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Texas Has a Water Shortage and a Water Glut. They Are the Same Problem.
Texas does not have enough water. Texas also cannot get rid of the water it has. Both of those things are true right now, and in the dry stretch of West Texas where... READ MORE
A Queer Texan Retraces Steinbeck’s 10,000-mile trip
John Steinbeck was already suffering serious heart trouble when, in 1962, he and his dog clambered into a pickup with a camper topper for a cross-country trip chronicled in his famous final book,... READ MORE
A Mirror and a Portal
From deep within I heard: “not a woman.” The desert stretched out in front of me as I drove. For months, feelings I couldn’t put my finger on simmered. I realize in the... READ MORE
From the Plantation to the Thicket: Juneteenth, Black Freedom, and ‘Marronage’ in Texas
In Texas, Juneteenth is often described as the day that Union Major General Gordon Granger marched upon the shores of Galveston to announce the Emancipation Proclamation—on June 19th, 1865. But freedom in Texas... READ MORE