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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Dallas Observer. letters@dallasobserver.com (Dallas Observer Editor) web@voicemediagroup.com (Dallas Observer Webmaster) https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.dallasobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/RSS-DAL_1320x825-100.jpg The Leading Independent News Source in Dallas, Texas https://www.dallasobserver.com 144 90 https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/best-dallas-independent-bookstores-13923736/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/uncategorized/8-independent-dallas-area-bookstores-worth-cracking-open-13923736/ Bridget Thomason https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/best-dallas-independent-bookstores-13923736/#respond Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:38:22 -0500 Arts & Culture Celebrate Banned Books Week at one of these local favorites. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/best-dallas-independent-bookstores-13923736/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/vietnamese-writers-to-start-new-chapter-at-inaugural-foreword-literary-festival-40602924/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40602924 Alec Spicer https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/vietnamese-writers-to-start-new-chapter-at-inaugural-foreword-literary-festival-40602924/#respond Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:07:37 -0500 Arts & Culture The new festival aims to spotlight the stories of queer and immigrant voices.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/vietnamese-writers-to-start-new-chapter-at-inaugural-foreword-literary-festival-40602924/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/best-of-dallas-2025-a-once-upon-a-time-storyteller-who-faced-the-dragons-herself-40600176/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40600176 Patrick Williams https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/best-of-dallas-2025-a-once-upon-a-time-storyteller-who-faced-the-dragons-herself-40600176/#respond Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:18:41 -0500 Arts & Culture Cassie Nova never expected to lead a children's story time, but she and the kids loved it. Conservatives didn't.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/best-of-dallas-2025-a-once-upon-a-time-storyteller-who-faced-the-dragons-herself-40600176/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/matthew-mcconaughey-takes-audiences-to-church-on-poems-prayers-book-tour-40599456/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40599456 Alec Spicer https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/matthew-mcconaughey-takes-audiences-to-church-on-poems-prayers-book-tour-40599456/#respond Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:49:52 -0500 Arts & Culture Texas' favorite son makes poetry for your parents' Facebook algorithm, but he delivers it as charmingly as you'd expect. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/matthew-mcconaughey-takes-audiences-to-church-on-poems-prayers-book-tour-40599456/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/best-of-dallas-2025-pan-african-connection-is-where-history-wont-be-hidden-40599161/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40599161 Patrick Williams https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/best-of-dallas-2025-pan-african-connection-is-where-history-wont-be-hidden-40599161/#respond Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:15:00 -0500 Arts & Culture Owner Akwete Tyehimba aims to dispel myths, promote positive images and build community. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/best-of-dallas-2025-pan-african-connection-is-where-history-wont-be-hidden-40599161/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/deep-vellums-will-evans-talks-of-books-and-culture-in-our-city-guide-23301960/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40597868 Chelsey https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/deep-vellums-will-evans-talks-of-books-and-culture-in-our-city-guide-23301960/#respond Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:30:00 -0500 Arts & Culture Will Evans, the founder of Deep Vellum Books, sees a booming Dallas literary and cultural scene. It just needs to be able to tell its story.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/deep-vellums-will-evans-talks-of-books-and-culture-in-our-city-guide-23301960/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/half-price-books-fights-book-banning-in-dallas-fort-worth-and-beyond-23308199/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/uncategorized/half-price-books-fights-book-banning-in-dallas-fort-worth-and-beyond-23308199/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/half-price-books-fights-book-banning-in-dallas-fort-worth-and-beyond-23308199/#respond Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:07:00 -0500 Arts & Culture Advocates say the mission needs every Texan who values education, not just activist organizations.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/half-price-books-fights-book-banning-in-dallas-fort-worth-and-beyond-23308199/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/birds-bookstore-might-be-the-best-literature-shop-in-dallas-23239249/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/uncategorized/birds-bookstore-might-be-the-best-literature-shop-in-dallas-23239249/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/birds-bookstore-might-be-the-best-literature-shop-in-dallas-23239249/#respond Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:14:00 -0500 Arts & Culture Located at Preston and Royal, Bird's Bookstore is a sleek alternative to the dusty bookshops of olde.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/birds-bookstore-might-be-the-best-literature-shop-in-dallas-23239249/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/writer-jeff-weiss-to-appear-at-interbang-books-in-dallas-23116248/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/uncategorized/writer-jeff-weiss-to-appear-at-interbang-books-in-dallas-23116248/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/writer-jeff-weiss-to-appear-at-interbang-books-in-dallas-23116248/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:03:00 -0500 Arts & Culture Ahead of a book tour stop at Interbang Books, we caught up with author Jeff Weiss as he examines the role he played in invasive celebrity coverage of the early 2000s.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/writer-jeff-weiss-to-appear-at-interbang-books-in-dallas-23116248/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/hay-festival-forum-returns-to-dallas-with-all-star-author-lineup-23032663/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/uncategorized/hay-festival-forum-returns-to-dallas-with-all-star-author-lineup-23032663/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/hay-festival-forum-returns-to-dallas-with-all-star-author-lineup-23032663/#respond Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:55:00 -0500 Arts & Culture The global literature festival heads to Dallas this fall, with events at the Wild Detectives and the Texas Theatre.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/hay-festival-forum-returns-to-dallas-with-all-star-author-lineup-23032663/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer