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Family Feud »
Gig 'em Horns? Hook 'em Aggies? As a child, I got mixed signals from my football-fanatic family.
May 2004 by Lori Fradkin
The Witness »
For forty years Nellie Connally has been talking about that day, when she was in that car and saw that tragedy unfold. She's still talking—and now she's writing too.
November 2003 by Mimi Swartz
True Story »
Executive editor Mimi Swartz discusses this month's cover story, "The Witness."
November 2003
Visual Impact »
Photographer Beth Perkins talks about taking photographs of mentally ill children and teenagers for this month's story "Their Last Good Chance to Get Better."
November 2003 Interview by Jessica Norman
The War at Home »
For so many American families with loved ones overseas, Vietnam complicated everything. The Allens, of El Paso, found that out the hardest way possible.
October 2003 by David Maraniss
Love Thy Self-Help »
America's notoriously needy readers certainly do—and for the robust health of this publishing genre, they have Dallas in general and Phil McGraw's agent in particular to thank.
September 2003 by Skip Hollandsworth
Running for His Life »
Ten years ago, on a mountaintop in Africa, about to be burned alive by tribal warriors, a teenager saved himself the only way he knew how. Even today, he wonders why he survived.
August 2003 by Michael Hall
About a Girl »
Audra Thomas can't read these words and, in a few months, wouldn't remember them anyway. Nevertheless, she has an extraodinary sense of the world around her—and of herself.
August 2003 by Karen Olsson
Beck Weathers »
Beck Weathers' life (and wife) after Everest.
May 2003 Interview by Christopher Keyes
It's a Family Affair »
For all her talent and poise, Beyoncé didn't become the biggest star in the world without help. And she got plenty of it from the people who know her best.
April 2004 by Michael Hall
Mack McCormick Still Has the Blues »
His cache of unpublished interviews and unreleased recordings is unrivaled—but both collector and collection are showing signs of age. Who will save the legacy of the man who saved Texas music?
April 2002 by Michael Hall
Stanley Marcus »
Mimi Swartz sizes up the legacy of Stanley Marcus.
March 2002 by Mimi Swartz
Kid Gloves »
Growing up in Wichita Falls, I was a skinny kid with buckteeth and a girl's name, so I got into my share of fights. To improve my odd's of winning-and turn my anger and fear into bravery and skill-I learned to box.
March 2002 by Jan Reid
Jamie Foxx »
Jamie Foxx pulls no punches.
March 2002 by Katy Vine
Hook Man Speaks »
When Matt Clark succumbed to cancer in 1998, the young writer left behind an inventive unpublished novel called Hook Man Speaks. Then his friends stepped in-and brought the book back from the dead.
March 2002 by Mike Shea
John Paul Cisneros »
He's is a healthy teenager (and nothing could make his dad happier).
September 2001 by Jan Jarboe Russell
Session Player »
A diary of San Antonio Democrat Leticia Van de Putte's first session as a state senator.
July 2001 by Patricia Kilday Hart
The Book on Willie Morris »
The former editor of the Daily Texan and the Texas Observer was a good ol’ boy, a haunted soul, and my greathearted friend. A remembrance.
May 2001 by Larry L. King
Daddy's Little Girl »
LeAnn Rimes was a marshmallow-cheeked
thirteen-year-old when she made it big. Now, five years later, she is locked in bitter legal battles with both her estranged father and her Nashville record company, and her life and career are collapsing around her. Can America's country princess get back
on track?
May 2001 by Skip Hollandsworth
The Slow Life and Fast Death of DJ Screw »
He was one of the most influential cultural figures in Texas–a generous godfather to a generation of rappers, an entrepreneur of Houston's mean streets, the master of a scene fueled by codeine cough syrup and hip-hop beats. When he overdosed in November at the age of 29, it was easy to dismiss him as yet another musician who succumbed to his own success. But his story is more complicated than that.
April 2001 by Michael Hall
The Education of Laura Bush »
A first read on the Midland librarian in the White House: what she has learned so far and how her life has changed.
April 2001 by Paul Burka
How I Learned to Hate the Media And Love Politics (Well, Sort of) »
After twenty years as a reporter who gave politicians a hard time, I decided to run for the Dallas City Council. Now I’m the one getting the hard time—from my fellow pols, who don’t trust me, and my former colleagues in the press, who’ve got me in their sights. And I’m enjoying every minute of it.
March 2001 by Laura Miller
Return to The Gay Place »
Forty years after it was published, Billy Lee Brammer's novel about LBJ-era Austin is still one of the best ever written about American politics. Yet just as interesting is the story of Brammer himself.
March 2001 by Jan Reid
T Bone, Well Done »
He's produced albums for the likes of Roy Orbison and Elvis Costello for years, but now Fort Worth's T Bone Burnett is writing songs again and composing music for movies and plays. At 53 he's on a creative roll and, as he says, "Never bored."
March 2001 by Katy Vine
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