After reading about Japanese incarceration camps in America in the book “The Buddha in the Attic,” English senior Riley Williams wondered what other parts of history were left out of her classes. “I...

As spring settles in and the weather grows warmer, it’s the perfect time to refresh your reading list and go outside with a new book. The Daily Texan curated a collection of five books authored by UT...

Every March, UT’s Latinx Pop Lab transforms Patton Hall’s Julius Glickman Conference Center into a haven for underrepresented creatives. BIPOC PoP, which stands for Black, Indigenous, people of color,...

Five years ago, the entire Texas power grid came within roughly four minutes of complete collapse. Now, Charles J Petrie, Jr. (M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science, ‘91) explores what could have been in...

On most nights, cheers for women’s sports fill 1972 Pub on Guadalupe Street. That energy surged for books on Wednesday as attendees rushed to tables, calling out to friends over music and flipping through...

Known for her sharp wit, poignant social commentary and epic romance tropes, Dec. 16 marks the 250th year since Jane Austen’s birth. Producing six novels out of her house in Chawton, Austen achieved...

Author and English professor Elizabeth McCracken, published her newest book, “A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction,” on Tuesday, and will host her book launch this Thursday at the Harry Ransom Center...

Patti Smith’s “Bread of Angels” illustrates what happens when a poet becomes a historian, chronicling the tales of her life. Pioneering punk rock music, Patti Smith earned her place as a musical...

Every fall, the Texas Book Festival brings more than 250 authors and 40,000 people to downtown Austin. Despite being a two-day festival, the event holds enough literary talent to last a lifetime. The Daily...

Winning the Autumn House Press 2024 Fiction Prize enabled alumna Lauren Woods to release her debut book, “The Great Grown-up Game of Make-Believe,” on Oct. 21. With girlhood as the unifying theme,...

In August 2024, UT Law professor David Spence published his first book, marking his work the first “comprehensive scholarly analysis” on the energy transition’s challenges, according to the press...

In an era when digital media increasingly overshadows print books, the Austin Book Arts Center keeps the tradition of bookmaking and printing alive. Inside the center, paper is pressed and dried, ink is...