Books
December 6, 2022
Confessions of a Celebrity Ghostwriter
The coauthor of memoirs by Vanessa Lachey, Shep Rose, and Chrishell Stause spills about the glamour—and grit—of helping the famous tell their stories.
Writing
Books
July 14, 2022
Ten Reasons to Believe We’re Living in the Golden Age of Texas Fiction
Disemboweled zombies, gritty female crime investigators, harrowing tales of family dysfunction—today’s crop of Texas novels has something for everyone.
The Culture
January 25, 2017
What’s Going Down in Room 312
Motel fiction.
Books
January 20, 2013
Canon Fever
Our selections for some of the best contemporary Texas books.
Feature
January 20, 2013
L. on Wheels
Eight days in a rental car with Larry L. King, the crotchety West Texan who has written some of the greatest magazine stories of all time, would be enough to drive anyone crazy. Except his biggest fan.
Books
April 1, 1998
Arts and Wozencraft
Except for the time she spent as a police officer in Plano and Tyler—when she couldn’t get past the “emotional shutdown” required by the job—Kim Wozencraft has always been a writer. She kept a journal as a child, as a student at Richland College in Dallas, and later, during a
Books
August 31, 1997
Literature • Angela Shelf Medearis
Doing the write thing.
Books
June 30, 1997
Affair of State
A Dallas lawyer’s roman à Clinton.
Guides
June 30, 1997
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDsThe real pleasure in Toni Price’s Sol Power (Antone’s/Discovery/Sire) is trying to peg her as country, blues, or folk. Whether she’s singing something silly and simple, such as “Cats and Dogs,” or taking the sultry and sublime route, as when she covers Allen Toussaint’s “Funky,” the Austinite offers an
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1992
The Write Stuff
Suzanne Coleman reveals the secret of her success: “You have to be a sentimental fool.”
Style & Design
April 1, 1976
Stationery
The proof of your imagination is in the paper.