Arte Publico
Arte Público Press Author Interview: Alex Temblador
Posted on · Abandoned by her mother, 16 year old Martha must adapt to a new life, language and attitude in Laredo with her Spanish speaking curandera grandmother.
Literature
Houston Matters
Project Row Houses Marks 25 Years Of ‘Collective Creative Actions’
Posted on · The organization’s Eureka Gilkey and Ryan Dennis explain how the project has affected the Third Ward and how it’s expanded over the years.
Houston Matters
Why Longtime Conservative Stalwart Max Boot Left The GOP
Posted on · He discusses his book, The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right.
Houston Matters
For Houston Educator, Being A Better Teacher Begins By Understanding ‘How Humans Learn’
Posted on · Rice University’s Joshua Eyler discusses book, How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories Behind Effective College Teaching.
Houston Matters
Houston Native’s Novel Reflects Own Personal Journey Of Recovery
Posted on · Alison Baumann discusses her new book, Thicker Than Blood.
Houston Matters
How A Texas Woman Saved High School Football ‘When The Men Were Gone’
Posted on · Marjorie Herrera Lewis tells the true story of Tylene Wilson, who stepped up to coach the Brownwood football team during World War II.
Arts & Culture
WATCH: Holiday Gifts With A Personal Touch
Posted on · Not all gifts given with heart need to be hand-made - here are some suggestions on how to personalize the presents you give.
Houston Matters
Writer Reflects On Faith And Its Loss In ‘When I Spoke In Tongues’
Posted on · Houston writer Jessica Wilbanks talks about her book, When I Spoke in Tongues: A Story of Faith and Its Loss.
Houston Matters
Book Uses Howard Hughes To Illustrate Women’s Plight In Early Hollywood
Posted on · Karina Longworth discusses her book Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes’s Hollywood.
Arts & Culture
Houston Has A New Youth Poet Laureate
Posted on · Nineteen-year-old Jackson Neal was recently selected from applicants across Greater Houston to be the city’s fourth Youth Poet Laureate.
Arts & Culture
Local Festival Celebrates Jewish Authors And Other Artists
Posted on · John Dreyfus talks with Joshua Zinn about the Jewish Book & Arts Festival at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center.
Houston Matters
Egyptologist Chronicles A Time ‘When Women Ruled The World’
Posted on · While many countries have yet to elect women leaders, noted Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney takes us back to a time when plenty of women led their nations.
Houston Matters
Writer Joe R. Lansdale: ‘Horror and Humor are Opposite Sides of the Same Coin’
Posted on · The Texas-based author of Bubba Ho-Tep and the Hap and Leonard series discusses changing notions of horror and what it’s like to have his work adapted for the screen.
Houston Matters
Rwandan Genocide Survivor Shares Her Story
Posted on · Houstonian Jeanne Celestine Lakin discusses her memoir, A Voice in the Darkness, about surviving the Rwandan genocide.
Red, White & Blue
WATCH: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Lawrence Wright Talks Texas Politics
Posted on · Catch the latest episode of "Red, White and Blue."