Houston Grand Opera’s ‘The Snowy Day’ Celebrates Black Joy
An evocative adaption of the beloved 1962 children’s book casts aside stereotypes and focuses on wonder more than trauma.
News & Politics
July 17, 2020
I’ve Spent Years Protecting My Students. When Classes Resume, Who Will Protect Me?
As Texas schools look to reopen this fall, I am unsure how to keep myself and the children I look after safe.
Art
July 9, 2020
A Look at MFAH’s ‘Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power’ Exhibit
The new Houston museum show exemplifies art as both revolution and witness, writes a Houston poet laureate.
Being Texan
June 17, 2020
A Mom’s Wrenching Discussions With Her Kids About Police Brutality, the Coronavirus
A Houston poet laureate believes that outrage by any other name is hope, and protest is its ultimate demonstration.
Travel & Outdoors
March 31, 2020
Planting Wildflowers in a Pandemic
A Houston poet laureate on the hopeful defiance of her bluebonnets.