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Archive for September 8th, 2008

The nameless narrator of The Gargoyle has lived the life of a despicable man. A womanizer and pornographer, he learned the lesson of emotional detachment early in life. When he is caught in a fiery car crash, it is as though his outer body, covered almost completely with 3rd degree burns, has come to match [...]

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Last year, Stephanie Elizondo Griest was all over Austin.  Her fabulous book, Around the Bloc, was chosen as the Mayor’s Book Club book for 2007.  Thousands of Austinites read this book, if her BookPeople book sales are any indication.
Around the Bloc is Stephanie’s travel memoir from her trips in communist (or formerly communist) countries.  She [...]

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