The Booze Book
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...
The Street: Hard Hitting
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...
A Texas Jubilee
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...
Black Dawn Fades
At a time when vampires have become their own little entertainment industry, paranormal creators have to work hard to distinguish their work from all...
Happy 200th, Charles Dickens
This past week marked 200 years since the birth of Charles Dickens, and there were celebrations all over England. Some people, like the Archbishop...
Fort Worth’s Rock Roots
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 Twenty-Nine Bombs
Assailing the evils wrought by corporate greed and government cowardice is a noble — if not original — intent. But just as the protester...
Caine is Working Stiff
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....
Debating Texas Identity
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,...
Bad Dad?
Bad dad? Naaah. Frustrated dad? Angry dad? “I’m gonna teach this smart-mouth kid a lesson” dad? Oh, yes. Anyone who’s ever raised a child...
