Texas Country Reporter
May 26, 2022
Inside the Oldest, Largest Independent Comic Book Store in Texas
Third Planet Sci-Fi Superstore in Houston is home to hundreds of thousands of comic books and collectibles.
Bookstore
Books
April 23, 2021
Opening a Small-Town Bookstore During the Pandemic Was the Craziest Thing We Ever Did
But twelve months of renovations and a few burst water pipes later, our dream came true.
Books
April 13, 2021
The Rise (and Occasional Dips Into Despair!) of Jenny Lawson
In her best-selling memoirs, her eclectic, taxidermy-filled San Antonio bookstore, and her unvarnished tweets, the author makes light of her darkest times—and helps her readers make light of theirs.
Books
December 14, 2020
Remembering Karl Kilian, Founder of Houston’s Brazos Bookstore
He helped make the city the literary powerhouse it is today.
Books
October 30, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Soothing Japanese Bookstore in Houston, Austin, and North Texas
Plus, a psychedelic music festival, Fat Tony's new album, and a book that casts a critical eye on the true-crime genre.
Books
April 7, 2020
A Bookstore That Closed During the Pandemic Started a Literature Hotline. Now People Are Calling in for Life Advice.
Deep Vellum Books’s help line is about literature—but also life advice, horoscopes, and tough conversations.
Business
March 27, 2020
How Texas’s Independent Bookstores Are Faring — and How You Can Support Them
Across the state, beloved local bookstores are staying nimble and hoping their customers follow that lead.
Books
January 1, 2008
Kathy L. Patrick
An extended interview with Kathy Patrick.
Books
January 1, 2008
Kathy L. Patrick
This boisterous bookseller runs a Jefferson hair salon/bookstore, Beauty and the Book, that is a bastion of independent literary thinking—and egalitarian fun. She shares her Texas joie de vivre in The Pulpwood Queens’ Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life.What exactly is a Pulpwood Queen?The Pulpwood Queens are the largest
Books
March 1, 1996
Bookends
The conventional wisdom is that the independents are good and the national chains are evil—but don’t judge a bookstore by its cover.