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Diane Wilson's Memoir of Her Fundamentalist Upbringing is a Delightnew
Holy Roller: Growing Up in the Church of the Knock Down, Drag Out; Or, How I Quit Loving a Blue-Eyed Jesus describes Wilson's Pentecostal upbringing in a tiny fishing town in Texas, where residents were ruled by poverty, labor, elaborate religious mores, and corrupt authorities.
The Texas Observer |
Emily DePrang |
11-06-2008 |
Nonfiction
Switch Hitternew
Attorney Jim Blackburn has been the strong right arm of the environmental movement in Houston for decades. But a new book by Diane Wilson is dredging up a part of Blackburn's past in which his actions don't appear quite so noble.
Houston Press |
Greg Harman |
10-17-2005 |
Environment
