Cecily Sailer
The Observer Review: Migratory Animals, by Mary Helen Specht
The Observer Review: Wildfire, by Mary Pauline Lowry
Mary Pauline Lowry’s two years battling wildfires in the American West fuel her debut novel, Wildfire, whose protagonist, Julie, joins an all-male wildland firefighting crew in Pike National Forest after flunking out of college. Read More
Texas Ex-Pat Greg Baxter Hunts for Home in The Apartment
The Texas Observer reviews Greg Baxter's new novel, The Apartment. Read More
Book Review: Steven Barthelme’s Hush Hush
Steven Barthelme’s new short story collection opens with a whimsically tragic monologue delivered by Elliott, a 10-year-old trapped in a school for the gifted and sentenced to therapy after burning himself with a cigarette. Read More
Beyond Suburbia: The Fifth Lash & Other Stories By Anis Shivani
Shivani’s new collection, The Fifth Lash & Other Stories, situates its characters within sociopolitical landscapes that figure far more prominently than their homes, offices, and neighborhoods. Read More
Talking Texas with Gail Collins
In her new book, As Texas Goes… How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda, New York Times columnist Gail Collins examines the political influence of Texas on the nation. The Texas Observer interviewed Collins during her book tour … Read More
Lessons from the New Deal
Steven Fenberg’s Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good arrived on bookshelves late last year. It’s timing was apt, if accidental. National economic figures showed little change or promise, occupiers had colonized city parks decrying income inequality, and … Read More