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Snake On a Train: Getting to Know Patricia Highsmithnew
It's no small achievement that playwright-biographer Joan Schenkar is able to find perverse charm and consistent fascination in the messy, globetrotting life of Patricia Highsmith. At almost 700 pages, Schenkar's The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith is a horse pill of a book.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
01-25-2010 |
Nonfiction
TCU Professor's Memoir: Happy, Poetic, But Slightnew
Titled after his college nickname, Alex Lemon's Happy is another in a slew of memoirs in the vein of Boy Meets Obstacle, Boy Overcomes Obstacle, Boy Finds Redemption. Typically in such books, a self-destructive young man is thrown into exigent circumstances that force him to confront the selfish asshole in the mirror.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
01-25-2010 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Alex Lemon, Happy
Townes Van Zandt's Bayou Selfnew
Kruth assembled the debut biography on the legendary songwriter with a jazz player's loose sense of structure and a songwriter's ear for the music in human speech -- it's a good, riveting read.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Cynthia Shearer |
07-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Herd Mentalitynew
In his new book, Robb Walsh dispels many popular notions of cowboy cuisine, starting with the cowboys themselves.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
04-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
Rooting for Rootsnew
In a new book about Americana, the vitriol tries to dilute the poignant insights.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
02-01-2007 |
Nonfiction
