Writer
Books
May 31, 1998
James Lee Burke
I THINK I GOT interested in writing when I was in the fifth grade. I started writing short stories, and I remember wanting to get them published in the Saturday Evening Post. In high school I wrote a lot of poetry, but I wasn’t a good student; I think I…
Books
July 31, 1997
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDs West Texas bluesman Long John Hunter plays even more guitar than usual on Swinging From the Rafters (Alligator), and that’s a lot of guitar. Hunter represents the party-down end of the blues spectrum; he’s gotta poke fun at himself even when he’s ostensibly down-and-out, as on “I’m Broke.”…
Books
May 31, 1997
The Doctor Is In
For El Paso physician Abraham Verghese, writing about life and death in the age of AIDS is a prescription for literary success.
Books
March 1, 1996
Colum McCann
Some words are worth a thousand pictures; such is the case with the image-rich writing of Colum McCann, whose first novel, Songdogs (Metropolitan Books, $22.50), has won praise from both The New Yorker and the New York Times. A native of Ireland, the 31-year-old credits Texas with jump-starting his career.
Books
February 1, 1976
The Dream House of H. Allen Smith
When a noted American humorist retired to Alpine, the joke was on him.