Book Review: Staring Down Faith
by E.D. Watson / Posted on | No CommentsThere is no empty jargon in Abyss, no Christian-speak or airy mysticism. Wiman’s prose is elegant and surprising at every turn.
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Abusing Their Religion: Lawrence Wright’s Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & The Prison of Belief
by Robert Leleux / Posted on | No CommentsIn 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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Gourds on Film: All The Labor Documents Austin Band’s Rise and Thrall
by Dan Oko / Posted on | No CommentsA 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 postElizabeth Black’s “The Drowning House”
by Brad Tyer / Posted on | No CommentsObserver 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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Elizabeth Black’s The Drowning House Is a Book Gasping For Breath
by David Duhr / Posted on | 1 CommentBlack heaps far more gravitas on her characters than they can support; the mysteries fizzle undramatically; and narrator Clare is despicable.
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