Asher Elbein
Asher Elbein is a Texas Observer intern.
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Bill King Seeks the Political Center in Houston
Bill King's new book, Unapologetically Moderate: My Search for a Rational Center in American Politics, hammers home a few central themes: Our nation is fundamentally centrist; our politics don’t reflect that truth; and, as a result, policy suffers and voters become annoyed. Full Story -
Celebrating East Texas with Joe Lansdale, Kasey Lansdale, and Wes Ferguson
Cult favorite Joe Lansdale knows East Texas, and he'll share at the Wittliff Collections in San Marcos. Full Story -
S.C. Gwynne Introduces Stonewall Jackson Bio Rebel Yell at BookPeople
Legendarily truculent confederate general Stonewall Jackson is the subject of Rebel Yell, a new biography by Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian and journalist S.C. Gwynne. Full Story -
Michael Morton on the Long Road to Justice
When Michael Morton walked out of prison in 2011, it was the close of a story that would put most legal thrillers to shame. Having spent 25 years in prison following a wrongful conviction for the murder of his wife, Morton was finally a free man, and he would eventually see the man who sent him to prison put—if only briefly—behind bars. Morton tells that story in his new memoir, Getting Life: An Innocent Man’s 25-Year Journey from Prison to Peace. Full Story -
Wittliff Collections at Texas State University Opens Charles Bowden Archive
To mark Bowden's passing, the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University has opened an archive of Bowden’s papers and published work for research. The collection stretches to 50 linear feet of boxes stuffed with correspondence, research materials, photographs and manuscripts that span Bowden’s career up to 2007. Full Story
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