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Books

Writing Programs Provide a Creative Outlet for Texans Who Are Incarcerated

By S. Kirk Walsh
October 20, 2026

Hiking

Exploring New Lands on Old Railroad Tracks

By S. Kirk Walsh
November 14, 2025
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Books

Deep Vellum Is Turning Dallas Into a Literary Hub

By S. Kirk Walsh
November 12, 2024

More

Are You a True Texan?

By Amy McCarthy, Asher Elbein, Joe Nick Patoski, Kristin Finan, Melissa Gaskill, Robyn Ross, and S. Kirk Walsh
April 30, 2024
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Author Tim O’Brien On His Great American Road Trip Novel

By S. Kirk Walsh
March 11, 2024
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Nixta Taqueria Chef Edgar Rico on the Joys of Tacos

By S. Kirk Walsh
January 31, 2024
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Author George Saunders on the Whole Texas Thing

By S. Kirk Walsh
October 24, 2023
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Nature

The National Butterfly Center in South Texas Is at the Forefront of Efforts To Protect Butterflies

By S. Kirk Walsh
March 28, 2023

Who Is Colleen Hoover, the Texas Author Taking the Romance Genre By Storm?

By S. Kirk Walsh
October 11, 2022
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Rio Grande Valley Birder Tiffany Kersten Set a ‘Big Year’ Record

By S. Kirk Walsh
August 25, 2022
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In ‘The Last Karankawas,’ Kimberley Garza Highlights South Texas Communities Often Overlooked

By S. Kirk Walsh
August 15, 2022
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Lockhart’s Library Is the Oldest in Texas Still in Its Original Building

By S. Kirk Walsh
April 6, 2022
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Hit the Road With Sandra Cisneros’ Latest, a Wild Hog Cookbook, and Other Fall Releases

By S. Kirk Walsh
September 7, 2021
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A New Biography Portrays Lady Bird Johnson as Much More Than Just a Flower Girl

By S. Kirk Walsh
March 23, 2021
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10 Texas Books That Defined 2020

By S. Kirk Walsh
December 20, 2020
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It’d Be a Lot Cooler if You Read Alright, Alright, Alright: An Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused

By S. Kirk Walsh
November 10, 2020

Books

Writer Bryan Washington Brings Another Side of Houston to Life

By S. Kirk Walsh
September 24, 2020
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Odessa Native Elizabeth Wetmore Talks About the Culture of Oil Booms in Her Debut Novel, Valentine

By S. Kirk Walsh
June 4, 2020

The Wild Detectives Bookstore in Dallas Takes Readers on a Journey for the Pages

By S. Kirk Walsh
May 19, 2020

Why the Bolivar Peninsula is One of the Best Birding Spots in the World

By S. Kirk Walsh
March 26, 2020
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A Runner Reflects on Lady Bird Johnson’s Legacy and the Companionship of Nature

By S. Kirk Walsh
April 5, 2019

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