Books
March 1, 1991
A Lovers’ Knot
The Raven’s Bride sheds new light on the scandal that set Tennessee governor Sam Houston on the road to Texas.
Books
December 1, 1990
Back in the Saddle
Larry McMurtry returns to the mythic West and spins a thoughtful and touching tale.
Books
August 31, 1990
Remember the Alamo?
A new assault on Texas’ most cherished myth proves that the Battle of the Alamo is far from over.
Books
December 1, 1989
Continental Drift
Five beautifully produced books explore the Americas, from anonymous folk art to the great muralists, from revolutionary heroes to a Texas ranching patriarch.
Books
September 30, 1989
Whistling in the Dark
Larry McMurtry explores the far side of forty in his new novel.
Books
August 31, 1989
The Way of the Buffalo
Dallas novelist C. W. Smith takes a long, hard look at a subject with a painful history.
Books
March 1, 1989
Days in the Country, Nights on the Town
New fiction takes the reader on forays into Louisiana swamps, excursions into smoke-filled Austin honky-tonks, and down life’s highway with a lady trucker
Books
November 1, 1988
Hasty Copy
Dan Jenkins’ latest takes a tough-cookie journalist out of a thirties movie and puts her into a chase through Depression-era Fort Worth; Sarah Glasscock populates her fictional Alpine with a cast of real characters.
Books
September 30, 1988
The Old West, the New South
In Anything for Billy, Larry McMurtry trounces the Western myth; Frederick Barthelme, in Two Against One, casts a cold eye on a self-desdtructing marriage.
Travel & Outdoors
October 1, 1987
Autumn Leaves
Turn off the AC, stop pretending you’re a reptile, welcome the whooping cranes back. It’s fall!
Being Texan
February 1, 1986
Texas Primer: The Grand Champion Steer
Tastes in livestock are as whimsical as tastes in fashion. This year petite is in.
Travel & Outdoors
April 1, 1985
The Bluebonnet Snapshot
Okay, so photos of cute kids in fields of bluebonnets aren’t great art. That’s not the point at all.
Farm and Ranch
April 1, 1985
Where’s the Lamb?
After extensive taste tests, our reporter concludes that the best lamb is to be found in our own back yard.
News & Politics
September 30, 1984
Dust to Dust
The cattle are dying, the grass is gone, the ranchers are selling their land. The center of Texas is in a drought that may be the worst in a hundred years.
Weather
March 1, 1984
I-10 On Ice
In five hours on icy roads the author covered 35 miles and discovered the perils of driving in a state that is unprepared for real winter.
Reporter
January 1, 1984
Texas Monthly Reporter
Damming the Rio Grande; cruising the streets of Houston; building the nation's biggest organ; remembering the Alamo.
Reporter
August 31, 1983
Texas Monthly Reporter
Texas highways show their age; Houston punks show their colors; foster parents show they care; A&M shows its macaws; cattle ranchers show their breeding.
Being Texan
August 31, 1982
Texas Primer: Mesquite
It looks fragile with its lacy leaves and fragrant flowers. Looks can be deceptive.
Environment
November 1, 1981
Chucking the Piney Woods
Some people look at the Piney Woods and see paper plates and two-by-fours; others see the last great stands of forest in Texas.
Art
April 1, 1979
The Dark at the End of the Tunnel
Houston’s Museum of Fine Art resurrects the genius of Mark Rothko. James Surls tries to answer the tricky question: what is Texas art? Amarillo hosts five pioneers of American photography.