John Williams’ Forgotten Novel Stoner Is Worth Remembering
by James E. McWilliams / Posted on | 2 CommentsStoner may be the greatest novel ever written by a Texas-born writer you’ve likely never heard of.
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Gods in Heat: Young Adult Lit Fans Will Get Fired Up For Solstice
by Jennifer Mathieu / Posted on | No CommentsP.J. Hoover’s inventive new young-adult novel Solstice takes the notion of Austin-as-hell to literal extremes.
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San Antonio Author Nan Cuba Aims Straight for the Heart with Body and Bread
by Emily DePrang / Posted on | No CommentsNan Cuba’s Body and Bread explores how a sensitive person makes sense of her world.
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Robert Jensen on Zealot and The Self Beyond Itself
by Robert Jensen / Posted on | No CommentsIn this essay, Robert Jensen explores two new books: Zealot by Reza Aslan and The Self Beyond Itself by Heidi M. Ravven.
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For Two Weekends This Month, San Antonio’s Barrio Gang History Comes to Life
by Patrick Michels / Posted on | No CommentsTwo events this month honor efforts to keep the stories of San Antonio’s old West Side street gangs alive.
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Where the Wind Cries Money
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | 3 CommentsThe Great Texas Wind Rush suggests that Texas is not so much an oil and gas state, or even an energy state, as a resource-exploitation state.
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A New JFK Canon Carries the Torch
by Peter Voskamp / Posted on | No CommentsThe 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination spurs a slew of books on the man, his presidency and his untimely demise in Dallas.
Read full postDanny Lyon Humanizes Biker Culture at the San Antonio Museum of Art
by Michael Darling / Posted on | No CommentsDanny Lyon’s “The Bikeriders,” on display at the San Antonio Museum of Art, shows a more flattering side of 1960s motorcycle culture.
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Woody Lived Here Too
by Mary Helen Specht / Posted on | 2 CommentsWoody Guthrie’s House of Earth reminds us of the hardships people endured to make this state what it is, and of the populist roots that run through our past, whether chambers of commerce deign to recognize them or not.
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Short Story Winner “3:17″
by Ashley Hope Perez / Posted on | No CommentsAshley Hope Pérez is our grand-prize recipient for her story “3:17.”
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