Mary Helen Specht
By Mary Helen Specht:
‘Presidio’ is a Beautiful, Atmospheric Texas Novel that Doesn’t Cohere
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Mary Helen Specht
| Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 12:32 pm CST
Books
‘Driven’ is an Edgy Memoir of Cars, Crises and Coming of Age
Melissa Stephenson’s new book exploits the bread and butter of memoir — parsing childhood experiences and complicated family dynamics — but also explores more experimental terrain.
In the crowded field of memoir, it’s the elevator pitch that sells copies, and this book certainly has one: a brother’s tragic suicide nestled within a narrative structured around the idiosyncratic vehicles the narrator drives on her journey through grief … Read More
Culture
Woody Lived Here Too
Woody Guthrie's House of Earth reminds us of the hardships people endured to make this state what it is, and of the populist roots that run through our past, whether chambers of commerce deign to recognize them or not. Read More
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