Nixta Taqueria Chef Edgar Rico on the Joys of Tacos
January 31, 2024 | By S. Kirk Walsh
“Tacos have always brought me joy,” says Edgar Rico, executive chef and co-owner of Nixta Taqueria in East Austin.
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Singing Cowboy Tex Ritter’s Legacy Lives On
January 11, 2024 | By Joe Nick Patoski
Of all the actors, musicians, sports figures, and entertainers known as Tex, the most famous is practically unknown to younger generations today.
Heisman Quarterback Robert Griffin III on His Return to Texas
November 21, 2023 | By Natalie Weiner
Robert Griffin III is back—not on the field, but as a popular commentator for college football and the NFL.
In Praise of Magnolia, the ‘Greatest Little Town’ in Texas
November 21, 2023 | By Meadow Chase
Searching for Home at Lubbock’s Joyland Amusement Park
October 24, 2023 | By LaToya Watkins
Author George Saunders on the Whole Texas Thing
October 24, 2023 | By S. Kirk Walsh
In the contemporary world of literature, George Saunders is known for many things. There are his five books of wildly inventive short fiction, including the new Liberation Day, which features nine stories echoing current society’s existential despair and political dystopia.
I Once Asked Tejana Author Gloria Anzaldúa for Advice. Nearly 30 Years Later, I Visited Her Grave to Thank Her.
September 26, 2023 | By Erasmo Guerra
Were we going the right way? My little brother and I had never been to Hargill, a small town northeast of Edinburg, but we pressed on through the South Texas heat and the desolate backroads that cut through endless farmland that rolled into oblivion.
