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Reviews

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

Keep Reading

Why Texans Live and Die by the Gun

by Jack McCordick

The Year for Magical Thinking

by Gus Bova

An Ode to Austin’s Unsung Proletariat

by Irene Vázquez

May 25, 2015

The Observer Review: Huizache #4

by Ramiro Hinojosa

The Austin downtown skyline at sunrise, with the light reflecting off the water of Town Lake and the skyscrapers bordering it. May 06, 2015

Book Review: Austin, Our Austin

by Brad Tyer

Apr 22, 2015

Book Review: How NAFTA Transformed a Mexican Border Town

by José Skinner

Bob Byington Apr 15, 2015

Austin Filmmaker Bob Byington Has Crafted a Universe of Comic Misanthropy

by Josh Rosenblatt

The Observer Review: The Calculus of Falling Bodies, by Geoff Rips

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Mar 18, 2015

Integration Hero and Education Legend George I. Sanchez Gets a New Biography

by Ronnie Dugger

Mar 06, 2015

The Observer Review: Barefoot Dogs, by Antonio Ruiz-Camacho

by Ashley Hope Perez

Duplass brothers Mar 02, 2015

Mike Judge and the Duplass Bros. Bring Texas to TV

by Josh Rosenblatt

Feb 06, 2015

The Observer Review: Migratory Animals, by Mary Helen Specht

by Cecily Sailer

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