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November 28, 2011
'Bad Sex' or None at All: King's Dallas Novel Nominated for Dubious Honor
Stephen King made a rare appearance at the 6th Floor Museum recently, touting his new novel, 11/22/63, which was nominated last week for an annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award by the Literary Review. We understand that bad sex might not be the only reasonable gripe about King's Kennedy-era thriller, ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
This Week In Dallas Music History: Tales From The Winedale
There was a time years ago when the old Winedale Tavern on Lower Greenville Avenue was a decent place to grab a drink. That was long before Singlewide owner Kim Finch, who bought the Winedale earlier this year, had her team scrape dried vomit from the bathroom floor when renovating the space.It w ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
The Long, Dry Fall of the Texas Rancher
Ranchers are struggling to hold on to their herds during the driest year in Texas history.
Blogs
September 1, 2011
Top 100 Reasons Texas Is Twice as Awesome as Any Other State
Merritt MartinOh, you can damn well bet this is on the list.By now most of you dear readers are well aware of the Gawker-produced list of the 50 Worst States In America. Gawker placed their home base at 50, and the Lone Star State at 13. Sure sure, our placement could be worse, but instead of ... More >>
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July 26, 2010
The Tipping Point: Is it Un-American,
Or are Some of Us Just Cheap SOBs?
I recently traveled with a contingent of Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference attendees to Archer City, where we were supposed to meet with Larry McMurtry and tour his family's ranch before speeding back to cocktail hour in Grapevine. But McMurtry was laid up with an aching eye, and our bus ... More >>
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September 9, 2009
Down On The Grass-Fed Farm: The Beef May Be Better, But It's Still Damn Hard Work
Jayme RutledgeMarguerite Robbins with her cattle. Sweat pours down Marguerite's sun-baked face. She feels briars scratching through her dusty jeans. The buzzing and biting of mosquitoes is maddening. So is the old fence lining one of the back pastures. It's broken again. Marguerite stops wha ... More >>
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June 26, 2009
Lone Star Face
Jayme RutledgeMarguerite Robbins with her cattle. Sweat pours down Marguerite's sun-baked face. She feels briars scratching through her dusty jeans. The buzzing and biting of mosquitoes is maddening. So is the old fence lining one of the back pastures. It's broken again. Marguerite stops wha ... More >>
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July 18, 2008
Last Night, Larry McMurtry Was All Booked Up at the Nasher
Jayme RutledgeMarguerite Robbins with her cattle. Sweat pours down Marguerite's sun-baked face. She feels briars scratching through her dusty jeans. The buzzing and biting of mosquitoes is maddening. So is the old fence lining one of the back pastures. It's broken again. Marguerite stops wha ... More >>
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July 17, 2008
Legendary Larry
McMurtry and Ossana speak to the Nasher
Music
April 19, 2007
James McMurtry
Saturday, April 21, at the Granada Theater
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December 28, 2006
Levelland
McMurtry lays it out straight
Film
December 15, 2005
Homo on the Range
Ledger and Gyllenhaal are cowboys in love in Ang Lee's wrenching Brokeback Mountain
News
December 11, 2003
History Teacher
Elmer Kelton is likely the best Texas author you've never heard of
News
November 13, 2003
Star Bright
Plus: Gimme Some Skin; Dude, You Owe Us, Like, $304
Culture
April 25, 2002
Lazarus, Reborn
Peter Bogdanovich wasn't dead. He was just acting like it.
Music
November 15, 2001
Sam and Larry
The Winedale Tavern has an eclectic clientele. And at least one impostor.
Culture
May 31, 2001
Skip It
Why the best teen movie of the year, based on a beloved novel, won't be in theaters
Film
December 21, 2000
Ranch Hams
Matt Damon and cast tackle Cormac and give us a predictably mythic Cowboy flick. Yeehaw.
Film
October 21, 1999
Identity crisis
Boys Don't Cry, unless he's a she in this heart-wrenching true tale
Calendar
May 20, 1999
Draper's prison blues
Boys Don't Cry, unless he's a she in this heart-wrenching true tale
News
January 28, 1999
Odd Man Out
Dallas-raised Terry Southern wrote Easy Rider, hung with the Beatles, and influenced a generation. But he died penniless, and now his son must pay off Terry's debts--and restore his father's legacy.
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October 22, 1998
Night & Day
October 22 - 28, 1998
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October 8, 1998
Night & Day
October 8 - 14, 1998
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September 25, 1997
Events for the week
October 8 - 14, 1998
Film
December 26, 1996
Aurora Bore ya silly
The Evening Star can't-- and doesn't--succeed on its own Terms
News
October 17, 1996
Buzz
The Evening Star can't-- and doesn't--succeed on its own Terms
Calendar
September 12, 1996
Events for the week
The Evening Star can't-- and doesn't--succeed on its own Terms
News
May 23, 1996
Final chapter
A center for Texas literature at UNT closes
Dining
January 25, 1996
Evolving idiom
El Nuevo Leon offers subtle, delicious Mex-Mex mutations
Film
July 6, 1995
Love story
A first-time director triumphs with a tale of first romance
News
May 25, 1995
Archer County Justice
When a sheriff had sex with a criminal suspect, he called it an indiscretion. She called it rape. and a dallas federal judge called it a $2 million outrage
Music
May 4, 1995
Farewell from Cracker Eden
Texas journalism loses a great writer and friend in Grover Lewis
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November 24, 1994
Events for the week
Texas journalism loses a great writer and friend in Grover Lewis

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