Books
Laying Down Their Lives
Written in Blood tells the stories of local lawmen at the turn of a different century.EDWARD BROWN
Plot twists, murder, and suspense aren’t the territory of fiction alone. Written in Blood: The History of Fort Worth’s Fallen Lawmen, Volume 2 is a vivid recounting of a pivotal Fort Worth era, told through the stories of 1...
The Booze Book
Bootleggers, bathtub gin, and blind tigers form the heart of new volume on Prohibition in North Texas.EDWARD BROWN
Book lovers know the dilemma: Should their next selection be educational or entertaining? With Rita Cook and Jeffrey Yarbrough’s new tome, they don’t have to choose. In the pages of Prohibition in Dallas and Fort Worth: Bli...
The Street: Hard Hitting
In her new photo book, B.J. Lacasse humanizes homelessness.EDWARD BROWN
There’s absolutely nothing glamorous or sexy about documenting homelessness, and that’s the point of B.J. Lacasse’s new book, The Street: A Journey into Homelessness. The Fort Worth photographer brings more than 30 years ...
A Texas Jubilee
Fort Worth author James Ward Lee celebrates the good/bad ol’ days.EDWARD BROWN
The fictionalized North Texas town of Bodark Springs comes to life in James Ward Lee’s most recent book, A Texas Jubilee, reminding readers that few things in life are as pleasurable as well written folklore. Fort Worthian Le...
Black Dawn Fades
Fort Worth author Rachel Caine’s Morganville Vampires series draugs on.ALEX TYLER
At a time when vampires have become their own little entertainment industry, paranormal creators have to work hard to distinguish their work from all of the ripoffs of Twilight, True Blood, and The Vampire Diaries already out t...
Happy 200th, Charles Dickens
Kristian LinThis past week marked 200 years since the birth of Charles Dickens, and there were celebrations all over England. Some people, like the Archbishop of Canterbury, praised Dickens’ skill at caricature, while others hailed h...
Fort Worth’s Rock Roots
A new photobook details Cowtown’s mighty rockin’ lineage.ANTHONY MARIANI
In a recent story on DC9 at Night, the Dallas Observer’s music blog, several local media types, including this writer, were asked to assess the North Texas music scene. Everyone seemed to agree that Fort Worth is the hottest ...
The Twenty-Nine Bombs
Though laudable in concept, J.M. Richardson’s debut novel sags in execution.STEVE STEWARD
Assailing the evils wrought by corporate greed and government cowardice is a noble — if not original — intent. But just as the protester who looks like she’s been at a rave all weekend makes it hard for conservatives to t...
Caine is Working Stiff
Fort Worth novelist Rachel Caine spins another fempowered adventure yarn.JIMMY FOWLER
Earlier this year, the Weekly ran a cover story on Fort Worth-based urban fantasy novelist Rachel Caine, whose real name is Roxanne Longstreet Conrad. After publishing many books under various pen names in the ’90s, Conrad hi...
Debating Texas Identity
Author Glen Sample Ely exposes some ugly truths beneath the state’s ruggedly handsome veneer.ZACK SHLACHTER
With Rick Perry making his bid for the U.S. presidency, you can expect to hear in his rhetoric many familiar tropes of Texas identity, especially as the governor attempts to set himself apart from the competition. Most likely, ...