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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

Benny Binion Oct 21, 2014

Blood Aces Shows Texas Gangster Benny Binion Knew How to Hold ‘Em

by Nick Davis

Joe Ely, Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore Oct 20, 2014

New Biography Compiles the Legends of The Flatlanders

by Brad Tyer

Oct 17, 2014

Diane Lawson Gets Inside Texas’ Head in A Tightly Raveled Mind

by David Duhr

Michael Morton Oct 10, 2014

Michael Morton Chronicles His Fight for Freedom in Getting Life

by Jessie McQuillan

René Steinke Oct 07, 2014

René Steinke Reclaims a Wasteland in Friendswood: A Novel

by Jo DePrang

Naomi Klein Sep 25, 2014

The Observer Review: Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

by Robert Jensen

Josh Wiggins (left) and Aaron Paul in Hellion. Sep 15, 2014

Hellion’s Aaron Paul and the Art of Collapse

by Josh Rosenblatt

Aug 28, 2014

The Observer Review: Rod Davis’ South, America

by Jim Sherman

Mason (Ellar Coltrane), age 6, in Richard Linklater’s Boyhood. Aug 21, 2014

Richard Linklater Reels in the Years in Boyhood

by Josh Rosenblatt

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