Michael Hall
Texas Monthly
Austin, TX, United States
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After Eighteen Years Behind Bars for a Crime She Didn’t Commit, Rosa Jimenez Is Finally Free
Her ordeal included one final trauma: ICE showed up to deport her before the Mexican consulate intervened. → Read More
How Jerry Jeff Walker Helped Put Jimmy Buffett on the Road to ‘Margaritaville’
The king of the Parrotheads remembers the ups and downs of his half-century friendship with the late cosmic cowboy. → Read More
“It’s the Most Outrageous Thing I’ve Ever Seen. It Makes No Sense.”
DNA evidence proved Lydell Grant's innocence. So why won't the state’s highest criminal court exonerate him? → Read More
“It’s the Most Outrageous Thing I’ve Ever Seen. It Makes No Sense.”
DNA evidence proved Lydell Grant's innocence. So why won't the state’s highest criminal court exonerate him? → Read More
The Houston Years of George Floyd
Friends remember Floyd, who grew up in the Third Ward, as a gentle soul, a father, and a talented collaborator of DJ Screw’s. → Read More
Five Judges Say Rosa Jimenez Was Wrongly Convicted. So Why Is She Dying in Prison?
First came the sound of someone running hard on the breezeway outside, then a banging on the apartment door. Irene Vera opened it to see her neighbor, → Read More
The Secret Oil Patch Roots of ‘Summer Breeze’
The incredible true story of two brothers raised on the hardscrabble country music of rural West Texas who dropped out, tuned in, found God, and helped launch the seventies soft-rock revolution. → Read More
Texans and Their Boots: Reflections From a Few of Our Favorite People
The stories, the traditions, and the deeper meanings of the boots in their lives. A few of our favorite Texans reflect on the stories, the traditions, and the deeper meanings of the boots in their lives. → Read More
Why Does Willie Nelson Still Do It?
Willie Nelson talks to us about how he’s able to continuing writing—and touring—well into his eighties. → Read More
Tim Duncan Has a Car Story for You
The future Hall of Famer hangs with his buddy, Jason Pena, at their joint venture, BlackJack Speed Shop. → Read More
Young Americans
They’re young, they’re smart, they make America great. They’re also undocumented, living in the country legally under legislation set to end. → Read More
Corpus Christi is Helping Reinvent Cumbia
DJ El Dusty, the unofficial mayor of the Corpus Christi music scene, is ushering in a modernized version of cumbia. → Read More
DACA Recipient Dies Trying to Save Harvey Victims
Alonso Guillen died an American hero—even if many didn’t think of the DACA recipient as an American. → Read More
DACA Recipient Dies Trying to Save Harvey Victims
Alonso Guillen died an American hero—even if many didn’t think of the DACA recipient as an American. → Read More
Skip Hollandsworth Takes Home the Gold
Executive Editor Skip Hollandsworth’s book, 'The Midnight Assassin,' won the nonfiction book of the year from the Writers’ League of Texas. → Read More
Rabbit's Got the Gun
Kerry Max Cook, who spent almost twenty years on death row for a murder he maintains he didn't commit, sues the people who sent him there. → Read More
Louise Rowe: The Texas Playboy Who Wore a Dress
Louise Rowe was the only female musician to play with Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. Now she's taking her own band to San Marcos. → Read More
Richard Dreyfuss on Playing Kerry Max Cook
Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss talks to us about Kerry Max Cook, the Texan accused of brutal 1977 murder whom Dreyfuss played on stage. → Read More
Intelligence Quotient
The Supreme Court says Texas must change the way it determines who can be executed. → Read More
Kerry Max Cook: The Trouble With Innocence
For almost forty years, Kerry Max Cook did everything to clear his name after being convicted of a horrifying murder in Tyler. So when he was finally exonerated, why did he ask for his conviction back? → Read More