Cobb’s latest novel, All the Little Secrets —her seventh—is the Longview-set sequel to All the Little Houses, which came out ...

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

“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 ...

“You know about the horse crippler cactus?” asks Andrew Barnebey, my guide on the trail. I follow him to a spot where, hidden in the brush, flush to the earth, is a squat, needle-covered cactus that ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s early spring. Political primary season. War looms. Air travelers face record delays. And a jury finds social media companies guilty of creating harmful, addictive content targeting our nation’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Of July’s inaugural gathering, cofounder Will Evans welcomed “many neighbors and out-of-town readers for a celebration of literary Dallas and Deep Ellum ...

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