Of the three late authors who made up Texas' early literary triumvirate—Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie and Walter Prescott Webb—Bedichek was the last one to...
35 months ago

It took me half my life to figure out that most of what I thought I knew about J. Frank Dobie was wrong.
44 months ago

A new art installation made from 32 large alluvial stones on the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail encourages strangers to connect with one another.
7 months ago

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation.
257 months ago

“I want to make a confession,” announced the esteemed naturalist Roy Bedichek to the diminutive queen of Texas birdwatchers, Connie Hagar, one crisp October...
51 months ago

Getting dive-bombed by an unruly mockingbird is a fairly obscure Texan rite of passage, often overshadowed by more-celebrated rituals such as learning to ride...
19 months ago

Larry McMurtry's best novels start slow. He could stomach only one re-reading of a manuscript, and he was famously resistant to editing.
43 months ago

It all started with a column published in this newspaper. A walking survey of Waller Creek from its headwaters in the Highland neighborhood...
111 months ago

The author, best known for writing "Lonesome Dove" and "Terms of Endearment," was also his home state's sternest critic.
44 months ago

Move over, J. Frank Dobie and Larry McMurtry. Texas has entered a new golden age of literature—and these are a few of its standout voices.
27 months ago