Articles tagged: Marfa
The Traveling Midwife
In far West Texas, some women have to travel hours to give birth, endangering themselves and their babies. Could midwives help fill in the gap?
The Traveling Midwife In far West Texas, some women have to travel hours to give birth, endangering themselves and their babies. Could midwives help fill in the...Read More
A Riveting New History of an Ancient West Texas Canyon
Like a cross-section of the desert, David Keller’s book reveals layers of overlapping history in the spectacular and rugged Pinto Canyon.
“Other than by foot or horseback, there are only two ways to get to Pinto Canyon,” writes David Keller in his latest book, In the Shadow of the Chinatis: A ...Read More
Remembering W.S. Merwin, Honorary Texan
The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, who died at 91 last week, liked pausing by roadsides everywhere in Texas to examine plants, pocket seeds and smell the air.
You might not have guessed it. W.S. Merwin, widely beloved, cosmopolitan, world-renowned poet, translator and lifelong pacifist, who died last week at 91 in his...Read More
A Century After the Porvenir Massacre, Remembering One of Texas’ Darkest Days
Most Texans still don’t know about one of the cruelest atrocities in their state’s history.
On January 28, 1918, a band of Texas Rangers and ranchers raided the tiny Presidio County village of Porvenir in the middle of the night. The rangers were angry...Read More
‘I Want Nobody to Fear our Border’: West Texans, Mexicans March in Solidarity
Attendees carried signs that read 'Build bridges, not walls,' 'Viva La Frontera' and 'Love is Unity.'
About four dozen people held hands as a symbol of camaraderie Saturday morning at the international bridge that divides Presidio, Texas, and Ojinaga, Mexico...Read More
Short Story Contest Finalist: ‘Palabras Muertas’
K.C. Sinclair's "Palabras Muertas" follows several young, Spanish-speaking students as they bury the words of their native language. This was inspired by the tr...Read More
Eye on Texas: Marfa
For 10 years now, photographer Allison V. Smith has taken two or three treks a year to far West Texas with a big bag of film....Read More
Marfa: The Evil Mayberry?
Hollywood Starwhackers and Machetes
Lots of Texas/Hollywood related gossip out there this week, which I sometimes delve into if it touches on immigration or the border. Thought I would do an updat...Read More
Film Festivals and the Myth of Marfa
Why Marfa? I don’t know. I wanted to put on a film festival, and here we are. -Robin Lambaria,MFF organizerTo understand why the Marfa Film Festival has g...Read More
