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Four Brilliant Authors and Why They're Douchebagsnew
There are some truly brilliant authors who have such deep moral lapses that if we'd known about them before we probably never would've read any of their works no matter how brilliant. That was the key to putting together this list.
Houston Press |
Jef With One F |
09-19-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Industrial Icon Martin Atkins Knows From Touringnew
Martin Atkins has played with just about every metallic industrial band that matters, and released many more on his 20-year-old Invisible Records imprint. These days he's also the author of Tour:Smart, a universally acclaimed soup-to-nuts guide to life on the road now in its second printing.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
03-24-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Banned Books at the Texas Department of Criminal Justicenew
It's not an easy thing to find out which books the Texas prison system has barred from inmates. But we found a way around it: We asked for a year's correspondence between the TDCJ mailrooms seeking rulings on inmate material and the "Director's Review Committee" that screens the books and magazines. Here's what we found.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
04-08-2008 |
Books
True Fact Vs. True Fictionnew
An essay by the reclusive literary star J.T. Leroy in the Oxford American's annual music issue turns out to be a whale of a tale.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
08-29-2005 |
Books
The Face of Rock and Rollnew
The aesthetic of Generation X's music and clothing, the entire culture, is represented in posters for rock 'n' roll gigs, coauthor Dennis King says.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
02-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
