
The New York–born singer-songwriter got to Texas as soon as he could—and spent the next five decades changing the lives of seemingly everyone he met.
Jeff Salamon is a senior editor at Texas Monthly and previously served as an editor at the Village Voice and the Austin American-Statesman. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, Details, and Artforum. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a native of New York City. He lives in Austin with his wife, two children, two dogs, and one cat.
Nov 1, 2020 — By David Courtney, Michael Hall, Andy Langer, Jeff Salamon, John Spong, Katy Vine and Christian Wallace
The New York–born singer-songwriter got to Texas as soon as he could—and spent the next five decades changing the lives of seemingly everyone he met.
Jun 18, 2020 — By Jeff Salamon
Texas science fiction authors Nicky Drayden and Christopher Brown contemplate the future of writing about the future.
Oct 23, 2019 — By Jeff Salamon
The coffee table book ‘Marfa Gardens’ proves that there’s more to desert flora than cactus and agave.
Oct 22, 2019 — By Jeff Salamon
A new book celebrates a pair of well-established African American and Latino communities that are disappearing from Texas's fastest-growing city.
Sep 30, 2019 — By Jeff Salamon
The story behind the story behind Austinite Mike Shea’s three seconds of international fame.
Jun 25, 2019 — By Jeff Salamon
The UT professor and longtime ’Texas Monthly’ contributor died on Saturday at the age of 79 after a stroke.
Aug 2, 2018 — By Jeff Salamon
Randy Kennedy on the Texas locales that helped shape his debut novel.
Jan 23, 2018 — By Jeff Salamon
The Austin thriller writer Meg Gardiner explains her connections to the Golden State Killer and the Oklahoma City bombing.
Jan 23, 2018 — By Jeff Salamon
Donald Trump has profoundly discouraged people from coming over our borders. But is his influence wearing off?
Nov 24, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon
An Austinite misses the beach, but doesn't want to be a bother.
Sep 20, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon
In his new book, Robert D. Hodge explores the Texas borderlands through the seven generations of his ranching family.
Jul 24, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon
Author Adam Sternbergh tells us how a Canadian-raised Brooklynite wrote a book set in West Texas.
Jun 21, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon
Willie Beeley and Billy Stoner have never met. But from a distance, the two musicians might be the same person.
Jun 21, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon
It was the best of covers, it was the worst of covers.
May 24, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon
The best books by and for Texans coming out in June 2017.
May 18, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon
One man’s crazy quest to conquer the culinary capital of the world with smoked brisket.
Apr 19, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon
It's not New York or L.A. or Austin, but here's why Midlake front man Eric Pulido calls Denton home.
Mar 23, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon
Cornyation, lampooning San Antonio's social elites since 1951.
Mar 22, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon
Over the past 23 years, the founding director of the Michener Center for Writers has helped launch countless literary careers. Here are a few of the program’s most notable graduates.
Mar 22, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon
One question with the executive producer of 'The Son.'
Mar 22, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon
A typical morning for William McRaven.
Jan 25, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon
George Saunders explains how writing about Trump voters and writing a novel required the same skill: understanding people you don’t agree with.
Sep 15, 2016 — By Jeff Salamon
Paulette Jiles wasn't born in Texas, but she started writing novels set here as fast as she could.
Aug 24, 2016 — By Jeff Salamon
The incandescent unreality of Rocky Schenck is on display in the photographer's second collection.
Jul 6, 2016 — By Jeff Salamon
The dean of Dell Medical School wants to reinvent health care for the twenty-first century.
Jun 22, 2016 — By Jeff Salamon
A new biography takes a hard look at our forty-third president’s foreign policy record, with assessments that often stand in stark contrast with Bush's own verdict on his presidency.
May 26, 2016 — By Jeff Salamon
Getting wet, getting scared, and getting my family a little closer to Texas at Schlitterbahn.
Apr 20, 2016 — By Jeff Salamon
Justin Cronin on Texas, our toxic environment, and the long-awaited finale to his best-selling science-fiction trilogy.
Mar 23, 2016 — By Jeff Salamon
Illustration by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Click to enlarge. When Governor Greg Abbott announced, in the wake of the November terrorist attacks on Paris, that Texas would not accept any new Syrian refugees, he was flouting the law of the land: the placement of refugees within the United…
Feb 24, 2016 — By Jeff Salamon
MBAs Across America CEO and co-founder Casey Gerald explains why it’s hard to change the world.
Jan 27, 2016 — By Jeff Salamon
Carrie Rodriguez’s new album finds her delving deep into her family history.
Dec 23, 2015 — By Jeff Salamon
In 1975 the estate of J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964) established an endowment that would allow the University of Texas Press to keep his books in print for decades to come. Forty years later, the arrangement is still in place, and the press annually sells thousands of copies of…
Nov 18, 2015 — By Jeff Salamon
James Lee Burke may split his time between Louisiana and Montana, but he's never really left Texas.
Sep 17, 2015 — By Jeff Salamon
A look at what to read, watch, and listen to this (wonderfully jam-packed) month in order to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
Aug 19, 2015 — By Jeff Salamon
A by-the-numbers look at how much Texas will spend, per person, on a variety of budgetary items.
Aug 19, 2015 — By Jeff Salamon
What to hear, read, watch, and look at this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
Jul 23, 2015 — By Jeff Salamon
What to read, hear, watch, and look at to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
Jun 11, 2015 — By Jeff Salamon
What to read, hear, and watch this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
Jun 11, 2015 — By Jeff Salamon
Illustrations by Nicki Longoria. Click to enlarge. Elsewhere in this month’s issue, our political team considers which state legislators have earned our respect and which ones remind us why the stately granite building at Twelfth Street and Congress Avenue has long been the butt of countless…
May 8, 2015 — By Jeff Salamon
What to read, hear, and watch this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
Apr 13, 2015 — By Jeff Salamon
The author of Black Water Rising talks about Houston neighborhoods, writing for a hot TV show, and her dad’s run for mayor.
Apr 13, 2015 — By Jeff Salamon
What to read, hear, and look at to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
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