Books

In a new book, Bryan Burrough and co-writers Chris Tomlinson and Jason Stanford challenge the historical lore of the Alamo — including the story that Davy Crockett refused to surrender.

The district has so far pulled six books from student reading lists. The authors say prohibiting them will do more harm than good.

In over 30 novels and across dozens of screenplays, nonfiction works and memoirs, McMurtry became a beloved yet unsentimental chronicler of the American West.

The actor and author opens up about family, the art of living and learning from moments of pause.

Author Bernadette Nason's love-hate relationship with Christmas is captured in her new comedic memoir Stealing Baby Jesus.

From Texas Standard:In the 1980s, photojournalism student Pat Blashill captured a burgeoning punk music scene in Austin – one intentionally at odds with…

From Texas Standard:Early voting turnout has been high in Texas' most populous counties. Not so in other areas, like the Rio Grande Valley.That's why Erin…

From Texas Standard:As private space companies begin to send more astronauts to the International Space Station, it's easy to imagine how they could one…

From Texas Standard:The Go-Go's' debut album, Beauty and the Beat, climbed to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard chart in 1981. A year later, their second…

From Texas Standard:Jeanine Cummins' novel American Dirt has caught the attention of many, but not for the right reasons. Her story about a Mexican…