Our July/August issue debuts a visual refresh in honor of our 50th anniversary. This edition includes our reader-favorite annual list of Small Towns to Visit Now. We commissioned five notable Texas authors and writers and asked them to write about the places that have inspired their work. The resulting picks: Lampasas, Lufkin, Levelland, Longview, and Monahans.
Made famous by Friday Night Lights—the novel, movie, and television series—Odessa’s Permian Panthers are still giving their all on the field. Twenty years after the movie’s debut, senior writer Ian Dille attended the Panthers’ big fall game against longtime rivals, the Odessa High Bronchos, for “Tonight, It’s Personal.” As Dille intertwines the game’s play-by-play the rivalry’s history, you’ll be on the edge of your seat, asking, Who will win?
The rest of the issue includes a photo essay about life along the Red River, an interview with Houston-born filmmaker Wes Anderson, and a reflection on the beauty of spring’s total solar eclipse.