The Texas Ocelot in a World ‘Propelled Toward Algorithms and Bottom Lines’
Karen Olsson’s latest novel, about a biologist and the rare cats, marks the third installment in a trilogy of blighted idealism.
Books
El Paso’s Still-Untold Story
A new revisionist history lays out an urgent task that it does not accomplish.
The Sordid, Unscientific Story Behind Lethal Injection
A new book by a national expert explores the failures of the United States’ favored execution method.
The Lawless Border Wall
The application of waivers and the interpretation of their scope has repeatedly expanded, such that border walls are now privileged over all potential legal constraints short of the U.S. Constitution.
The Scientist and the Serial Killer: Cracking the Case of Houston’s ‘Lost Boys’
More than 50 years later, some Houston families still wait for confirmation that their sons and brothers were among the victims of serial killer Dean Corll.
Inside Fort Worth’s Narcotic Farm Experiment
Rehab on the Range tells the story of Texas’ role in one of the largest federal forays into drug treatment.
Booked Up in 2024: What to Read from a Strong Year in Texas Letters
Some Texas nonfiction, novels, and poems to get through those long winter nights.
Uvalde’s Darkest Hour
A new book by the publisher of the Uvalde Leader-News illuminates events that forever altered lives in this small Texas city.
When the Prophetic City Fails
The unexpected fate of Houston’s Northside holds lessons that the city’s boosters may not wish to hear.
Seeing the Unseen
New collections of fiction and nonfiction build on Dagoberto Gilb’s long career as chronicler of the working-class Southwest.