Never Mind the Playoff. It’s College Football Bowl Week.
Poor SMU. Not only did the Mustangs lose to Penn State, 38–10, in the first round of the College Football Playoff, but every other Texas team is undefeated so far this postseason. Everybody knows ab...
Why Yemeni Coffee Shops Are Suddenly Everywhere in Texas
Some of the most popular late-night spots in Texas right now have no loud music and no alcohol—just the whir of espresso machines, the smells of cinnamon and cardamom, the clinking of ceramic and gl...
The Stories We Wish We’d Published This Year
Consider briefly, the editors. In 2024, we covered two elections, the billionaires influencing them, and the shows and music we watched or listened to to distract ourselves from them. We knew we’d b...
My Favorite Texas Barbecue Bites of 2024
I’ve eaten well this year. The search for the best Texas-style barbecue joints outside Texas took me across the country for the first part of the year, and I spent the second half of 2024 exploring ...
2024: The Year Country Music Broke
When Post Malone decided to go country, he did it in a big way. Other pop artists who’ve plotted country crossovers have done so humbly, usually after their sales have started to slip. But that’s ...
Nora and Johnny Canales’s Love Story Began With a Grito
One night in 1994, Nora Perez stood onstage at a cavernous Corpus Christi nightclub, awaiting her turn to unleash a scream before a crowd of sweaty partygoers. As the prismatic stage lights glimmered ...
Can You Ever Leave a Difficult Childhood Behind?
Somehow I missed much of the late-fall hype surrounding the release of Sarah LaBrie’s No One Gets to Fall Apart (Harper)—the “Best Books of Fall” plug from Oprah’s website, the favorable New...