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,...

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....

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,...

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...

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...

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...

“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 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...

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,”...

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...

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...