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If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

The 20 stories here span cultures and time, and usually involve family and plenty of emotion

Chapter Three

Edited by Laura Furman

Furman blocks together stories of incredible grace and heft from materials as humble as they come: the dips and turns of family life

The passing of celebrated actress Irene Worth touches Central Texas, Austin Cabaret Theatre lights its birthday cake with Charo, and Hedwig bumps bee at Zach.

Scott Blackwood's initiation into the writing life

Ships coming in for Scott Thompson and Richard Byron, who get to stage Dames at Sea at the Goodspeed Opera House, and for Lynn C. Miller and Laura Furman, who will have their play Passenger on the Ship of Fools performed by legendary actress Irene Worth.

What’s happening in the Austin arts scene this weekend?

Here’s the lineup for Saturday’s O. Henry Birthday Crawl

American Short Fiction hits newsstands

UT nets the papers of Liz Smith and Jim Crace, BookWoman's back in business, an O.Henry twofer, book-cart drill-team madness, and what's this about a new Books blog?

Combustible Collaborators Joseph Skibell and David Yeakle

UT's Texas Center for Writers Reading Series

Showdown taking shape over plans to build 16 old-style coal-fired power plants, which threaten to push Austin's marginal air quality into the red

Maxo Kream, Monaleo, W.I.T.C.H., and Vitreous Humor highlight drop

Tommy Stinson, Thee Oh Sees, Mercury Rev, and 212 more