In Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief, Lawrence Wright returns to his signature terrain: the outer reaches of religious faith.
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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.
Read full postObserver books editor David Duhr recently reviewed Houston author Elizabeth Black’s debut The Drowning House for the magazine, and found that the Galveston-set [...]
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Black heaps far more gravitas on her characters than they can support; the mysteries fizzle undramatically; and narrator Clare is despicable.
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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.
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