Articles tagged: Elizabeth McCracken
Elizabeth McCracken’s ‘Bowlaway’ Spins a Dark, Magical Tale of Love, Loss and Bowling
The Austin author is mostly concerned with pain: how we inflict it on each other, and how we keep going, year after year, as our burdens pile up.
“They found a body in the Salford Cemetery, but aboveground and alive.” That thunderbolt of a sentence opens Elizabeth McCracken’s new novel, Bowlaway, an...Read More
Storytime: Calling for Short Story Contest Entries
The Texas Observer is holding a short story contest seeking original stories from writers both near and far. Submit your story today for the chance to be...Read More
Short Story Contest Winner: “Fuzhou Nighttime Feeling”
Writer Ling Ma wins our 2014 Short Story Contest with "Fuzhou Nighttime Feeling."...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
Reading in Austin: Elizabeth McCracken presents Thunderstruck
Elizabeth McCracken will be at Austin's BookPeople at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, to speak and sign copies of her new book, Thunderstruck & Other Stories. ...Read More
Literary Death Matches Come to Texas
The next few weeks will bring a slew of writers to Austin and San Antonio, but don’t expect the usual staid readings. Instead, authors will do battle for ...Read More