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March 9, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith
Postscripts
Kip Stratton didn't attend either of the universities he's going to cover in a nonfiction book coming out next fall from Crown, a division of Random House, so don't blame him on those grounds if you discern some partiality in it.
"...of the universities he's going to cover in a nonfiction book coming out next fall from Crown, a division..."
Aug. 31, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith
Country of Exiles?
Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life
"...by William Leach..."
July 9, 1999 Books Review
Author by Author
Notable Folks in Their Own Write
"...Jim Hightower is one of 11 local literati contributing..."
May 1, 1998 Books Feature
Specialty Bookstores
Miles of Aisles or One-on-One?
"...The nice thing about large general bookstores, in addition to comfy chairs and other amenities, is..."
Feb. 23, 1996 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland
Postscripts
A new Texas publisher intends on becoming the largest for-profit publisher in Texas.
"...to make the best publisher in Texas. Lone Star Books, TaylorWilson's imprint that Hamrick directed in addition to being..."
Aug. 3, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith
Postscripts
Details about where Austin's own writin' reverend Charles Meyer will be reading from his new murder mystery about a serial murderer, as well as the Austin connection to British journalist Clare de Vries' I & Claudius: Travels With My Cat
"...own writin' reverend, Charles Meyer, will be at Borders Books & Music in North Austin (10225 Research) on Thursday,..."
Dec. 3, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith
It's a Mystery to Me
"...lit is missing out on the rarefied pleasures of books like Michael Connelly's Angels Flight(Little, Brown & Co., $25..."
April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett
Writes of Winter
"...published and the aspiring came to share fiction and nonfiction of quality. Several writers found acceptance by publishers following..."
Feb. 5, 1999 Books Review
Why I Read ...
"...What have some local writers and literary folk been..."
Jan. 8, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith
Bedside Manner
Rules to read by
"...Lately, though, I’ve been toggling between two or three books at once, usually a nonfiction book and one or..."
Aug. 20, 2012 Books Post by Josh Kupecki
Postscripts
Give That Jacket a Jacket
"...appear as if you do -- then Rob Weisbach Books is looking for you. To read their books. The..."
March 26, 1999 Books Column
A League of Their Own
"...sportswriter who could claim to make his living writing books." By the end of the decade, Shrake had major..."
March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett
Book Reviews
"...short-circuiting any hand wringing over McMurtry's announcement. These two books indicate that McMurtry is indeed alive and well, tracking..."
Feb. 19, 1999 Books Review
Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup
From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol
"...More than a few big names from across the..."
Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese
Civics 101
"...documentary on the working children in Nepal. 8pm. MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop, 407-6925. Free. www.monkeywrenchbooks.org...."
April 12, 2013 News Column
Bedside Manner: Ten Commandments
A self-described brat ponders his sleep situation
"...1: There are a lot of open books. I tend to have at least three books in..."
May 24, 2011 Books Post by Doug Freeman
Bedside Manner: Midnight Library
The more books there are, the less reading there is
"...Since my bed has built-in bookshelves along either side, I have a mini-library of nighttime..."
Nov. 29, 2010 Books Post by Nora Ankrum
Alternate Universes
"...Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality, Starring Everyone..."
March 12, 1999 Books Feature
The Wrong Cause
"...John Wesley Hardin was an asshole. That's just my..."
Sept. 18, 1998 Books Feature
Empathy for the Devil
Discourse on Evil
"...ornate detail that so richly decorated the first two books of the series Interview With the Vampire (1976) and..."
Oct. 27, 1995 Books Feature
In Person
The first book Jasper Fforde remembers reading, he told the smiling crowd at BookPeople, is Alice in Wonderland. Which explains an awful lot.
"...appearances (and disappearances) of the Cheshire Cat; it's the books' skewed comic perspective, relentless wordplay, and freewheeling surreality. This..."
March 12, 2004 Books Feature by Robert Faires
Postscripts
Should authors really worry if publishers are reporting a rise in the number of unsold books being returned to them from bookstores?
"...are reporting a rise in the number of unsold books being returned to them from bookstores? The Association of..."
July 6, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith
Book Reviews
"...appeared. Now, hard on the hooves of those two books is Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen: Reflections at..."
Oct. 29, 1999 Books Feature by Mark Busby
Postscripts
Don't Expect a Photo-op
"...of McIntosh & Otis, Ellen Roberts, owner of Where Books Begin in New York, and Jeff Herman, author of..."
July 4, 1997 Books Column
Stephanie Elizondo Griest Tracks Injustices on U.S. Borders
The award-winning journalist discusses her latest book, All the Agents and Saints
"...equally laudatory Margolis Award for Social Justice Reporting, her nonfiction reportage from Beijing to Mexico and almost everywhere in..."
Sept. 8, 2017 Arts Feature by Marc Savlov
Reading to Celebrate All Year
Writers highlighted on the last day of Black History Month
"...long fight with cancer, Lorde penned several works of nonfiction including Zami: A New Spelling of My Name in..."
Feb. 28, 2014 Books Post by Jessi Cape
Moving on From West Memphis
Freed from death row, Damien Echols reflects on where to go next
"...wrongfully imprisoned West Memphis Three has been well-documented in books, films, songs, and more. And after his release last..."
Oct. 26, 2012 Books Feature by Dan Solomon
Postscripts
Resistencia Bookstore was the victim of a car accident last weekend but vows to move on "come hell or high water."
"...corner of South First and West Annie, near Resistencia Bookstore, a motorist in an SUV sped past a red..."
Sept. 14, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith
All Creatures Great and Small
With the current state of the environment, long belabored by activists and scientists who point to any number of warning signs of planetary collapse, it makes sense, Chronicle contributor Dan Oko writes, that writers with deep green inclinations would juggle literary aesthetics and scientific data in their efforts to jar us from the stupefying impact of too much information and too much bad news.
"...for its preservation. By contrast, he said, journalism and nonfiction might help waken our environmental sympathies but were unlikely..."
