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In a New Memoir, Attorney Offers a Glimpse Inside Texas’ Death Penalty Machinenew

A law professor at the University of Houston and a death penalty lawyer with the nonprofit Texas Defender Service, David Dow has for two decades represented inmates facing execution. His memoir, The Autobiography of an Execution, is a revelation, even for people who follow criminal justice issues.

The Texas Observer | Dave Mann | 04-21-2010 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Autobiography of an Execution, David Dow, The Autobiography of an Execution

Charles R. Morris on the Madness of Bankersnew

Millions of words have been written about the ongoing financial disaster largely caused by the subprime mortgage mess. But the most concise and easiest to understand handbook on the issue is almost certainly Charles R. Morris' The Trillion Dollar Meltdown.

The Texas Observer | Robert Bryce | 08-27-2008 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: foreclosures, subprime, mortgage crisis, Wall Street, economic issues, Charles R. Morris, The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash

Houston's Fady Joudah is a Poet Without Bordersnew

According to his champions, the Palestinian-American poet is one of the most accomplished and interesting poets to appear in the United States in some time.

The Texas Observer | David Theis | 08-13-2008 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Poetry, Fady Joudah, Palestinian-Americans, The Earth in the Attic

Talking Politics & Prose with Elizabeth Haileynew

"Like a lot of women my age, I missed the '60s because I was at home raising my daughters," says the silver-haired, silver-tongued author of the trailblazing A Woman of Independent Means. "But now that I'm in my 60s, I'm ready to march. In the third act of my life, I'm ready for the front lines."

The Texas Observer | Robert Leleux | 04-23-2008 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: activism, Elizabeth Hailey