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Seeing the Unseen

New collections of fiction and nonfiction build on Dagoberto Gilb’s long career as chronicler of the working-class Southwest.

by Roberto Ontiveros

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The Free People’s Village: Everyday Life in Solarpunk Texas

by Texas Observer Staff

Short Story Winner: ‘Immaculate’

by Nellie Downer

Announcing the 2020 Insider Prize Winners

by American Short Fiction and Texas Observer

Bryan Washington, author of "Navigation," an Observer 2016 short story contest finalist. Sep 29, 2016

Short Story Contest Finalist: ‘Navigation’

by Bryan Washington

Texas Observer 2016 short story contest finalist Chelsea Sutton. Sep 22, 2016

Short Story Contest Finalist: ‘Only Animals’

by Chelsea Sutton

2016 Texas Observer short story finalist Nancy Dinan. Sep 08, 2016

Short Story Contest Finalist: ‘Melanie Lewis Plays Dominoes’

by Nancy Dinan

All The Houses by Karen Olsson Dec 10, 2015

Dramas of Family and State Unfold in ‘All the Houses’

Karen Olsson's novel is about coming to terms with the past in a family — and maybe in a country — that too often refuses to acknowledge any tense but the unreflective present.

by Brad Tyer

Elizabeth Silver Talks About Life, Death, and the Law at BookPeople

by Nick Swartsell

George Saunders Jan 18, 2013

Data and Darkness: a Conversation with George Saunders

by Jo DePrang

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