Dan Oko
Houston-based writer Dan Oko is an avid fisherman who hopes never to encounter a lionfish in the wild. His work has appeared in Audubon, Garden & Gun and Texas Parks & Wildlife.
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Feeding the Beast
Now in his eighth decade, the novelist and poet Jim Harrison, a Michigan native who most years follows a bird-like migratory route between homes [...] Full Story -
Where the Rubber Hits the Road
Leaping into Lady Bird Lake was as good as I felt all day. It was a bright, mid-June Sunday morning, and my pal Perry [...] Full Story
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Gourds on Film: All The Labor Documents Austin Band’s Rise and Thrall
A new documentary about The Gourds, explains how a fledgling Austin band hit the virtual big-time via the file-sharing of a larkish cover song. Full Story -
Lionfish Invasion Threatens Marine Ecosystems and Fishing Industry
The lionfish is the latest in the long line of invasive species—from fire ants to feral hogs—threatening ecological and economic resources in Texas, the Gulf, and elsewhere in the United States. Full Story -
Uncle Walter and Modern American Politics
As a young boy, the budding historian Douglas Brinkley followed Walter Cronkite’s nightly broadcasts on the CBS Evening News. The legendary, late broadcaster was [...] Full Story -
Still Wild Water
We had been warned. The meandering run of the Neches River through the “Little Thicket,” as our guide dubbed it, would disorient even the [...] Full Story -
The Sporting Lie
In February, for the first time in years, Lance Armstrong admitted a kind of defeat. The legendary cyclist, who returned to the Tour de [...] Full Story
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