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How A Freed Slave Disguised Herself as A Man And Fought with The Buffalo Soldiers
Posted on · In her historical fiction novel, "Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen," writer Sarah Bird builds on the true story of Cathay Williams.
Posted on · In her historical fiction novel, "Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen," writer Sarah Bird builds on the true story of Cathay Williams.
Posted on · Arceneaux discusses his book “I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé.”
Posted on · Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses his book, The Gene: An Intimate History.
Posted on · In her book, Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks and the Making of an Oil Frontier, journalist Maya Rao explores how the oil boom in North Dakota affected life there -- compared to how it impacted Houston.
Posted on · Meacham's latest book, The Soul of America, examines some particularly trying times in our nation's history when presidents and ordinary citizens came together to overcome fear and hate.
Posted on · Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lawrence Wright talks about his latest book, explaining Texas to the rest of the country and clearing up some common misconceptions about the Lone Star State.
Posted on · Journalist Brantley Hargrove talks about his new book, "The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras."
Posted on · Writer William T. Vollmann talks about his two-book series on climate change and energy, which he's dubbed his "carbon ideologies."
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: We learn more about a caravan of migrants arriving in Houston today to discuss the state’s so-called sanctuary cities law. We delve deeper into Houston's "apartment epidemic." We examine a new report about water pollution in Texas. Writer William T. Vollmann discusses his new two-volume series on climate change. And we learn about Sam Houston State's National Book Awards Festival.
Posted on · The actor, director, and activist has turned what was already an audio book into his first novel, "Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff."
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: We learn about college enrollment by HISD grads, we find out where the offshore drilling industry is headed, actor Sean Penn talks about his new novel, and we learn about the annual CounterCurrent festival.
Posted on · In his new memoir, Lamont “U-God” Hawkins talks about growing up in the projects, selling drugs, and serving time -- and how it all fueled his desire to make it in music.
Posted on · Writer Glenn Frankel discusses High Noon as a parable about the Hollywood blacklist. Then, film critic Joe Leydon talks about why the genre of Westerns fell out of favor.
Posted on · Longtime CBS News anchor Dan Rather talks with Ernie Manouse about his book of essays on patriotism in the modern age.
Posted on · Writer Joe Holley and photographer Peter Brown set out to document a side of Texas not often seen in the news.