Tag Archives: Texas memoir
The Observer Review: Gary Cartwright’s The Best I Recall
One comes away from The Best I Recall respecting Cartwright as a journalist, but how readers may relate to him as a person is much more complicated. ...Read More
Former Observer Managing Editor Chris Tomlinson Introduces Tomlinson Hill
Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name—One White, One Black (St. Martin's Press) has been getting warm notices from...Read More
Review: Houston Memoirist Lacy M. Johnson’s The Other Side Finds Redemption in the Dark
How does one tell an unspeakable story? This question hovers like fog over Lacy M. Johnson’s The Other Side, a memoir about the author’s imprisonment...Read More
Michelle Theall’s Memoir Tracks Faith, Family, and Homophobia in Texas
Moral and spiritual courage, along with straightforward, unpretentious prose, make Teaching the Cat to Sit an eloquent, entertaining, and deeply brave me...Read More