congressman-headlining-grits’-zine-launch-event

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For folks in Austin, please come to Grits’ zine launch Sunday, July 23rd, from 2-4 p.m.. We’re going to record interviews w/ me and others by Congressman Greg Casar about the zine topic (the history of a neighborhood grocery store 2 blocks from my house that turns 100 years oldContinue Reading

new-year-check-in:-anyone-still-out-there?

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Having taken all of 2023 off, my spouse absolving me of all income generation responsibilities for the year, I left this humble blog to lie fallow, checking in only to promote other interests. I still don’t know what the future holds for this lowly opuscule, but having had multiple reportersContinue Reading

six-observations-and-a-question

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My mind has only partially been on anything criminal-justice related, lately, as I finished up the second of my little neighborhood history zines (pre-sale coming soon), and settled back in to Austin routines during the holiday season, after 4.5 months in Mexico. But as 2024 unfolds, here are six observationsContinue Reading

icarus-in-heels-and-fur:-a-murder-mystery

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My next neighborhood history zine, Icarus in Heels and Fur, comes out February 22nd. Without exaggeration, I think it may be the best thing I’ve ever written. Pre-order here. This one is essentially a noir murder mystery from the 1940s: When, after her husband’s murder, a petite but ruthless widow buildsContinue Reading