Tag: writing

  • Throwback to Tribune: Phil Collins on The Alamo

    Throwback to Tribune: Phil Collins on The Alamo

    Written by Nikki LaSalla. Images by The Texas Tribune. The stage was set: a picture of the Alamo Mission displayed on screens flanking the small panel. As the speakers walked out, moderator Stephan Harrington said what most of the crowd was surely thinking: Why was Phil Collins, winner of seven Grammy Awards, Disney legend, English singer-songwriter,…

  • Texas Book Festival Event: Sandra Cisneros on Chicana Feminism, Art, and Identity

    Texas Book Festival Event: Sandra Cisneros on Chicana Feminism, Art, and Identity

    Written by Sarah Lynn Neal. “I feel very young at 60,” Sandra Cisneros said, smirking beneath her glasses at this year’s Texas Book Festival panel celebrating her work in fiction and poetry. Held at Austin’s Central Presbyterian Church, the panel commemorated her latest literary venture: the memoir. Her 2015 book entitled, A House of My Own:…