Own Horn – The Wild Detectives https://thewilddetectives.com Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:39:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://thewilddetectives.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-wd-icon-150x150.png Own Horn – The Wild Detectives https://thewilddetectives.com 32 32 Gift Cards and More…. https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/join-the-wild-detectives-gift-card-and-membership-program/ Sun, 07 Feb 2021 21:08:00 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=8054 Gift the perfect evening in Bishop Arts!

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Books, records, cocktails, pinchos, wine, paellas, beer, shows, tastings, plays, you name it!

 

Welcome to our new digital gift card program, now you can add whatever value you want to your gift card  and send it to a friend with a message, they will get the gift card on their email and they can use it at anytime, they never expire. Additionally, all our gift cards are also valid for our sister restaurant Sketches of Spain, so you can pretty much gift them the perfect evening in Bishop Arts 🙂

And for the die hard fans, here is our membership program, which allows you to enjoy all those things you love at a more affordable price. Once you join, you’ll get unlimited 10% off on every purchase you make at our both establishments: The Wild Detectives and Sketches of Spain. It will also give you special access to tastings, shows and other activities that we program at both locations.

You can select a six months or one year membership period. It’s very easy to join and enjoy, select the membership period you would like to get, once you do it, you will receive a code, just give us that code when you make a purchase at any of our establishments and you’ll get 10% off automatically. You can use it for as many times as you want at both spaces during your membership period. Another great gift!

¡Hasta pronto, amigos!

 

 

 

 

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The Wild Detectives Launch a Travel Agency https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/the-wild-detectives-launch-a-travel-agency/ https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/the-wild-detectives-launch-a-travel-agency/#respond Thu, 07 May 2020 16:13:14 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=7916 Travelling now is easier than ever!

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We know that during these trying times, discover new places is one of those activities that we miss the most, among many other things. Since we can’t offer you yet our regular doses of books, drinks and programming, we decided to at least serve you with that other activity that we all wish to do nowadays: TRAVELLING

Check our new travel website, escape to a remote destination or to a local place you’ve been wanting to visit -all at unbeatable prices. And stay tuned for new packages and deals coming every week.

Book your next trip here!

 

 

 

 

 

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Inner Moonlight Second Anniversary https://thewilddetectives.com/logen/articles/own-horn/inner-moonlight-second-anniversary/ https://thewilddetectives.com/logen/articles/own-horn/inner-moonlight-second-anniversary/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:00:55 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=7907 Inner Moonlight, our monthly poetry series, celebrates its second anniversary with a virtual experience, 11 poets read their poems from their homes. Make sure you click on this link to watch all the performances on YouTube.

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If you’ve ever been to Inner Moonlight, you know the show starts something like this: Howdy! This is Inner Moonlight, the Wild Detectives’ monthly poetry show. I’m your host, Logen Cure, and y’all, I am super stoked about our feature poets tonight!

This April marks two years of being utterly stoked about all the poets and writers I have had the honor of hosting. In the last year, we’ve featured 22 writers, published six interviews, and one book review, with the help of Inner Moonlight collaborator Katy Dycus. Last April, we celebrated our first anniversary by inviting back all of our featured writers for a massive poetry party in the Wild Detectives backyard. This year, we are creating a similar sort of experience virtually. I am proud to present this series of videos from many of our amazing writers from the past year of Inner Moonlight!

One of the goals of Inner Moonlight is to hype folks with new books, which is why we developed the practice of interviews and reviews. In the video descriptions, you will find information on where you can learn more about these writers, and any books they have published. Just like I always say during intermission: buy a book!

The other thing we do at Inner Moonlight is create space for each other. It is such a powerful thing to gather and listen. So many people have approached me after shows to say how beautiful the night was, how warm and inviting the Wild Detectives is, how brilliant the features are, how surprising and fun the open mic is. While I miss curating that physical space, I have to say, seeing all these gorgeous faces and hearing work I love has done me so much good. I hope it does you good, as well. I am deeply proud of all we have accomplished and the magic we have created together.

Stay tuned for the future of Inner Moonlight!

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Gift Cards & Membership Program https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/new-membership-program/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:09:35 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=7883 Customize any gift card with the amount you want and a personalized message or join our membership and Get unlimited 10% off on every purchase you make at both The Wild Detectives and Sketches of Spain!

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Books, records, cocktails, pinchos, wine, paellas, beer, shows, tastings, plays, you name it!

Go to the link below and select the amount of gift card you’d like to purchase, it’s a digital card , it does not expire and it’s valid for both The Wild Detectives and our sister spanish restaurant Sketches of Spain. You can send the card directly to you or to a friend with a personalized message.

You can also join our membership program, which allows you to enjoy all those things you love at a more affordable price. Once you join, you’ll get unlimited 10% off on every purchase you make at our both establishments: The Wild Detectives and Sketches of Spain. It will also give you special access to tastings, shows and other activities that we program at both locations.

You can select a 6 month or a one year membership period. Your period of membership will kick in only when both establishments are open to the public (we hope soon!) however, by joining now, you’ll start today getting 10% off in any pick up order you make at our Spanish restaurant Sketches of Spain -in addition to the membership period that you select.

