Articles tagged: Texas writers
Texas’ Strangest Son: The Exile and Creativity of William Goyen
A new book explores the unconventional life of a writers' writer.
Clark Davis is a strong, clear-eyed biographer and an engaging writer, and It Starts with Trouble will do its job of drawing critical attention back to...Read More
The Book Report: Redefining “Her Texas”
A new anthology, “Her Texas: Story, Image, Poem & Song,” offers a multiethnic and multidisciplinary snapshot of creative women in contemporary Texas....Read More
The Observer Review: Border Odyssey, by Charles D. Thompson Jr.
Charles D. Thompson chronicles his journey along the length of the U.S./Mexico border, charting straight shots and labyrinthine jags to places steeped in five c...Read More
The Observer Review: The Long Voyage: Selected Letters of Malcolm Cowley, 1915-1987
Though an East Coaster for most of his life, and a denizen of New York City's publishing industry for dozens of years, Malcolm Cowley’s impact on the lives an...Read More
Searching for Home with Texas Ex-Pat Novelist Greg Baxter
Observer contributor Cecily Sailer reviews Greg Baxter’s new novel, The Apartment, and finds it “intricate and complex, both reportage and confessio...Read More