In recent years, Texas has become an epicenter of the rapidly-spreading book banning movement. This year alone, our state lawmakers lead the nation with at least 31 proposed bills that the American Library Association says would effectively restrict librarians’ abilities to do their jobs. One such bill, Senate Bill 13, passed through the Texas Senate […]
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The Things I Remember
From the book THE TELL by Amy Griffin. Copyright © 2025 by Amy Griffin. Published by The Dial Press, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. I want to tell you about the things that I remember. The things I have always remembered, things I remember still. […]
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The Texas Voyager: Friday Night Lights, Friday Night Lights, or… Friday Night Lights?
Texas hasn’t gotten its due as a major piece in the complex puzzle of American art. We’re here to rectify that. Every two weeks, H. Drew Blackburn will conduct a thoroughly scientific analysis of the 254 essential (one for every county) books, movies, tv shows, albums, podcasts, songs, and magazine articles — you name it […]