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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Olympus, Texas is set in hardscrabble territory, the plains of Texas, with the Briscoes, a family who brim with infidelity, some acknowledged, others still concealed, tick, tick, ticking away in a small town that history seemed to leave in the underbrush and poison oak. There are clues beyond the title, such as the twin dogs named Romulus and Remus, that this family tale is rich in classical themes. Think of it as a classic Greek tale, but pungent and falling off the bone like Texas barbecue. Olympus, Texas is the debut novel from Stacey Swann, a native Texan who s a contributing editor of American Short Fiction. And she joins us where else but from Austin. Thanks so much for being with us.
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Olympus, Texas is set in hardscrabble territory, the plains of Texas, with the Briscoes, a family who brim with infidelity, some acknowledged, others still concealed, tick, tick, ticking away in a small town that history seemed to leave in the underbrush and poison oak. There are clues beyond the title, such as the twin dogs named Romulus and Remus, that this family tale is rich in classical themes. Think of it as a classic Greek tale, but pungent and falling off the bone like Texas barbecue. Olympus, Texas is the debut novel from Stacey Swann, a native Texan who s a contributing editor of American Short Fiction. And she joins us where else but from Austin. Thanks so much for being with us.
This thing called life in Elizabeth McCrackenâs âThe Souvenir Museumâ
By Joseph Peschel Globe Correspondent,Updated April 15, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Whether they take place in Ireland, Texas, Illinois, Amsterdam, or Scotland, the marvelous stories in âThe Souvenir Museum,â Elizabeth McCrackenâs impressive third story collection evoke moving depictions of marriage and parenthood, and love, betrayal, and loneliness. McCracken, who was born in Boston, has also written two novels and a memoir. Many of the twelve stories in this collection were originally published in Zoetrope All-Story, others in The Atlantic, Harperâs, and on Oprah.com
What can Texas tell us about the rise and fall of the death penalty?
By the late 1960s, use of the death penalty was on the decline in the United States. But after the U.S. Supreme Court declared in the 1972 case
Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty as practiced violated the Eighth and 14th Amendments, there was a political backlash. By 1976, Georgia had a new capital punishment system that did pass Supreme Court muster, and other states followed suit including Texas.
In
Let The Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty, the Marshall Project’s Maurice Chammah examines how Texas reinstated its death penalty, carrying out an execution by lethal injections in 1982 and quickly becoming the leader in the nation in number of executions.