Can We Survive Naomi Klein’s Depiction of ‘End Times Fascism’?
Klein and co-author Astra Taylor's new book is too bleak and unfocused for our shameless and sharp-edged political moment.
Books
Inside the Dark World of Romance Scammers
An Austin author’s new novel delves deep into the scammer networks that exploit the vulnerable and the lovelorn.
A Jailhouse Snitch and the System that Made Him
Pamela Colloff’s debut book is a propulsive study of a fatally flawed tactic beloved by prosecutors in Texas and beyond.
One State Under Whose God?
Despite the grip of conservative Christianity on Texas politics, religion here has always contained multitudes, a new work of history shows.
Inside Houston’s 1970 School Strike
Texas poet's new book gives Houston's "huelga" school movement iconic verses, images, and voices.
A Queer Texan Retraces Steinbeck’s 10,000-mile trip
Austin author and essayist Lauren Hough serves up a monster of a tale about traveling with a dog named Woody Guthrie on a road trip across America.
Leaving His Mark On Houston’s Inprint
Rich Levy, the man behind the Bayou City’s prestigious reading series and the brains behind Inprint, an unusual literary nonprofit, is retiring.
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The Aesthete from Archer
A new biography of Larry McMurtry tells the tale of a writer ever met with misreading.
Mythbusting Texas’ Reactionary Past
A new book doesn't romanticize our state's history, but it does establish a neglected throughline of solidarity.
A Wall That’s Worth Defending
Some evangelical Christians are hammering away at the very church-state separation that allowed them, and other believers, to first flourish in America.