Good Reads
Q&A: Journalism Professor Kate Dawson Is Truly a True Crime Historian
By Katey Psencik Outka
If you haven’t heard Kate Winkler Dawson’s voice before, you probably will soon. Maybe you listened to the audiobook version of her most recent book,...
Holiday Reads From the Longhorn Universe
By Alcalde Staff
AT THE TABLE WITH LBJ AND LADY BIRD History, Humor, and True Texas Recipes BY JEAN E. SCHULER, BFA ’82 After years of...
A Wilder World
By Abby Carney
Author Millie Kerr has had a love for nature and wildlife since she was a child spending time on her grandparents’ ranch, a home to scimitar-horned oryx,...
Discover New Fall Reads From the Longhorn Universe
By Alcalde Staff
BORN TO SHINE Do Good, Find Your Joy, and Build a Life You Love by Kendra Scott A familiar name in Austin and in jewelry stores around...
A New Book Unpacks the Meaning of the Misplaced Objects We Miss the Most
By Abby Carney
Author Rob Walker. In an essay about ruining the magic of a long-lost childhood toy by attempting to replace it as an adult, Alex Balk posits that lost things...
Discover These New Reads From the Longhorn Universe
By Alcalde Staff
FORAGING TEXAS Finding, Identifying, And Preparing Edible Wild Foods In Texas By Eric M. Knight, BS ’10, Life Member, and Stacy...
Discover New Summer Reads From the Longhorn Universe
By Alcalde Staff
MY SUMMER DARLINGS By May Cobb, BA ’96 Cobb swept up readers with 2021’s sensational The Hunting Wives, which told the twisted story...
Writer Sindya Bhanoo Explores the Lives of Ordinary Women in New Short Story Collection
By Katey Psencik Outka
Sindya Bhanoo wants you to pay attention to the mundane, ordinary moments in life. It’s one of the center themes of her collection of short stories, Seeking...
Novelist Sarah Bird’s New Book Goes Back in Time to Dance Marathons and 1930s Galveston
By Sofia Sokolove
Novelist Sarah Bird at Austin Central Library in 2018. Growing up, Sarah Bird’s fairy tales weren’t the usual classics. Instead, she was regaled with true-life...
Art, Autobiographies, and Ann Richards: Discover New Reads From the Longhorn Universe
By Alcalde Staff
ANOTHER WORLD The Art of David Everett Edited by Becky Duval Reese, Introduction by Stephen Harrigan, BA ’70, Life Member The...