Tag Archives: Books
In ‘Houston on the Move,’ the Bayou City Wakes Up
A pictorial history of Houston as it transformed, over and over again, between the 1930s and the 1990s.
A new book provides a pictorial history of Houston as it transformed, over and over again, between the 1930s and the 1990s....Read More
Send Us Your Stories, Writers
We're now taking submissions for our sixth annual short story contest.
The Observer's sixth annual short story contest opens for submissions. ...Read More
The Texas Miracle #12: Whose Lives Matter?
This week on the podcast: In the wake of official responses to the Dallas attacks on police, whose lives really matter?
This week on the podcast: In the wake of official responses to the Dallas attacks on police, whose lives really matter?...Read More
Turning Hard Right
Daniel Oppenheimer's 'Exit Right' looks at why some of the left's brightest lights gave up the cause.
David Oppenheimer's 'Exit Left' explores the psychological and biographical factors that inspired six famous leftist thinkers to make hard right turns....Read More
Captive Genius
From the isolation of a psych ward, Mexican immigrant Martín Ramírez became a 20th century master.
From the isolation of a psych ward, Mexican immigrant Martín Ramírez became a 20th century master. The content of Ramírez’s drawings shows that he was d...Read More
Peter LaSalle Seizes the Day
The ordinary particulars of being a person figure into LaSalle's new collection of essays, which bucks the obnoxious disembodied quality that sometimes afflicts travel writing.
The ordinary particulars of being a person — aging, taxes, bills, sunburn and thirst — all figure into the essays, ensuring that they buck the obnoxious dis...Read More
How To Turn Texas Blue
Mary Beth Rogers' new book is a blueprint for turning Texas blue, or at least giving Democrats a fighting chance.
Mary Beth Rogers ran the last successful statewide Democratic campaign in Texas — in 1990. Here, she lays out a plan for turning Texas blue again. ...Read More
Whatcha Readin’ For? Your Guide to the Fall Books Issue
Here at The Texas Observer we love books. We read them on unbound manuscript pages, in review galleys, in hardback and paperback. We read them on iPads and occa...Read More
Elizabeth Black’s The Drowning House Is a Book Gasping For Breath
Black heaps far more gravitas on her characters than they can support; the mysteries fizzle undramatically; and narrator Clare is despicable....Read More