Another dark comedy from Richard Linklater, a report on the ideological battles plaguing public schools, and an exhibition of modern collages by Black artists.

Texas Monthly

16.04.2024

The Best Harlem Renaissance Poet You've Never Heard Of

Waring Cuney has largely been forgotten. But a new biography, ‘Images in the River,’ seeks to change that.

Texas Monthly

09.04.2024

How a Little Book Managed to Encompass an Enormous State

‘Texas, Being: A State of Poems’ has something for everyone.

Texas Monthly

14.03.2024

Terry Allen Doesn’t Care What the Smithsonian Wants – Texas Monthly

At eighty, the musician-artist-playwright is still doing things his way. (He is worried about the year 4024, though.)

Texas Monthly

22.02.2024

How Heartdrum, a Texas-Based Imprint, Brings Indigenous Stories to Life

The HarperCollins imprint, curated by Cynthia Leitich Smith, is on a mission to let Native kids “see themselves as heroes of their own life stories.”

Texas Monthly

24.01.2024

The Checklist: Three Books Worth Reading This Month – Texas Monthly

In this trio of novels, the past and present—or, in one case, the near-future—intertwine in a revealing manner.

Texas Monthly

19.01.2024

The Letters, by Andrew Porter – Texas Monthly

In this original short story, a San Antonio divorcé receives a series of missives from his elderly mother that hint at a past he never knew about.

Texas Monthly

07.12.2023

Texas Is Bursting With Independent Books – Texas Monthly

Our state’s legacy of great writing has a publishing tradition to match. Here are a handful of the dozens of outfits producing great books in Texas.

Texas Monthly

07.12.2023

A Wild Trip Into the World of Far-Right Novels – Texas Monthly

Texas's Defiance Press publishes conservative broadsides that border on fiction. But it’s the company’s actual novels that are truly strange.

Texas Monthly

01.12.2023

Highlights From an Impressive Auction of Texas Historical Artifacts

An original broadsheet announcing the fall of the Alamo, the first book published in Texas, and other stuff that Phil Collins will probably buy.

Texas Monthly

07.11.2023

Elizabeth Crook’s Thrilling New Western – Texas Monthly

‘The Madstone,’ a sequel to 2018’s ‘The Which Way Tree,’ is a compelling read on its own terms.

Texas Monthly

21.10.2023

How Dallas Became the National Capital of International Books

Sorry, New York. The largest U.S. publisher of literature in translation, plus a thriving global books scene, resides in the Metroplex.

Texas Monthly

21.10.2023

Larry McMurtry's Bookstore Was Legendary. It Exceeded My Expectations.

"Bookseller" was one of the Pulitzer winner's core identities, and at Booked Up, it showed.

Texas Monthly

21.10.2023

Indie Bookstore Week – Texas Monthly

Welcome to Texas Monthly’s salute to the bookshops that have shaped the lives of our readers and writers.

Texas Monthly

21.10.2023

How a Third Ward Bookshop Makes Black Readers the Main Characters

For me, the experience of shopping at Kindred Stories is more than just a transaction.

Texas Monthly

21.10.2023

Belly Up to the Bar at Texas’s First-Ever Bookstore Speakeasy – Texas Monthly

Who wouldn’t want to drink a Murder on the Orient Espresso martini?

Texas Monthly

21.10.2023

Four Reasons November Will Be a Great Month in Texas Culture

A Texas legend finally gets top billing, Willie spills on his songs, the Black Pumas return, and Sugar Land hosts Honeyland.

Texas Monthly

21.10.2023

For Your Next Book, Buy Used—Really Used

Much of the joy of a used bookstore like Recycled Books, in Denton, is in discovering the messages scribbled in a paperback’s margins.

Texas Monthly

18.10.2023

8 Texas Bookstore Cafes Worth Digging Into

These indie bookshops in Texas entice customers with menu offerings ranging from themed cocktails and coffee drinks to ribeyes and empanadas.

Texas Monthly

18.10.2023

How Nowhere Bookshop Helped Me Reconnect to Community

COVID put Texas author Katie Gutierrez’s book launch for her debut novel on hold. San Antonio’s Nowhere Bookshop came to the rescue.

Texas Monthly

18.10.2023

How BookWoman Plays Matchmaker for Texas’s Avid Readers

At nearly fifty years old, the BookWoman remains a safe haven for those seeking a place to process the world.

Texas Monthly

18.10.2023

We Thought Amazon Killed Local Bookstores. We Were So Wrong. – Texas Monthly

And not just in big cities—in suburbs and in small towns, new shops are serving up classics, cocktails, and community.

Texas Monthly

18.10.2023

Dispatch From the Ghosts of Bookstores Past

The independent bookstores of sixties and seventies San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas created community and opened whole new worlds for Texans.

Texas Monthly

18.10.2023

The Greatest Western You’ve Never Heard Of – Texas Monthly

A new movie adaption, starring Nicolas Cage, may finally bring the 1960 novel ‘Butcher’s Crossing’ the fame it deserves—right when we need to heed its message.

Texas Monthly

18.10.2023

I Think Murder by the Book Is the Best Bookstore in Texas, So Stab Me

Houston’s Murder by the Book serves up bloodshed with a smile.

Texas Monthly

18.10.2023

How Two Texas Bookstores Are Leading the Fight Against Book Bans

When I wrote my YA novel, I hoped to inspire teens to figure out their beliefs around complicated political questions. But amid a wave of book bans, my book could get prohibited from school shelves.

