Speaking of Texas

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Houston Poet Lupe Mendez Grew up With Feet in Two Worlds

The 2022 Texas Poet Laureate works to provide a platform for writers and educators of color

By Roberto José Andrade Franco

December 23, 2021

Historian H.W. Brands Unravels Key Moments in American History

By Matt Joyce

November 24, 2021

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Exploring the New Fort Worth With Magnolia Network Host Jonathan Morris

By June Naylor

October 28, 2021

The Musical Legacy of Crockett Didn’t End With Lightnin’ Hopkins

By Heather Brand

September 23, 2021

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Fort Worth Filmmaker Chyna Robinson Shines a Light on Domestic Abuse

By Clayton Maxwell

September 23, 2021

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The Brazilian Dominance of the American Professional Bull Riders Circuit

By W.K. Stratton

August 26, 2021

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Essayist Rick Bass Shares How the Texas Landscape Shaped Him

By Brantley Hargrove

June 24, 2021

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Bigger Is Better for Ashley Kidd, 5-Time World Champion Wakesurfer

By Pam LeBlanc

May 27, 2021

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San Antonio Accordion Master Flaco Jiménez Lets His Accordion Do the Talking

By Joe Nick Patoski

April 29, 2021

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The Texas-Size Grandeur of Ben Masters’ Wildlife Documentaries

By Melissa Gaskill

March 25, 2021

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Songwriter Guy Clark Takes Center Stage in Filmmaker Tamara Saviano’s New Documentary

By John Nova Lomax

February 25, 2021

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PGA Champion Lee “Super Mex” Trevino Explains the Secret Behind Texas’ Great Golfers

By Jaime Aron

January 28, 2021

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Jeweler Kendra Scott’s Journey to Entrepreneurial Icon and Star on Shark Tank

By Kimya Kavehkar

December 24, 2020

Houston Dancer Lauren Anderson Reflects on the Progress of Ballet in Texas

By Sabrina LeBoeuf

October 29, 2020

Writer Bryan Washington Brings Another Side of Houston to Life

By S. Kirk Walsh

September 24, 2020

Grammy-Winner Sarah Jarosz Reflects on the Influence of Texas Music and her Hill Country Upbringing

By Clayton Maxwell

July 30, 2020

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Preservationist J.P. Bryan Has Amassed a Lifetime’s Worth of Texas History

By June Naylor

June 25, 2020

Yellowstone Star Ryan Bingham Keeps the Wolves at Bay With Songs and Family

By Michael Corcoran

May 28, 2020

Best-Selling Author and Twitter Personality Shea Serrano Talks Texas

By H. Drew Blackburn

April 30, 2020

Texas State Poet Laureate Emmy Pérez Draws Inspiration from the Rio Grande Valley

By Lori Moffatt

February 27, 2020

How Growing Up in Paris, Texas Kindled the Creative Fire of Artist Trenton Doyle Hancock

January 30, 2020

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Mo Amer Extracts Humor from the Hardships of Growing up a Refugee in Texas

By Kimya Kavehkar

December 27, 2019

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Stephen Harrigan on His Big and Wonderful Chronicle of Texas

November 27, 2019

Take a Moment and ‘Think’ with Dallas Public Radio Host Krys Boyd

October 31, 2019

Red Steagall, Country Hit-Maker and Cowboy Poet, Talks Texas Spirit and Overcoming Polio

September 30, 2019

Six Years After Moving to Mexico, Lauded Chicana Writer Sandra Cisneros Looks Back on Her 29 Years in San Antonio

August 29, 2019

Sedrick Huckaby Makes Art for the People: From the Streets of Poly to a U.S. President

July 31, 2019

50 Years After JFK’s Moonshot, Historian Douglas Brinkley Recounts Its Lasting Influence on Texas

June 19, 2019

How Sweden-born Artist Kent Ullberg Found His Muse Along the Texas Gulf Coast

June 11, 2019

Los Texmaniacs

Conjunto Ambassadors Los Texmaniancs on the Magic of ‘Musica Alegre’

April 23, 2019

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Dearest Dumplin’: Ya Novelist Julie Murphy Talks Teen Empowerment, Dolly Parton, and Her Netflix Movie

March 26, 2019

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Antiques Roadshow Star Bruce Shackelford’s Eye for Objects Has Taken Him from Abilene to Reality TV

February 28, 2019

Historian and Author Lonn Taylor on Growing up in the Philippines and Settling in the Big Bend

January 28, 2019

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Empress of Gulf Coast Soul Barbara Lynn Reflects on Her Decades-Long Career

December 19, 2018

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Austin Hotelier Liz Lambert Talks Texas—from Midland to Marfa to South Congress

November 28, 2018

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Former First Lady Laura Bush Takes Us on a Tour of Her Prairie Chapel Flower Garden

November 1, 2018

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Austin Piano Great Marcia Ball is Still Tickling Them Ivories

October 4, 2018

After Tackling Topics like Al Qaeda and Scientology, Texas Writer Lawrence Wright Is Now onto Examining the Lone Star State

August 27, 2018

El Paso Young-adult Author Benjamin Alire Sáenz Explores the Outliers

By Clayton Maxwell

June 27, 2018

As They Open a New B&B, the Junk Gypsy Sisters Talk Round Top and Their Passion for Junk

April 26, 2018

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A Conversation with Austinite Turk Pipkin, a Former Juggling Clown Who Became a Writer, Actor, and Humanitarian

March 20, 2018

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Lukas Nelson Jumps out of Willie’s Shadow

February 13, 2018

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Behind the Lens of Dallas Photographer Laura Wilson

January 12, 2018

Talking Baseball and Country Music with Charley Pride

December 14, 2017

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James Beard Award-Winning Chef Hugo Ortega Dishes on His Love for Houston

November 9, 2017

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Ground Control to Charlie Duke, Apollo Mission Astronaut of New Braunfels

October 15, 2017

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Eva Ybarra, the Accordion Queen, Was Born to Play

By Matt Joyce

September 19, 2017

Dat Nguyen

Football Star Dat Nguyen Shares His Life Journey

By Matt Joyce

August 23, 2017

Billy Gibbons TH Final

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons talks touring, Texas and more

July 18, 2017

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Country Singer Aaron Watson’s Texas independence streak

By Heather Brand

June 15, 2017

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