Articles tagged: Anis Shivani
Q&A with Michener Center Director and Author James Magnuson
Texas Observer contributor Anis Shivani, who writes fiction, poetry and criticism from his home in Houston, reviews James Magnuson’s novel Famous Writers ...Read More
Poems Old and New from Texas Poet Laureate Rosemary Catacalos
2013 Texas Poet Laureate Rosemary Catacalos, a longtime San Antonio resident of Mexican and Greek heritage, makes frequent use of the Ariadne myth in her 1984 b...Read More
Unpacking George Packer’s The Unwinding
New Yorker writer George Packer has penned a complex but cohesive portrait of American decline in The Unwinding, Anis Shivani writes in the Observer‘s Ju...Read More
Winning Words
A few weeks ago we offered a roundup of Texas books recently nominated for or winning major awards. As literary awards season rolls on, we have a few notices ...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...Read More