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Alumna-founded 2nd annual Austin Texas Book Trail invites community to support independent bookstores

Alumna-founded 2nd annual Austin Texas Book Trail invites community to support independent bookstores

Ana Taveira and Charlotte Karner April 10, 2025

  Michelle Zhang always loved reading. After working at BookPeople post-college, she now works at Alienated Majesty Books, and last year, she co-founded the Austin Texas Book Trail.  This weekend,...

Q&A: Alumna debuts novel ‘Play, With Knives,’ talks author’s journey

Q&A: Alumna debuts novel ‘Play, With Knives,’ talks author’s journey

Charlotte Karner, Senior Life&Arts Reporter April 9, 2025

When Jeanette Horn started her degree at UT, she wanted to major in English. Encouraged by her family to pursue a business career, with writing on the side, she studied at the McCombs School of Business....

"Why Alanis Morissette Matters"

UT Press book establishes why people ‘oughta know’ about feminist pop icon Alanis Morissette

Ana Taveira, General Life&Arts Reporter April 7, 2025

Alanis Morissette’s poetic lyrics and sonic angst have enraptured audiences since her 1995 album, “Jagged Little Pill.” Now, 30 years later, author Megan Volpert dives into Morissette’s legacy,...

Illustrator Pablo Leon speaks during the Industry/Publishing panel at the BIPOC PoP Symposium on March 8. He spoke on his own experiences and the future of illustration.

Q&A: Pablo Leon discusses creativity, career highlights at BIPOC PoP 2025

Elie Brunson, General Life&Arts Reporter March 10, 2025

Pablo Leon, illustrator, author and director, spoke at UT’s BIPOC PoP, a comics, gaming, animation art expo and symposium. Leon illustrated “Miles Morales: Shock Waves” and its follow-up, “Stranger...

A man stops in his tracks to listen to Cecily Parks recite a poem from the book Texas, Being: A State of Poems at the Texas Book Festival on Nov. 17, 2024.

Texas Book Festival presents ‘Texas, Being,’ anthology of bright poets from across Texas

Bailey Raymond, General Life&Arts Reporter November 18, 2024

The Poetry Tent bustled with nervous energy as colleagues, students and poetry aficionados listened to the “State of Complexity” panel read poems traversing the diverse land, history and emotions...

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Harry Ransom Center discusses literature, change during biennial Flair Symposium

Tyler Pullum, General Life&Arts Reporter November 11, 2024

With three days of panel discussions and keynote presentations, the Harry Ransom Center hosted the biennial Flair Symposium. After receiving the papers of writer Fleur Cowles, an American writer and founder...

Some novels transport readers far away from their everyday lives. Others, like those in the campus novel subgenre, offer readers a chance to look more closely at the world around them. The Daily Texan compiled a list of six praiseworthy university campus novels from the last decade.

Six best college campus novels from the last decade

Behr Rinke, General Life&Arts Reporter November 6, 2024

Some novels transport readers far away from their everyday lives. Others, like those in the campus novel subgenre, offer readers a chance to look more closely at the world around them. The Daily Texan...

Richard Powers brilliantly navigates ocean, dangers of AI, loss via decades-long friendship in ‘Playground’

Richard Powers brilliantly navigates ocean, dangers of AI, loss via decades-long friendship in ‘Playground’

Joe Ferrara, General Life&Arts Reporter October 4, 2024

“If you want to make something smarter, teach it to play,” oceanographer Evelyne says in Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Powers’ fictional 14th novel, after observing a formidable manta ray soar over...

Sally Rooney plays chess with readers’ minds, emotions in ‘Intermezzo’

Sally Rooney plays chess with readers’ minds, emotions in ‘Intermezzo’

Charlotte Karner, General Life & Arts Reporter October 1, 2024

Sally Rooney messes with readers’ psyches once again. Known for “Normal People” and “Conversations With Friends,” the Irish author’s latest book is a philosophical, contemplative piece on the...

Owner Seth Gonzalez and employee Mark Lundy, a UT PhD student, read a book at Livra Books on Sept. 28, 2024. The book — the oldest in the store's collection — is from 1612.

UT alumnus opens Austin’s independent used bookstore, creates space for local book lovers

Ana Taveira, General Life&Arts Reporter September 30, 2024

During his time at UT, alumnus Seth Gonzalez received a bill from the University amounting to nearly $17,000, all from overdue library books. “I checked out probably two or three hundred books,”...

Doctoral candidate publishes book on Latin American music made during COVID-19

Doctoral candidate publishes book on Latin American music made during COVID-19

Bailey Raymond, Life&Arts General Reporter September 16, 2024

Without live audiences to listen, thousands of Latin American musicians used social media to express their feelings about the COVID-19 pandemic. Authors J.A. Strub and Daniel Margolies worked tirelessly...

Two customers look at Alienated Books' "staff picks" section on Aug. 29, 2024.

Alienated Majesty Books marks one year as ‘home of the leastsellers,’ reflects on building community

Riddhi Bora, Senior Life&Arts Reporter August 29, 2024

Amidst the backdrop of cozy furniture and plants, book titles such as “Jellyfish Have No Ears,” “Man or Mango?” and “Fabulous Machinery for the Curious” sit on the bookshelves of Alienated...

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