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Medical School Professor »
"This isn't Grey's Anatomy. There are no giggles."
November 2012 As told to Jason Sheeler
Shelly Roper-McCaslin, 46 »
Shelly Roper-McCaslin, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders recruiter.
August 2012 As told to Jessica Dupuy
Neal Newsom, 57 »
Neal Newsom, vineyard owner.
July 2012 As told to Jessica Dupuy
Jennifer Walden, 40 »
Jennifer Walden, plastic surgeon
June 2012 As told to Skip Hollandsworth
Rick Reichenbach, 65 »
Rick Reichenbach, lighthouse keeper.
April 2012 As told to Katy Vine
Becoming a Pro Soccer Player »
Brek Shea on scoring goals, getting free cleats, and doing the faux-hawk.
April 2012 Interview by Jeff Beckham
Melanie Steele, 38 »
Melanie Steele, wig master.
February 2012 As told to Jason Sheeler
Joe Arellano, 58 »
Meet a meteorologist.
January 2012 As told to Sonia Smith
Contributors »
Dale Stephanos, Lee Hancock, and John Spong.
January 2012
Eddie “Lucky” Campbell, 34 »
Meet the bartender.
December 2011 As told to Jason Sheeler
Cheryl Evans, 61 »
Church Sign Writer
August 2011 As told to Jason Sheeler
Jason Macias, 40 »
Jason Macias, night police officer.
July 2011 As told to Jazmine Ulloa
Being an Outlaw-Country Legend »
Billy Joe Shaver on being an outlaw-country legend.
May 2011 Interview by Michael Hoinski
Chris Treviño, 41 »
Chris Treviño, tattoo artist.
May 2011 As told to John Spong
Mary Anne Reed, 66 »
Marriage Counselor
February 2011 As told to Vi-An Nguyen
Bob “Bleed” Merkt, 38 »
Vintage-Car Builder
January 2011 As told to Megan Giller
Annie Nelson, 52 »
Housing admissions specialist.
December 2010 As told to Vi-An Nguyen
Almost Famous »
When Jacob Isom swiped a Quran from an angry evangelist, he figured a few of his friends would enjoy the prank. Two months and one million YouTube views later, his life may never be the same.
December 2010 by Katy Vine
Mike Wheat, 43 »
Game warden.
November 2010 As told to Alison Finney
Andrea Karnes, 44 »
Andrea Karnes, museum curator.
October 2010 As told to Jordan Breal
Jackie Hopper, 41 »
911 Call Operator
September 2010 As told to Megan Giller
Writing Life »
Checking in on the long, slow, quiet, thoughtful, weird, brilliant, often-interrupted, never-compromised career of John Graves.
August 2010 by Gary Cartwright
The Craftsman »
Gary Cartwright talks about writing profiles; interviewing his longtime friend John Graves, who penned Goodbye to a River fifty years ago; and concentrating on the present.
August 2010 Interview by Alanna Lindley
The Outsider »
In the post-Washington game, former attorney general Alberto Gonzales has fared worse than any other member of the Bush administration. Why?
July 2010 by Mimi Swartz




