Cecily Sailer
Freelance writer Cecily Sailer lives in Austin.
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Book Review: Steven Barthelme’s Hush Hush
Steven Barthelme’s new short story collection opens with a whimsically tragic monologue delivered by Elliott, a 10-year-old trapped in a school for the gifted and sentenced to therapy after burning himself with a cigarette. Full Story -
Beyond Suburbia: The Fifth Lash & Other Stories By Anis Shivani
Shivani’s new collection, The Fifth Lash & Other Stories, situates its characters within sociopolitical landscapes that figure far more prominently than their homes, offices, and neighborhoods. Full Story -
Talking Texas with Gail Collins
In her new book, As Texas Goes… How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda, New York Times columnist Gail Collins examines the [...] Full Story -
An Incomplete Portrait of Texas
New York Times columnist Gail Collins noticed a certain intrigue about Texas in 2009 when Gov. Rick Perry made this now famous suggestion at [...] Full Story -
Lessons from the New Deal
Steven Fenberg’s Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good arrived on bookshelves late last year. It’s timing was apt, if accidental. National [...] Full Story
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Book Review: Steven Barthelme’s Hush Hush
Steven Barthelme’s new short story collection opens with a whimsically tragic monologue delivered by Elliott, a 10-year-old trapped in a school for the gifted and sentenced to therapy after burning himself with a cigarette. Full Story -
Beyond Suburbia: The Fifth Lash & Other Stories By Anis Shivani
Shivani’s new collection, The Fifth Lash & Other Stories, situates its characters within sociopolitical landscapes that figure far more prominently than their homes, offices, and neighborhoods. Full Story -
Talking Texas with Gail Collins
In her new book, As Texas Goes… How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda, New York Times columnist Gail Collins examines the [...] Full Story -
An Incomplete Portrait of Texas
New York Times columnist Gail Collins noticed a certain intrigue about Texas in 2009 when Gov. Rick Perry made this now famous suggestion at [...] Full Story -
Lessons from the New Deal
Steven Fenberg’s Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good arrived on bookshelves late last year. It’s timing was apt, if accidental. National [...] Full Story
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