barbara Jordan saw herself not as a black politician but as a politician who happened to be black—and that was one of the things that made her great.
March 1996 by Paul Burka
Pen Pals »
Dobie, Bedichek, and Webb were the leading Texas writers and intellectuals of their age. But as ribald raconteurs, they were ahead of their time.
March 1996 by Don Graham
Poets and Pedestrians »
Two poets, well versed in the ways of Houston, reflect on the city’s effect on lives and letters.
January 1996 by Gregory Curtis
Powers Boothe »
January 1996 Edited by Evan Smith
Shooting Stars »
With wit and grit, Amarillo-born photographer Mark Seliger persuades reluctant celebrities to show their true selves.
January 1993 by Mimi Swartz
Farewell to Cracker Eden »
Memories of growing up (and growing up restless) in working-class Oak Cliff.
September 1992 by Grover Lewis
The Mythic Rise of Billy Don Moyers »
A small-town boy’s journey from Texas to the cosmos.
November 1989 by Mimi Swartz
No Promises »
I arrived in Houston at the height of the boom, and left just as the bust began. Along the way I learned what it means to grow up.
January 1987 by Mimi Swartz
Warren Skaaren, Movie Mogul »
The head of the Texas Film Commission hustles Hollywood movie-makers into putting more of Texas in the can.
July 1973 by Jeff Millar
Sam Houston, Warts and All »
A good woman finally marries the wild frontier man and saves him from himself. Manifestly destiny.
July 1973 by Bill Porterfield
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