Archive for: good reads
Good Reads Q&A: A Documentarian and a Longhorn Explore the Spirituality of Sports
By Eliza Pillsbury
Joe Levin, co-author of Religion of Sports. Joe Levin, BA, BJ ’21, Life Member, likes to say he’s from Los Angeles via Austin. Even before he attended UT...
Good Reads Q&A: Children’s Book Author on Getting Lost and Finding Your Way Back
By Katey Psencik Outka
Nikki Loftin, author of If You Get Lost. Nikki Loftin knew she wanted to be a writer since she was 9 years old, so she chased that dream in the graduate program...
5 New Books to Read in September From the Longhorn Universe
By Danielle Lopez
Woman Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives edited by Holly Gleason Chock-full of essays written by and about female country artists,...
July|August 2017 Good Reads
By Danielle Lopez
Armadillo World Headquarters: A Memoir by Eddie Wilson, with Jesse Sublett The year was 1975 when Threadgill’s owner Eddie Wilson created Armadillo World Headquarters...
May|June 2017 Good Reads
By Danielle Lopez
New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe Rewrite Man: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Warren Skaaren by Alison Macor, MA ’91, PhD ’00 Rewrite...
March|April 2017 Good Reads
By Danielle Lopez
New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe Miles and Miles of Texas: 100 Years of the Texas Highway Department by Carol Dawson, BA ’75, and Roger Allen Polson,...
September|October 2016 Good Reads
By Alcalde Staff
New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart, BA ’90, MS ’92 In her second Constance Kopp mystery—the series is based...
July|August 2016 Good Reads
By Alex Vickery
New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe Relentless: The Stories Behind the Photographs by Neil Leifer, with Diane K. Shah Anytime there was a major athletic...
May|June 2016 Good Reads
By Alcalde Staff
New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe Exit Right: The People Who Left the Left and Reshaped the American Century by Daniel Oppenheimer In his debut book,...
March|April 2016 Good Reads
By Alcalde Staff
New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth This true-crime thriller by Texas Monthly executive editor and Bernie...
-
This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
-
How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
-
Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
-
The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
-
Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor