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Dallas Summer Reading Series: Wait For It
Some things are worth waiting for, even as the world changes around you.
Summer Fiction
Dallas Summer Reading Series: Beneath the Lamar Street Sears
Long before Dallas came to know it as the South Side on Lamar apartment complex, the giant building on what is now Botham Jean Boulevard was a Sears warehouse. Its stories are there, beneath the structure.
Summer Fiction
Dallas Summer Reading Series: Les Poissons
Reunion Tower can be a whimsical place once you get used to your new mode of travel.
Summer Fiction
Dallas Summer Reading Series: Fading In
On Jefferson Boulevard, Victor’s was the best place to get a fade. And everyone knew it: the quinceañera happening later in the day doesn’t mean the line for a haircut wouldn’t be there.
Summer Fiction
Dallas Summer Reading Series: Early Retirement
The Robocop producers gifted Dallas one of seven replicas of the suit. And who better to take ownership of it, all these decades later, than the recently retired man who had maintained City Hall since 1978.
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Dallas Summer Reading Series: The Leaning Tree
The city and the state tried many times to erase the Freedman’s Cemetery, but Pearlie Mae Jenkins stayed until its history could be known again.
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Dallas Summer Reading Series: La Llorona Passes Through
La Llorona’s journey that night began at the Wild Detectives, but she was destined for what the Caddo called the Arkikosa.
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Breaking News: It’s Hot in July in Texas, and ERCOT Is Still Doing it Wrong
It’s very hot. But it’s always very hot this time of year. So what gives with all this energy panic?
Summer Fiction
Dallas Summer Reading Series: Granada After Dark
In today’s piece of summer fiction, even vampires play the Granada.
Summer Fiction
Dallas Summer Reading Series: The Greeting
Be careful what you say in White Rock Lake.