In the summer of 1975, doctoral student James A. Sandos happened upon carbon copies of the first two volumes of the three-volume 1919 report, “An Investigation of the Texas Ranger Force” while conducting research at the U.S. National Archives in Maryland. The report was one result of a legislative inquiry...
When I first began hearing news about critical race theory (CRT), I wondered how it had become such a hotly debated topic in the political arena. Echoing the sentiments of other state legislatures across the country, Texas Republicans advocated limiting what public school teachers may teach regarding the nation's historical...
A well-crafted debut novel that puts us inside the mind of a young single mother. Who happens to have murdered another child when she was eight. Puts the reader in mind of several famous cases, but deftly sidesteps any comparisons to exploitative, lurid, ripped-from-the-headlines pulp.
Feast:My hunger is no method actor; love,In the beginning, laid my hunger downOn mossy music. Days unworthy ofHer gaze are days no more. It all had grownAround her: every step a grape, to drownIn wine that went with every kind of food;Compared to non-existence, it was good.Milk, honey, coffee, spices; all was inHer custody. I... Continue Reading →
Slavery didn’t end in the United States on January 1, 1863, with President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. As the National Archives notes, the proclamation. In fact, it wasn’t until the summer of 1865 — two and a half years after the proclamation — that slaves in Texas were informed of their freedom. On...
about this piece Untitled (Chispitas)2021Acrylic and gouache on paper15" x 12" (framed) See More in Art...
when i fallplummetingsure as an arrowinto the deep watersof loveit doesn’t matterthat it's black as the pitmy eyes are faultybut my heart is sureyet navigating by the heartis a tricky businessakin to being a privateermarauding the open oceanfor a prizethere is none warrantedto issue an act of gracehence wewith no protectionare held accountablefor all we... Continue Reading →
When she holds the tin up to her ear, she could swear that she hears a voice. Not enough to recognise. It is, without doubt, one of the boys there for the season. One of the new friends her brother recruits every summer. Never the same — they seem to outgrow him, all of his... Continue Reading →
Kim Stanley Robinson doesn’t quite prove the famous Fredric Jameson quote used as Ministry for the Future’s epigraph incorrect but he does offer a readable speculative future centered around contemporary struggles. I fear the happy ending comes all too easily (it is science fiction) even if one were to calculate...
Semiotic Love, published by Austin’s Awst Press, is a collection of flash and micro fiction that ranges over a wide variety of human relationships — specifically, love in its myriad forms. The recurrent theme, at least among the larger pieces, seems to be that of communication within these relationships. The middle...
