Books
Photographer captures what makes a cowboy
“The vaquero was in Texas before there was a Texas,” writes John Dyer. The original cowboys came north from Mexico with the big Spanish land grants of the 18th century. These expert horsemen can trace their ancestry back to the original mounted riders...
Essence of good teaching not lost in analysis of Latino students’ challenges
Too often in educational policy-making or research, teachers’ voices go unheard. For whatever reasons, those who spend the most time with students are often the last ones to be asked their opinion. Gilda L. Ochoa, associate professor of Sociology...
Author wields Valley’s storytelling tradition
A new voice has emerged on the Rio Grande Valley literary scene, but for those who have grown up on its rich local story-telling tradition it’s going to sound very familiar. Patricia Cisneros Young of Brownsville recently published her own book of...
Study of the super rich worth a read through
Tax season is upon us and if you’re staring at your W-2 wondering where it all went consider yourself lucky. Lucky, that is, that you’re not part of the 10 million Americans who are worth more than one million dollars. Imagine keeping up with all...
Writer’s lowdown on lists a bit on the abrasive side
I should start this review with a disclaimer that I am a compulsive list-maker. My to-do lists are updated every few days, and include domestic and work-related tasks (carefully separated), but my list-making doesn’t stop there. I keep running lists of...
Jan Seale’s poetry seems to be going places
McAllen’s most prolific writer Jan Seale has seen her work published in hundreds of magazines, collections and anthologies, but only once on a bus. As part of the “Poetry in Motion” project of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Seale’s poem “Big Bend: Lion...
Book reveals fascinating facets of former president
As the presidential race heats this year, many of the candidates will look to past presidents for inspiration. They would be hard-pressed to find a better example than Theodore Roosevelt. One hundred years ago, Roosevelt finished his second-term...
Ex-minister pens book on theatre programs
Philip Zwerling is a reluctant author. The former minister and current UTPA English and creative writing professor didn’t set out to write his new book, but after searching fruitlessly for a book that could stand as a testimony for the power of theatre...
Work, work and more work — author centers in on cubicle life
Scott Adams, creator of the cubicle culture cartoon Dilbert, once said, “It’s not the working world that brings out our idiocy, but it might be the place where we notice it the most.” Think about it, all of our human foibles, idiosyncrasies, and insecurities...
Dominican writer’s debut is powerful prose
Few books got more universal praise last year than the debut novel of Junot Diaz. With a string of successful stories in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The Best American Short Stories (many of them appearing in his short story collection Drown)...
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