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Living in the Shadow of Your Father’s Iconic Song

Living in the Shadow of Your Father’s Iconic Song

Sarah Curtis: “Maybe we’ve just learned what my teenage daughter does not yet fully know: that to be held to a law is often to be loved.”

By Sarah Curtis | October 9, 2025

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By Brittany Allen | August 29, 2025

How Houston’s Third Ward Became a Hub of Black Art, Culture, and Opportunity

How Houston’s Third Ward Became a Hub of Black Art, Culture, and Opportunity

Lauren O'Neill Butler on Shotgun Houses, Segregation, and the Art of Rick Lowe and John Biggers

By Lauren O'Neill Butler | July 2, 2025

My Name is Kyle Seibel. So Obviously I Went to Kyle Fest in Kyle, Texas.

My Name is Kyle Seibel. So Obviously I Went to Kyle Fest in Kyle, Texas.

“Somewhere beneath the bugle blast, the beer bloat, the crush of bodies, I was part of something.”

By Kyle Seibel | March 26, 2025

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Texas: The Great Theft">Merve Emre on Gossip as Literary Form in Carmen Boullosa’s Texas: The Great Theft

“Like a thief, gossip moves swiftly, undeterred by rivers or valleys, indifferent to borders and the hotheads who patrol them.”

By Merve Emre | December 9, 2024

Texas public school students could soon be tested on the Bible.

Texas public school students could soon be tested on the Bible.

By Brittany Allen | November 20, 2024

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Weird No More: On Loving and Leaving Austin, Texas

By Alex Hannaford | October 1, 2024

How Texas Prisons Regulate Women’s Knowledge Behind Bars

By Kwaneta Harris | April 4, 2024

The Gift of Reading Toni Morrison to My Black Daughter in an Age of Book Bans

By Rae Giana Rashad | February 13, 2024

Weirding the West: Strange Tales That Complicate the Picture of Texas

Weirding the West: Strange Tales That Complicate the Picture of Texas

Elizabeth Gonzalez James on the Weird, Wild Literature of Her Home State.

By Elizabeth Gonzalez James | January 24, 2024

One Night at Mable Peabody’s, The Last Gay Bar in Denton, Texas

One Night at Mable Peabody’s, The Last Gay Bar in Denton, Texas

Lucas Hilderbrand Explores Queer Culture in the Early Trump Years

By Lucas Hilderbrand | November 22, 2023

Art Imitates Life: On the Making of Larry McMurtry, The Writer

Art Imitates Life: On the Making of Larry McMurtry, The Writer

Tracy Daugherty on the Chronicler of the American West

By Tracy Daugherty | September 18, 2023

Borders and Rivers: On Language, Faith, and Family at the US/Mexico Border

Borders and Rivers: On Language, Faith, and Family at the US/Mexico Border

Alejandra Oliva Considers Divisions, Artificial and Natural

By Alejandra Oliva | June 22, 2023

You, too, can own one of Larry McMurtry’s beloved typewriters!

You, too, can own one of Larry McMurtry’s beloved typewriters!

By Jonny Diamond | February 7, 2023

Planet Koresh: Inside the Mount Carmel Compound in Waco, Texas

Planet Koresh: Inside the Mount Carmel Compound in Waco, Texas

Kevin Cook on the Rise of David Koresh and the Branch Davidian Cult

By Kevin Cook | February 2, 2023

Emma Straub got uninvited from reading to kids in Texas because of her “foul language” online.

Emma Straub got uninvited from reading to kids in Texas because of her “foul language” online.

By Jonny Diamond | January 19, 2023

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