Texas Monthly

18.10.2023

A Celebrated Texas Author and the Indie Bookstores That Sustained Him

From McAllen to Austin, indie bookstores have provided Fernando A. Flores with far more than just reading material.

Texas Monthly

18.10.2023

The Big Map of Texas Indie Bookstores

We scoured the state for every indie we could find. Texas readers, you’re going to want to bookmark.

Texas Monthly

19.09.2023

Anti-Science Views Are Literally Killing Us, Peter Hotez Warns – Texas Monthly

In his new book, the Houston infectious disease expert raises alarm bells about those who tout debunked claims about vaccines.

Texas Monthly

19.09.2023

The Best Books, Film, TV, Art, and More Coming to Texas This Fall

From demon-possessed children to a world premiere ballet, our writers and editors share the art they’re most looking forward to this season.

Texas Monthly

14.09.2023

A North Texas Children's Book Publisher Focuses on Inclusivity

Round House Paper in Cedar Hill aims to tackle reading-level disparities by centering little readers in Black communities.

Texas Monthly

12.09.2023

You’ve Never Seen the Big Thicket Like This – Texas Monthly

Photographer Keith Carter explores the otherworldly wetlands of East Texas in a stunning new book.

Texas Monthly

07.09.2023

How This University President Rose From the Cotton Fields of East Texas

In her new memoir, ‘Up Home,’ Ruth J. Simmons details how she turned her humble origins into the key to her success.

Texas Monthly

06.09.2023

What Lawrence Wright Learned About Texas Politics for ‘Mr. Texas’

While researching his new novel, the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer discovered a whole lot about corruption, political combat, and, yes, pig hunting.

Texas Monthly

09.08.2023

A New Bio Asks: Did Larry McMurtry Really Like Texas All That Much?

Tracy Daugherty’s ‘Larry McMurtry: A Life’ makes clear that the novelist had an intense love-hate relationship with his home state.

Texas Monthly

19.07.2023

Announcing Our Newest Book, ‘Lone Stars Rising’ – Texas Monthly

In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Texas Monthly, our new book is a collection of original essays and portraits of fifty groundbreaking Texans.

Texas Monthly

12.07.2023

These Booked-Up Hotels Offer Literary Respites

Guests-only libraries and themed bars beckon lovers of the written word to these three Texas hotels.

Texas Monthly

11.07.2023

A Texas Novelist Couldn’t Find His Audience. Then Came BookTok.

Shawn Warner was at an empty book signing for Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor when a TikToker took notice. The rest is history.

Texas Monthly

26.06.2023

Eight Interesting Facts About Texas Whiskey History

Andrew Braunberg, author of ‘Fires, Floods, Explosions, and Bloodshed: A History of Texas Whiskey,’ shares some fascinating details from his book.

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The Checklist: Three Reasons This Is a Great Month in Texas Culture

The Best Harlem Renaissance Poet You've Never Heard Of

How a Little Book Managed to Encompass an Enormous State

Terry Allen Doesn’t Care What the Smithsonian Wants – Texas Monthly

How Heartdrum, a Texas-Based Imprint, Brings Indigenous Stories to Life

The Checklist: Three Books Worth Reading This Month – Texas Monthly

The Letters, by Andrew Porter – Texas Monthly

Texas Is Bursting With Independent Books – Texas Monthly

A Wild Trip Into the World of Far-Right Novels – Texas Monthly

Highlights From an Impressive Auction of Texas Historical Artifacts

Elizabeth Crook’s Thrilling New Western – Texas Monthly

How Dallas Became the National Capital of International Books

Larry McMurtry's Bookstore Was Legendary. It Exceeded My Expectations.

Indie Bookstore Week – Texas Monthly

How a Third Ward Bookshop Makes Black Readers the Main Characters

Belly Up to the Bar at Texas’s First-Ever Bookstore Speakeasy – Texas Monthly

Four Reasons November Will Be a Great Month in Texas Culture

For Your Next Book, Buy Used—Really Used

8 Texas Bookstore Cafes Worth Digging Into

How Nowhere Bookshop Helped Me Reconnect to Community

How BookWoman Plays Matchmaker for Texas’s Avid Readers

We Thought Amazon Killed Local Bookstores. We Were So Wrong. – Texas Monthly

Dispatch From the Ghosts of Bookstores Past

The Greatest Western You’ve Never Heard Of – Texas Monthly

I Think Murder by the Book Is the Best Bookstore in Texas, So Stab Me

How Two Texas Bookstores Are Leading the Fight Against Book Bans

A Celebrated Texas Author and the Indie Bookstores That Sustained Him

The Big Map of Texas Indie Bookstores

Anti-Science Views Are Literally Killing Us, Peter Hotez Warns – Texas Monthly

The Best Books, Film, TV, Art, and More Coming to Texas This Fall

A North Texas Children's Book Publisher Focuses on Inclusivity

You’ve Never Seen the Big Thicket Like This – Texas Monthly

How This University President Rose From the Cotton Fields of East Texas

What Lawrence Wright Learned About Texas Politics for ‘Mr. Texas’

A New Bio Asks: Did Larry McMurtry Really Like Texas All That Much?

Announcing Our Newest Book, ‘Lone Stars Rising’ – Texas Monthly

These Booked-Up Hotels Offer Literary Respites

A Texas Novelist Couldn’t Find His Audience. Then Came BookTok.

Eight Interesting Facts About Texas Whiskey History

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