Books
July 31, 1996
West Seller
An El Paso novelist makes history.
Writer
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
December 1, 1995
The Good Old Boy
After four decades of writing classic Texas novels, there’s no denying that San Angelo’s Elmer Kelton has earned his Spurs.
Books
September 1, 1995
Texas Twenty: Dagoberto Gilb
Macho fiction.
Books
April 1, 1995
Lonesome Cowboy
A year after Robert James Waller left Iowa for the quieter climes of Big Bend, the best-selling author is discovering that it’s one thing to live like a Texan and quite another to be one.
Arts & Entertainment
May 1, 1993
Act II
After years of being alternately judged a great playwright and a great disappointment, Edward Albee has found his footing in Houston, where he teaches, socializes, and gets star treatment.
Books
February 1, 1992
The Real Education of Little Tree
An Alabama Klansman posing as a folksy Texas novelist almost pulled off the literary hoax of the century.
Books
February 1, 1976
The Dream House of H. Allen Smith
When a noted American humorist retired to Alpine, the joke was on him.