Brad Tyer
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Seven Contemporary Mexican Artists Interpret the Unthinkable in “Crónicas”
"Crónicas: Seven Contemporary Mexican Artists," uniquely interprets the drug war in Mexico through the eyes of seven young Mexican artists and photographers. Full Story
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Former Observer Managing Editor Chris Tomlinson Introduces Tomlinson Hill
Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name—One White, One Black (St. Martin's Press) has been getting warm notices from Texas Monthly to NPR. Full Story -
Bill Minutaglio Hands ‘State of the Media’ Over to Andrea Grimes
When we began reinventing the then-biweekly newsprint Texas Observer in 2010 as a glossy-paged monthly magazine, a passel of new columnists was core to […] Full Story -
It’s Story Time! — Texas Observer Short Story Contest Open for Entries
Elizabeth McCracken will judge the 2014 Texas Observer short story contest. Full Story -
Go Ask Alice—Observer Contributor Jennifer Mathieu Debuts New Novel
We don’t cover an awful lot of Young Adult literature here at the Observer, premature fogeys that (some of us) are, but when we […] Full Story -
Fernando Flores’ Punk Rock Fairy Tales Get an Austin Reading
Fernando A. Flores’ Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas, Vol. 1 chronicles a Rio Grande Valley that’s never been known as a […] Full Story
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Texas Book Festival 2014: The Observer Picks
There must be a million ways to approach the 2014 Texas Book Festival. Here are the authors and events that struck our fancy. Full Story -
New Biography Compiles the Legends of The Flatlanders
The triumvirate of Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock is a singular musical entity. It’s also an acquired—if acclaimed—taste, and John T. Davis, one of the most well-seasoned of Texas-music scribes, doesn’t bother making too much of a case for the band’s undersung importance, neglected influence, or ill-acknowledged greatness. Full Story -
Untangling S., Doug Dorst’s Novel within a Novel
If the book you’ve invented has an invented book at its center, do you still have a book? Full Story -
Welcome to the Drone Star State
At Corpus Christi's celebration of the launch of a new drone industry, the word "drone" was conspicuously absent. Full Story -
Hip-Hop in H-Town
In "Houston Rap," Peter Beste and Lance Scott Walker document Houston's rap scene and the neighborhoods that cultivate it. Full Story
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