The Stand Up Desk
August 10, 2022
Announcing ‘The Big Texas Cookbook’
This collection of recipes—from King Ranch casserole to beef rib nigiri—is a celebration of who we are and what we love to eat.
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Politics & Policy
August 8, 2022
The Houston Doctor Who Foretold America’s Health Care Woes in 1995
When a family doctor spoke out about insurance companies ruining his practice, few expected his appeal would still resonate 27 years later.
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Mimi Swartz
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Politics & Policy
August 4, 2022
Almost No One Thought George W. Bush Was the Real Deal. Except Paul Burka.
Even when Bush was a complete political newcomer, Burka could see his potential to change Texas and usher in a yet-to-end Republican dynasty.
Business
August 1, 2022
Telling the Story of the “Bad Boy” of the ’90s Oil and Gas Industry in Texas
Texas Monthly writer Jan Jarboe Russell on profiling the larger-than-life Houston oilman Oscar Wyatt.
The Stand Up Desk
July 30, 2022
July 2022 Reader Quiz: What Did You Learn?
A Texas Monthly reader quiz, based on all the stories in our July 2022 issue.
Art
July 25, 2022
How Photographer Keith Carter Captured the Rough-hewn Pride of 1980s East Texas
The Beaumont photographer zeroed in on the dignity of East Texas residents in his 1989 Texas Monthly photo essay.
The Stand Up Desk
July 20, 2022
Roar of the Crowd: August 2022
Reader letters published in our August 2022 issue.
The Stand Up Desk
July 20, 2022
From the Editor: Critters and Californians
Newly named senior editors Rose Cahalan and Ben Rowen elevate our coverage of Texas’s wildlife and wild politics.
By
Dan Goodgame
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Business
July 8, 2022
How Houston Went From Oil Boomtown to “BoobTown”
Mimi Swartz reflects on her deep dive into Houston’s breast-implant boom and its larger-than-life profiteers.
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Mimi Swartz
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Politics & Policy
July 5, 2022
You Have Been Sued for Profiling “the Most Hated Woman in America”
Lawrence Wright gives us the story behind his Texas Monthly story on Madalyn Murray O’Hair.
The Stand Up Desk
June 27, 2022
What Stephen Harrigan’s Late-’80s Reporting Prophesied for Galveston Bay
“Your article may be an epitaph,” the then-president of the Houston Audubon Society told the writer.
The Stand Up Desk
June 22, 2022
From the Editor: The Power of the Provisional
Texas Monthly makes it official with senior editors Jason Heid and Michael Hardy.
By
Dan Goodgame
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The Stand Up Desk
June 22, 2022
Roar of the Crowd: July 2022
Reader letters published in our July 2022 issue.
Art
June 13, 2022
The Story Behind the Story of One of Houston’s Greatest Art Collections
Texas Monthly writer Michael Ennis’s profile of museum director Walter Hopps took readers inside the Menil Collection’s founding.
Politics & Policy
June 6, 2022
Paul Burka’s Profile of Clinton Manges Exemplifies an Unrivaled Career
No one had a deeper understanding of Texas power—its heroes and villains, its uses and abuses—than Paul.
By
Mimi Swartz
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Texas History
May 31, 2022
How Texas Monthly Chronicled the Eighties Oil Bust Via a Beloved Houston Clothier
Bobby Sakowitz dressed Houston’s most stylish through the seventies and eighties boom years. Then things went bust.
Texas History
May 23, 2022
How a Texas Monthly Editor Got Inside a Billion-Dollar Wall Street Power Play
Joe Nocera’s pitched profile of then-little-known T. Boone Pickens got him unprecedented access to Pickens’s 1982 attempt to take over Cities Service.
The Stand Up Desk
May 18, 2022
From the Editor: Boomerangs and Beards
Texas Monthly welcomes a new deputy editor for digital journalism and celebrates a strong awards showing.
By
Dan Goodgame
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The Stand Up Desk
May 18, 2022
Roar of the Crowd: June 2022
Reader letters published in our June 2022 issue.
Business
May 11, 2022
The Writer Who Chronicled the Rise of a Texas Grocery Institution
Jan Jarboe Russell reflects on an exciting moment in H-E-B’s (and Texas Monthly’s) history.
Texas History
April 28, 2022
A Texas Monthly Editor’s Journey Into the Heart of King Ranch
The legendary cattle empire had been largely closed off from the outside world until the magazine’s founding editor gained access to King Ranch.
By
Cat Cardenas
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The Stand Up Desk
April 27, 2022
Taco Editor José Ralat Is a James Beard Award Winner
His two nominations are the most recent recognitions for Texas Monthly’s work this award season. See the full list.
The Stand Up Desk
April 13, 2022
From the Editor: Meat Sweats and Massages
Arts and entertainment editor Josh Alvarez gets into the spirit of the story, no matter what he's working on.
