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Can We Survive Naomi Klein’s Depiction of ‘End Times Fascism’?

Klein and co-author Astra Taylor's new book is too bleak and unfocused for our shameless and sharp-edged political moment.

by Josephine Lee

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Why Texans Live and Die by the Gun

by Jack McCordick

An Ode to Austin’s Unsung Proletariat

by Irene Vázquez

Excerpt: How to Close a Camp

by John Washington

Mar 17, 2026

A Wall That’s Worth Defending

Some evangelical Christians are hammering away at the very church-state separation that allowed them, and other believers, to first flourish in America.

by David R. Brockman

Mar 10, 2026

American Citizenship and Other Myths

We shouldn’t ignore the protofascism brewing on the JD Vance-aligned right. But the status quo ante isn’t good enough either.

by Gus Bova

Mar 05, 2026

In El Paso, a Homecoming Marred by Violence

A native El Pasoan reflects in a new book on her bustling Texas border city’s roots—and one of the most tragic days of its modern life.

by Jazmine Ulloa

Nov 04, 2025

The ‘Queen Mother’ of the Reparations Movement Gets Her Due

A UT-Austin historian tells the under-told story of Audley Moore, “one of the most important activists and theorists of the twentieth century.”

by Irene Vázquez

Nov 03, 2025

Black Bookstore Owners, Government Spies, and Murder

Authors bring new insights to complex stories in nonfiction featured at the 2025 Texas Book Festival.

by Lise Olsen

Oct 27, 2025

Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our November/December 2025 Issue

A note from the editor-in-chief

by Gus Bova

Oct 15, 2025

A Night at the Screamo Bookstore

An Austin literary shop has branched out into loud concerts, cementing a place in the city’s DIY music scene.

by Michelle Pitcher

Sep 16, 2025

‘I Am Not Your Enemy’

An excerpt from a new memoir by Reality Winner

by Reality Winner

Sep 10, 2025

Life in the Time of Hurricanes

So late in the season, this was likely a bad one, if it came this way...

by Rod Davis

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