The 1974 cult classic, made by a couple of UT Austin students, set the template for generations of slasher films to come ...

For travelers exploring the revitalized Hill Country town of Brownwood, Intermission Bookshop offers a quiet space for reflection. The name is an ode to the building’s past tenant, Queen Theatre, one ...

If there’s one consistent routine I have while traveling, it’s visiting a local bookshop. I’ve explored some of the most famous bookstores in the most well-traveled cities: City Lights in San ...

More on the state’s indie bookstores, storytelling champions, and literary destinations turning the page I didn’t understand the point of a writer’s retreat until I stumbled into my first one. A ...

More on the state’s indie bookstores, storytelling champions, and literary destinations turning the page The theory holds that scent is the sensation most closely tied to memory. I find proof when I ...

Immerse yourself in a writing workshop or purchase a rare book from the Lonesome Dove and The Last Picture Show novelist’s extensive collection. Discover how late-19th-century Texas shaped “the master ...

In a cafeteria-like room at the Harris County Jail in downtown Houston, 75 people who are incarcerated fill numerous metal tables and chairs bolted to the sealed concrete floor. Overhead, tubes of ...

Austin-based artist Mishka Westell designed the 18-by-24-inch Journalism Is Alive poster, which the Big Bend Sentinel, Marfa’s weekly newspaper, sells to raise funds for operation. $50. 432-729-7009; ...

“The Wild Detectives was never conceived as only a bookstore, but as a cultural space where all people could gather around books, ideas, and curiosity,” says owner Javier García del Moral. This cozy ...

The written word is on a hot streak, despite the naysayers who claim people don’t read anymore, who insist print media is dead, and who want us to believe AI is better at telling our stories than we ...