By
Dan Goodgame
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The Stand Up Desk
April 13, 2022
Roar of the Crowd: May 2022
Reader letters published in our May 2022 issue.
Books
April 11, 2022
How a Texas Monthly Writer Wound Up Writing Billy Graham’s Biography
William Martin’s journey from Rice professor to Billy Graham expert began with a simple assignment, one that would alter his life for decades to come.
Energy
April 4, 2022
How a Writer in the Seventies Documented the Essence of Exxon
Former staff writer Nicholas Lemann remembers how Exxon refused to cooperate with his story—and why that made all the difference.
The Stand Up Desk
March 28, 2022
Requiem for a Quiet Man
Texas Monthly remembers Jim Darilek, an early art director who helped give the magazine its characteristic look and swagger.
Texas History
March 28, 2022
The Texas Monthly Writer Who Set Out to Find “Real” Texas—in Marfa
Over several years, Richard West spent two months in seven Texas locales. His reporting eventually won the National Magazine Award.
The Stand Up Desk
March 17, 2022
Roar of the Crowd: April 2022
Reader letters published in our April 2022 issue.
The Stand Up Desk
March 16, 2022
From the Editor: A Dan for All Seasons
Senior editor Dan Solomon reports on topics from the wacky to the weighty.
By
Dan Goodgame
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Media
March 14, 2022
A Texas Monthly Editor Stumbles Into the Sordid World of the Massage Parlor King
Greg Curtis’s first story about Sam Corey was supposed to be a colorful human interest piece, but in some ways it was actually the beginning of a heinous murder.
Texas History
March 4, 2022
How Legendary Sportswriter Gary Cartwright Joined Texas Monthly
He was the magazine’s first big hire and—over the next few decades—delivered some of its most memorable stories.
By
Katy Vine
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Texas History
February 28, 2022
The Story Behind the Story: “The Greatest Experience of Your Life”
A popular columnist embeds herself inside the exclusive world of girls’ summer camps.
The Stand Up Desk
February 16, 2022
Roar of the Crowd: March 2022
Reader letters published in our March 2022 issue.
The Stand Up Desk
February 16, 2022
From the Editor: Taking on Fresh Challenges
Three Texas Monthly staffers step into new roles as our storytelling expands.
By
Dan Goodgame
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Texas History
February 7, 2022
Texas Monthly’s First Editor Looks Back at What He Got Right and Wrong
Bill Broyles—now best known as a Hollywood screenwriter—remembers the magazine’s first issue.
By
Jeff Salamon
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The Stand Up Desk
January 20, 2022
Our New Partners in Video Storytelling
Texas Monthly has a deal with HBO and is the new owner of ‘Texas Country Reporter.’
By
Dan Goodgame
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The Stand Up Desk
January 19, 2022
Roar of the Crowd: February 2022
Reader letters published in our February 2022 issue.
Film & TV
December 17, 2021
HBO and HBO Max to Get First Dibs on Texas Monthly Stories
The premier entertainment brands are entering a three-year deal with the National Magazine of Texas that gives them a “first look” at articles and podcasts they’re interested in adapting as TV series.
By
Dan Goodgame
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The Stand Up Desk
December 16, 2021
From the Editor: Saluting Two Creative Natives
Our creative director, Emily Kimbro, and design director, Victoria Millner, keep Texas Monthly looking good.
By
Dan Goodgame
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The Stand Up Desk
December 15, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: January 2022
Reader letters published in our January 2022 issue.
The Stand Up Desk
December 13, 2021
Texas Country Reporter Joins Forces With Texas Monthly
A half century after both media outlets launched, Texas Monthly will purchase Phillips Productions, the company that creates and distributes Texas Country Reporter.
By
Dan Goodgame
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The Stand Up Desk
November 17, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: December 2021
Reader letters published in our December 2021 issue.
The Stand Up Desk
November 10, 2021
From the Editor: Why So Many (Still) Move Here
Many new Texans quickly come to love what stirs the hearts of the native-born.
By
Dan Goodgame
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Books
November 9, 2021
Announcing Our New Book, ‘Being Texan’
The book for anyone who has ever felt the lure of the Lone Star State, already loves it, or simply wants to make sense of the place.
The Stand Up Desk
October 20, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: November 2021
Reader letters published in our November 2021 issue.
The Stand Up Desk
October 18, 2021
From the Editor: Food for the Soul
Barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn enlisted the largest group of tasters ever for this year's Top 50 BBQ list.
By
Dan Goodgame
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The Stand Up Desk
September 15, 2021
From the Editor: An Energetic New Colleague
As Texas Monthly’s new energy editor, Russell Gold will dig deep into one of our state’s most crucial industries.
By
Dan Goodgame
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The Stand Up Desk
September 15, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: October 2021
Reader letters published in our October 2021 issue.
The Stand Up Desk
August 18, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: September 2021
Reader letters published in our September 2021 issue.