Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Linda Fairstein: Night Watch

Owen Laukkanen

Ace Atkins: The Lost Ones and Lullaby

Noir-Hop's Zilla Rocca: "I Like Crime, Women & Rapping"

Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. This is out of protocol. Big ti ... More >>

The Stinky Truth About Asparagus

Photo by Ginny BraudThe culprit. ​I'm just gonna put it out there. What is with asparagus pee? It's an age-old question (okay, maybe not). Novelist Marcel Proust wrote in 1913 that asparagus "transforms my chamber-pot into a flask of perfume." Eau d'Asparagus? I'm not quite sure what passed ... More >>

Top 5 Musician Novelists

Ted Barron/New West RecordsSteve Earle: What's up, Doc?​Despite what our paychecks and sometimes even our diplomas say, the perception persists that music journalists are not "real" journalists. Similarly, no matter how literate their lyrics, some folks think musicians could not possibly put p ... More >>

Sara Paretsky: Body Work

The author of the V.I. Warshawski series gives readers another thriller

How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Kidnapping: Ace Atkins on Infamous

​Novelist Ace Atkins is in town to promote his newst book Infamous, an account of Machine Gun Kelly and his wife Kathryn's 1933 kidnapping of Charles Urschel, an Oklahoma oilman.  While the couple did get $200,000 in ransom, the kidnapping was more a comedy of errors than a precisely pla ... More >>

Daniel Silva Talks About The Defector

 Novelist Daniel Silva's coming to Houston on Sunday to read from his latest thriller, The Defector. Fast-paced and intense, the book follows former Israeli operative Gabriel Allon, a frequent Silva character, as he searches for a Russian defector who's gone missing. Silva spoke to Hair Balls a ... More >>

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Get Inside. It's Summertime!

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

Tarnished Ivory

The White Countess writes an inglorious final chapter for a dynamic filmmaking duo

Wars, Penguins and Gays: Oh, My!

The year in review

Vile with a Smile

Stephen Fry masterfully transcribes the wit of Waugh to the big screen

Making Book

Seabiscuit is a good enough breed to overtake other summer movies

Golden Room with No View

Merchant Ivory's lush take on Henry James needs a few more turns of the screw

Back to School

Once again, here's to you, Mrs. Robinson

More Panting than Painting

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Lover Men

Three films offer differing takes on the myth of the romantic hero