Archive for: books
July|August Alumni Authors
By Alcalde Staff
Broken Brain By Joseph Huerta, BA ’89, JD ’93 Joseph Huerta jumped right into personal-injury law after graduating from UT. He had seen it all—from car accidents...
March|April Alumni Authors
By Alcalde Staff
Short Boat on a Long River By Jim Cockrum, BJ ’51, MJ ’55, Life Member St. Paul, Minn., 1904: A boat race is about to begin along the Mississippi River, and...
UT Press Announces Texas-Sized Book Series [Listen]
By Rose Cahalan
In his 1962 book Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck had this to say about Texas: “For all its enormous range of space, climate, and physical appearance,...
July|August Alumni Authors
By Rose Cahalan
Cowboy Stuntman By Dean Smith, ’55, with Mike Cox Dean Smith’s biography is so colorful, it could easily be a film. After growing up in a small Texas town,...
May|June Alumni Authors
By Rose Cahalan
Chickamagua 1863: Rebel Breakthrough By Alexander Mendoza, BJ ’93, Life Member University of North Texas professor Mendoza is an expert in military history. In...
Alumni Authors
By Rose Cahalan
Cancer on the Brain: One Man’s Journey of Baseball, Business, and Beating the Odds By William J. Cobb, MA ’84 Lefevers is a Phoenix real-estate entrepreneur,...
Good Reads: New Books of Interest for the Longhorn Universe
By Jordan Schraeder
Patients of the State: The Politics of Waiting in Argentina By Javier Auyero From the checkout line at the grocery store to the DMV, we hate to be kept waiting,...
Alumni Authors: From James Madison to the Blues
By Rose Cahalan
—RECENTLY PUBLISHED— Letters to Alice: Birth of the Kleberg-King Ranch Dynasty by Jane Clements Monday, BS ’63, Distinguished Alumna, and Frances Brannen Vick,...
Edible Book Festival: Room for Readers, Eaters, and Wit
By Joanie Ferguson
Can’t see this slideshow? Click here. Have you ever eaten your words? Not like this, you haven’t. Surely the wackiest of UT events, the Edible Book...
Good Reads: New Books of Interest for the Longhorn Universe
By Jordan Schraeder
Frank Lloyd Wright, Art Collector: Secessionist Prints From the Turn of the Century By Anthony Alofsin Despite having his Austin home, which he designed himself,...
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Letter from the Executive Director: Speaking Up
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Our 2020 Outstanding Young Texas Exes on How They Got Here—and What’s Next
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TxExplainer: What the 2021 Texas Legislative Session Has in Store for UT Austin
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Faces in the Crowd: Taking a Closer Look at Who Filled DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium
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Alumna’s New Book on Burnout Argues Millennials Are Exhausted—and a Beach Vacation Won’t Fix It