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A Troubling Portrait of Scientologynew
In his new book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Austin-based journalist Lawrence Wright weaves tales of abuse with stories from numerous ex-members of the Church of Scientology.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-07-2013 |
Books
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Rebozos weaves women's stories from two languagesnew
In an era when books are being banned, hers included, San Antonio's poet laureate Carmen Tafolla is mindfully doing what she does best: documenting the lives of those whose hard work and fierce spirit offer the preceding generations shoulders upon which we unwaveringly, if not consciously, stand.
San Antonio Current |
Laurie Ann Guerrero |
10-31-2012 |
Books
A cheater's guide to lovenew
Despite all the TV jokes about New Jersey, it has long been the bedrock for our best writers — from Dorothy Parker and Philip Roth to William Carlos Williams and Allen Ginsberg — and don't forget the Boss, Bruce Springsteen. Now add Junot Díaz to that illustrious list.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
09-16-2012 |
Books
A Triad of Intangible Territoriesnew
Unless dealing with outright metaphysics, much nonfiction is mere map-making, stencil patterns, or instruction. And it really has something to do with the approach: how much song is given to each subject.
San Antonio Current |
RoberTO ONTIVEROS |
09-16-2012 |
Books
Benefits of Locally Sourced Foods Short-Sold by '10,000-Mile Diet' championsnew
"If our modern food system is so bad for us, why do we now enjoy dramatically longer and healthier lives than our ancestors?"
San Antonio Current |
Ari Levaux |
08-23-2012 |
Books
Byron’s Hex: San Antonio Author’s Occult Fantasynew
Lord Byron might have been described by his ex-lover Lady Caroline Lamb as “mad, bad, and dangerous to know”
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
09-01-2011 |
Books
Small Presses Push On, Despite Economic Hardshipsnew
“I regularly get these pathetic letters from kids all over Texas asking if Wings Press can donate books to their classrooms or libraries. ... I give away a lot of books, but those letters I just forward to Rick Perry.”
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
06-09-2011 |
Books
Meet the 21st Century's New Literary Movementnew
Early in the aughts, a new creative force emerged. Worldwide political events, crystallized by the 1999 Seattle WTO protests and the terrorist attacks of 9/11, energized a self-aware readership that embraced New Weird, the 21st century’s first major new literary movement.
San Antonio Current |
Rick Klaw |
01-06-2010 |
Books
The Word in Colornew
A poetry fan challenges John Hollander's white might.
San Antonio Current |
Pablo Miguel Martínez |
04-09-2008 |
Books
MAD Magazine Heads to the Librarynew
If only they'd had crystal balls, the juvenile delinquents who read MAD Magazine in the '50s could have blown the ever-lovin' minds of the moms who begged them to stop: "Ma," they'd taunt, "Someday this stuff is gonna be bound up in hardback and shelved in college libraries!"
San Antonio Current |
John DeFore |
11-28-2007 |
Books
Norman Mailer: Death of a Titannew
Norman Mailer, one of the last surviving 20th-century literary lions, is dead.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
11-14-2007 |
Books
Howard Zinn: Where Are Book Reviews?new
The prominent historian on the disappearance of book reviews from American newspapers.
San Antonio Current |
John Freeman |
05-16-2007 |
Books
The Death of the Books Sectionnew
Book reviews are conversation that constitutes a culture -- when we are silent about William Gass and J. M. Coetzee our culture is in crisis.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
05-09-2007 |
Books
2007 Texas Books Issuenew
Eleven Texas releases reviewed, with works by Stephanie Elizondo Griest and Taddy McAllister.
San Antonio Current |
Staff |
05-09-2007 |
Books
Framednew
We've got holiday gifts for everyone (who loves books with pictures).
San Antonio Current |
John Defore |
11-29-2006 |
Books
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