Robert Leleux
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Abusing Their Religion: Lawrence Wright’s Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & The Prison of Belief
In Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief, Lawrence Wright returns to his signature terrain: the outer reaches of religious faith. Full Story -
Lady Bird in her Own Words
Michael L. Gillette’s Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History chronicles Mrs. Johnson’s journey from deep East Texas to the White house and beyond. Full Story -
South American Gothic: Edward Swift’s The Daughter of the Doctor and the Saint
Edward Swift’s latest novel, The Daughter of the Doctor and the Saint, is a tumultuous, epic work of magical realism, half The Count of Monte Cristo and half One Hundred Years of Solitude. Full Story -
Skeletons in a Small Town’s Closet
Janis Owens’ powerful new novel American Ghost recalls Lillian Smith’s Strange Fruit, the 1944 classic remembered, in part, for its brave portrayal of lynching. [...] Full Story -
Faith in a Dead-End Town
Michael Morris’ sweet, sad-eyed new novel, Man in the Blue Moon, recalls great Southern literature: beloved works such as Olive Ann Burns’ Cold Sassy [...] Full Story
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City Without Walls
Somebody once said that the trouble with Austin is that it wants to be Berkeley, and the trouble with Dallas is that it wants [...] Full Story -
Arthur Gochman, 1931-2010
We lost a great Texan on Oct. 25, when Arthur Gochman—freedom-fighting lawyer, fabulously successful businessman and openhanded philanthropist—passed away at the age of 79, [...] Full Story -
Driving While Gay
Simon LeVay’s Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation is a brisk overview of the various theories regarding the biological [...] Full Story -
Censors and Heroes
A couple of weeks ago, Salem came to Humble, Texas, when Ellen Hopkins, a nationally acclaimed, bestselling young-adult novelist, was disinvited from the 2011 [...] Full Story -
ERA Now?
A couple of months ago, I attended the annual meeting of the Veteran Feminists of America at the Women’s Museum in Dallas, a deco [...] Full Story