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Masters of Peace »
Did domestic protests end the U.S.-Mexican War?
December 2012 by David Dorado Romo
Jacqueline Kelly Returns to the Willows »
The Austin-based writer's love of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows inspired her to write a sequel to the 1908 classic.
November 2012 by Jeff Salamon
The Cold Eye of Larry McMurtry »
Catching up with our leading unsentimentalist.
November 2012 Interview by Jake Silverstein
The Last Liberal »
As Jan Reid's new biography makes clear, Ann Richards was one of the most magnetic politicians of the past thirty years. So why didn’t she leave much of a legacy?
October 2012 by David Oshinsky
A Q&A With Jan Reid »
Senior editor John Spong talked with Jan Reid about his new Ann Richards biography, Let the People In.
October 2012 Interview by John Spong
Tackling the Cowboys »
Joe Nick Patoski takes on America's most storied football franchise in his new book, The Dallas Cowboys.
October 2012 by Christopher Kelly
A Q&A With Brené Brown »
Brené Brown discusses her book Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (Gotham Books) and her 2010 TED talk on vulnerability.
September 2012 by Jeff Salamon
Andrew Porter’s Novel Has a Houston Problem »
The San Antonio writer's novel, In Between Days, doesn't get its Houston setting quite right.
September 2012 by Edward Nawotka
Why Johnny Can’t Learn »
Can education reform save a declining Austin high school?
August 2012 by Elizabeth Green
Straight Outta Brownsville »
A brutal—and very funny—South Texas memoir by Domingo Martinez.
July 2012 by David Dorado Romo
It’s Not About the Guv »
There’s more to Texas politics than Rick Perry. Gail Collins's new book demonstrates that the Northeastern media establishment doesn't understand that.
June 2012 by James Henson
In Praise of Sissy Spacek »
Why doesn’t Texas’s greatest movie actress get the respect she deserves?
May 2012 by Christopher Kelly
Reading Along With James Donovan »
The latest Alamo
chronicler offers a glimpse of his reference library.
May 2012 by Skip Hollandsworth
The One-Question Interview With Douglas Brinkley »
The author of Cronkite answers the question: What’s the most surprising thing you learned about Walter Cronkite?
May 2012 Interview by Jeff Salamon
Dan Rather Pop Quiz! »
Six interesting facts about the retired CBS news anchorman found in his new book, Rather Outspoken.
May 2012 by Jeff Salamon
Debating Robert Caro »
The fourth volume of an epic LBJ biography stirs more controversy.
May 2012 by Gregory Curtis and Brian D. Sweany
The One-Question Interview With Steve Coll »
The author of Private Empire: ExxonMobile and American Power answers the question: In terms of difficulty, how would you compare reporting on Exxon with the reporting you did for your previous book, The Bin Ladens?
May 2012 Interview by Mimi Swartz
From Blogging to Book Deal »
Houston Chronicle blogger Jenny Lawson (aka The Bloggess) found herself at the center of a two-day auction among twelve publishing houses for the rights to her debut memoir, Let's Pretend This Never Happened. How did she rise from unpaid blogger to New York Times bestseller?
May 2012 by Christopher Kelly
The Writes of Spring »
Robert Caro on LBJ. Marcus Luttrell on war. Douglas Brinkley on Walter Cronkite. James Donovan on the Alamo. Steve Coll on ExxonMobil. Ben Fountain on a surreal Dallas Cowboys halftime show. Dan Rather and Sissy Spacek on themselves. For some reason, May has turned out to be a month like no other for Texas-related books. Here’s our handy guide.
May 2012
Exxposé »
What lies beneath the hood of ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company?
May 2012 by Bryan Burrough
An Extended Interview With Steve Coll »
The New Yorker writer talks about his latest book, Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power.
May 2012 Interview by Mimi Swartz
Friedrichsburg Revisited »
The German novel, penned in 1867 and set in the just-settled Hill Country hamlet, gets a modern translation.
May 2012 by Don Graham
Like a Writer »
Bizarre similes pour forth from debut novelist Jonathan Woods’s fingers like wine from a bottomless bottle that is also missing its cork.
May 2012 by Jeff Salamon
The Ron Paul Effect »
In the forthcoming Ron Paul’s rEVOLution, journalist Brian Doherty takes an up-close look at the libertarian Texas congressman.
May 2012 Interview by Jeff Salamon
Hog Hunting With Marcus Luttrell »
The author of Lone Survivor still has his gun at the ready.
May 2012 by Paul Knight
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