The Last Minstrel Show
by Joe R. Lansdale / Posted on | No CommentsMt. Enterprise Back then, it was still thought ok to blacken your face, whiten your lips, talk in exaggerated accents, play music and tell [...]
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Get Your Norteño out of My Conjunto
by Saul Elbein / Posted on | No CommentsMcAllen Everything is going fine until Lupe Saenz sees the CDs. I’m paying my check at a run-down diner in downtown Mercedes, a town [...]
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The Testing Machine
by Barbara Renaud Gonzalez / Posted on | No CommentsSan Antonio “You faaaaaiiiiiled!” The principal with the belly ballooning from his crisp, blue shirt is a former coach and athlete. He’s circling dozens [...]
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The Drowned Man
by Joe R. Lansdale / Posted on | No CommentsIn our early 20s, my wife and I didn’t have any money or real jobs. We were going to college and doing day labor [...]
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The Creature from Choke Canyon
by Ian Dille / Posted on | No CommentsWrap-up – The Brand New Texas Observer Rabble Rouser! The 10th annual Rabble Rouser Round-Up and Fat Cat Schmoozefest shook the halls of [...]
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