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Kathy Blackwell

@kathyblackwell.bsky.social
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Editor at Texas Monthly. Board member, American Short Fiction and Austin Film Society

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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
So good to hear that Crider's has seen neither its last dance nor its last rodeo.
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
“I don’t know how long it took—ten seconds, maybe fifteen—for the house to come apart." During the early-morning hours of July 4, the Guadalupe River pulled senior editor Aaron Parsley and six members of his family into its waters. Read his firsthand account:
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“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”
The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.
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Ben McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
If only there was a film on this subject @chrislhayes.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
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Ben McKenzie Made One of the Best Documentaries in Years. Will Anyone Get to See It?
The ‘O.C.’ heartthrob’s crusade against crypto continues with ‘Everyone Is Lying to You for Money.’ But in a crypto-friendly climate, finding a distributor may be a challenge.
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Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
really, really cool piece from Texas Monthly on the world’s last dreadnought (with a cameo from A&M’s greatest alum!)
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Culinary star April Bloomfield will join an Austin restaurant empire in June. Her first big project: reopening the historic Driskill Grill. 🍽️
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One of the Country’s Most Lauded Chefs Is Moving to Texas
April Bloomfield is leaving New York to join an Austin restaurant empire, which has big plans for its new star.
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The job title is mundane, but the job description borders on extraordinary. Whether they work at the Alamo, the Capitol, or at a state park, a tour guides' mission is the same: to tell a story no one would ever want to walk away from.🚶1/ www.texasmonthly.com/travel/meet-...
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Meet the Texperts! The State's Best Tour Guides Want to Show You Around
Whether they work at the Alamo, the Capitol, or at a state park, their mission is the same: to tell a story no one would ever want to walk away from.
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Welcome to Texas's Loo-vre. ✨ Have you noticed Buc-ee's has expertly curated collections of art for every location. . . in their bathrooms?
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Behold, the Splendors of the Loo-vre
Buc-ee's curated restroom art galleries serve as a springboard for photographers and painters.
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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Oh this is such a cool idea for a story and gave me a bunch of ideas for places to visit
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Kathy Blackwell @kathyblackwell.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Here's to our park rangers, museum docents, and tour guides! We profile more than 20 of the state's finest in this wildly fun package. www.texasmonthly.com/travel/meet-...
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Meet the Texperts! The State's Best Tour Guides Want to Show You Around
Whether they work at the Alamo, the Capitol, or at a state park, their mission is the same: to tell a story no one would ever want to walk away from.
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Kathy Blackwell @kathyblackwell.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The birding world suffered a huge loss with the death of ecotourism pioneer Victor Emanuel in March. S. Kirk Walsh remembers what she learned from her time with him: "Becoming aware of the daily presence—and movements—of birds can give you 'a different life.'" www.texasmonthly.com/travel/birdi...
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The First Birding Season Without the Birdman of Texas
The renowned Victor Emanuel, who founded one of the first ecotourism companies almost fifty years ago, taught me and countless others about the ephemeral beauty of the spring migration and the wonders...
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Kathy Blackwell @kathyblackwell.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I am really going to miss Kate. (Good thing I live in Austin.) The trio’s scenes tonight were friendship perfection. #thewhitelotus www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
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Everyone Knows Kate From ‘The White Lotus’
Leslie Bibb has perfected the role of an Austin transplant from California  on the HBO series, down to the last hair on her invincible blond bob.
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Kathy Blackwell @kathyblackwell.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Happy Texas Independence Day! www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...
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How Big Was the Republic of Texas? A Writer Took a Two-Week Road Trip to See for Himself.
Jack Woodville London and his friends traveled across six modern-day states, planting the Lone Star flag—and irking locals­—along the way.
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The love you take is equal to the love you make?
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Sandi Villarreal @sandivillarreal.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Come for the nuns, stay for the accidental undertaker. A Lauren Larson special— www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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When the Catholic Church Ran a Public School in Small-Town Texas
In a bizarre precedent to today’s debates over faith in the classroom, a local ISD let nuns run its school for twelve years. It went about as you’d expect.
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Kathy Blackwell @kathyblackwell.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A celebration of Cecile Richards, from the inimitable @mimiswartz.bsky.social "She possessed an almost preternatural calm and good humor that must have frustrated her opponents to no end. " www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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Remembering Cecile Richards, a "Troublemaker" Who Never Lost Her Nerve
The former president of Planned Parenthood brought a family legacy of grit, grace, and good humor to the battle for abortion rights and more.
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Kathy Blackwell @kathyblackwell.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
"If you’re not a Texan, you can view from afar one of the most important engines of conservative policy generation in the country. If you call Texas home, the Legislature is also the political body that most touches and shapes your daily life." www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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The Texas Legislature Is a Mess. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Look Away.
A guide to making sense of the most nonsensical body in the nation.
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anna walsh @annamccachren.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Another job: @texasmonthly.bsky.social is hiring a features editor!! Come help us create incredible longform storytelling! www.texasmonthly.com/about/jobs-a...
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Jobs and Internships
Since 1973, Texas Monthly has chronicled life in contemporary Texas, reporting on vital issues such as politics, criminal justice, the environment,
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Kathy Blackwell @kathyblackwell.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Happy y’allidays! My annual Texas gift guide is ready to open. 🎁🤶 www.texasmonthly.com/style/texas-...
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The Top 25 Texas Gifts of 2024
American Dirt coffee, Waco Surf lessons, and other holiday offerings from our state’s artisans, designers, and small retailers.
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Kathy Blackwell @kathyblackwell.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Everett appeared at Huston-Tillotson last month and instead of reading, he told a (hysterical) true story from his past that he’s been unable to write about successfully, and I think about it all the time.
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Andrew Logan @byandrewlogan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Now that I've made the switch, feels appropriate to share this story I wrote last year for @texasmonthly.bsky.social about how Elon Musk unceremoniously killed a Twitter app created by two software developers in the North Texas suburbs. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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Two Texas Indie Developers Made It Big on Twitter a Decade Ago. Now They’re Fighting It.
After Elon Musk killed their Twitter app, two software developers in the North Texas suburbs are trying to shape the future of social media.
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Kathy Blackwell @kathyblackwell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
So looking forward to moderating this conversation tomorrow at the Texas Book Festival. Come on out! So much great FREE programming all weekend. texasbookfestival.org/schedule/how...
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How Women & Academics Transformed the Espionage of War – Texas Book Festival
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
All of our journalists, editors, copy editors, and more, in one place. 🤠 Give our starter pack a follow: go.bsky.app/6aWUdXw
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Host JB Sauceda chats with legendary tejano music artists and fans in this ten-episode series to explore and celebrate how the música mexicana genre shaped their lives. The first episode is available now! www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/v...
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‘Viva Tejano,’ a New Texas Monthly Podcast, Launches Today
Host J. B. Sauceda chats with legendary tejano music artists and fans in this ten-episode series to explore and celebrate how the música mexicana genre shaped their lives.
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