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Wittliff Collections Acquire Memoirs of 19th-Century Tejano Santiago Tafolla
The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University has recently acquired Santiago Tafolla's hand-written memoirs, along with an assortment of related maps and p...Read More
Zoe Leonard’s Camera Obscura Turns Marfa Inside Out and Upside Down
"100 North Nevill Street" features a 6-inch lens, installed in one of the building's walls, that casts an inverse image of the exterior landscape across the int...Read More
It’s Story Time! — Texas Observer Short Story Contest Open for Entries
Elizabeth McCracken will judge the 2014 Texas Observer short story contest....Read More
Fiction Review: Cristina Henríquez’s The Book of Unknown Americans Complicates the ‘Single Story’ of Latinos in the U.S.
In Texas, at least, Mexican immigration has largely defined the Latino narrative, but Cristina Henríquez’s big-hearted second novel challenges this “single...Read More
Robert Zaretsky: Putting Houston’s Anti-Discrimination Ordinance in Perspective
After the passage of a new anti-discrimination ordinance, Robert Zaretsky finds signs of anxiety and tolerance in Houston's freeway landscape....Read More
Go Ask Alice—Observer Contributor Jennifer Mathieu Debuts New Novel
We don’t cover an awful lot of Young Adult literature here at the Observer, premature fogeys that (some of us) are, but when we do, we tend to turn to Hou...Read More
Cynthia Bond’s Debut Novel, Ruby, Digs Deep in the East Texas Dirt
Cynthia Bond’s debut novel leaves the reader dirty, her words clinging to your eyes, your hands and your heart as if you have just stood naked, battered and r...Read More
Texas Contemporary Artists Series Final Exhibit Open in San Antonio
The diverse work of 12 artists who call Texas home went on display at UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures May 3, and will remain up through Oct. 26, constituting...Read More
When Ann Richards Ruled: HBO’s All About Ann
For those not old enough to remember the great Ann Richards, even the possibility of her seems mythic—a bedtime story liberal parents tell their kids to give ...Read More