David Duhr

David Duhr

  • Made in El Paso

    There’s an old Pace picante sauce commercial in which a man named Cookie hands a jar of “Mexican sauce” to a bunch of cowpokes [...] Full Story

  • Faith Without Ignorance

    Luminarium by Alex Shakar As Alex Shakar deadpans early in his new novel Luminarium, “Things have been going very, very badly” for Fred Brounian. [...] Full Story

  • Following the Narrative

    This is the part where I’m supposed to summarize in a few hundred words a novel whose narrative takes a “blackademic” on a mission [...] Full Story

  • Announcing the Texas Observer Short Story Prize Winner

    The announcement of our first annual Short Story Prize began with a simple declaration: “We at the Texas Observer love a good story.” With [...] Full Story

  • State of Darkness

    Since the 2004 release of Brooklyn Noir, a collection of short stories written by some of the borough’s top crime and mystery writers, Akashic [...] Full Story