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How a Texas Author Learned to Love Cockroaches (and Other Tales of Off-Putting Creatures)
Clinton Crockett Peters’ fondness for unpopular species may well temper some of our deepest prejudices.Jorge Ramos’ New Book, ‘Stranger,’ is a Journalist’s Manifesto
"We have to be on the opposite side of power, regardless of who is in the White House, a Democrat or a Republican.”On Giant’s Shoulders: New Cinema History Dissects Texas Tropes
'Giant' was meant to confront certain ugly implications about Texas, chiefly that it is perpetually big, bigoted and booming.