It’s very easy to join and enjoy, select the membership period you would like to get, once you do it, you will receive a code, just give us that code when you make a purchase at any of our establishments and you’ll get 10% off automatically, the only thing we ask is that the membership holder´s name matches the person making the payment. You can use it for as many times as you want at both spaces during your membership period.

¡Hasta pronto, amigos!

 

 

 

 

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Buy a Book. Get a Drink. https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/buy-a-book-get-a-drink/ https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/buy-a-book-get-a-drink/#respond Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:30:12 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=7862 We might be physically closed, but we're still providing great reads through our ordering service.

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Unfortunately, due to the current circumstances concerning the COVID-19, we can not longer offer you our house drink for every book order. Nevertheless, we invite you to visit our new virtual shop hosted by our friends at Bookshop.

You’ll find any title you’re looking for, you’ll get a 10% discount and we’ll be forever grateful for the help provided during these difficult times.

Visit our virtual shop here

¡Salud!

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Solve Your February Slump With True Crime Month at WD https://thewilddetectives.com/lauren/articles/own-horn/true-crime/ https://thewilddetectives.com/lauren/articles/own-horn/true-crime/#respond Fri, 11 Jan 2019 23:47:46 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=6979 In February (and the very last bit of January) we're hosting a True Crime series programmed by Lauren Smart.

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My obsession with true crime stories follows a predictably millennial path. First, it was Serial, the hit NPR podcast. Then Making a Murderer, the first show I ever binge watched on Netflix. These dalliances led to obsessive periods with everything from O.J. Simpson to Michael Peterson to Amanda Knox to Charles Manson. Podcasts like You Must Remember This and My Favorite Murder turned road trips into thrilling, if a bit twisted, adventures.

Watch one true crime documentary on Netflix, and the algorithm will feed you a dozen more. Last year, I, along with thousands of other Americans, became an expert on Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and Antelope, Oregon; Marjorie Diehl Armstrong and the pizza bomber.

This obsession has led to all kinds of discussions with friends and family about the human capacity for evil. About injustice, mental health, but also, about what on earth is wrong with us that we consume crime as entertainment?

We plan to ask these questions and many more during True Crime Month at The Wild Detectives. We’ve programmed events at the shop to discuss everything from crime reporting to why we’re obsessed with dead little girls.

True Crime #01

Tuesday, Jan. 29 @ 7:30 p.m.
How to Cover a Crime: A convo with crime reporters
Many times, the first point of entry into the details of a crime is through the reporting of diligent journalists, who have to stare daily at some of the world’s most gruesome acts and injustices. Tom Huang will moderate a conversation with some of the state’s top reporters who have covered a variety of crimes.

True Crime #02

Thursday, Jan. 31 @ 7:30 p.m.
Gilbert King author of Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found in conversation with Chris Vognar.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King’s newest book is a gripping account of a small town with a big secret. He’ll discuss American bigotry and corruption, chronicling complicated crimes and more with one of the city’s foremost critics, Chris Vognar.

True Crime #03

Feb. 7 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sarah Weinman, author of The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World, in conversation with Caitlin Cruz
In this well-researched book, Sarah Weinman tells the story of the kidnapping of 11-year-old Sally Horner by a child molester, who held her captive in plain sight. She expertly weaves this with the story of Vladmir Nabakov’s creation of his book, Lolita. This connection allows for thoughtful analysis of this obsession with the devastation of little girls.

Thursday, Feb. 14 (time to be announced)
True Romance @ The Texas Theater
What’s more romantic than a not-so-true crime story about pimps, drugs, and the mob?

TrueCrime #04

Thursday, Feb. 21 @ 7:30 p.m.
Piper Weiss author of You All Grow Up and Leave Me in conversation with Lauren Smart
Writer Piper Weiss finds herself looking back at a chilling story from her teenage years in her true crime meets coming-of-age memoir, You All Grow Up and Leave Me. Her complicated feelings toward the perpetrator of one of the more disturbing crimes of the 1990’s allows her to tell a story about the vulnerability of adolescence, particularly that of a teenage girl in the late 20th century. It’s one of the most honest, revelatory books about why the stories we tell matter.

True Crime #05

Thursday, Feb. 28 @ 7:30 p.m.
Laura Beil (Dr. Death) in conversation with Skip Hollandsworth (The Midnight Assassin)
One of the podcast sensations of 2018 hit a little close to home. The story of Christopher Duntsch, a.k.a. Dr. Death, who was a spinal surgeon in the D/FW metroplex, is one of the most horrific tales to come out of the medical industry… ever. Laura Beil, the reporter and voice of the podcast, will discuss the story and the making of the podcast with another renowned journalist and author, Skip Hollandsworth.

 

Photos by Weegee

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The ‘Bestest’ of 2018 https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/the-bestest-of-2018/ https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/the-bestest-of-2018/#respond Tue, 18 Dec 2018 03:38:45 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=6913 The very best of 2018 according to The Wild Detectives' extended family.

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There’s something beautiful about the last days of the year. All that looking back, the pondering… Our 2018 long story short: we’re here, we’re growing, we’re proud of our little victories.

Some of those little victories include a new record number of events –more than 200 this year– thanks, in most part, to series like Kids in the Cliff, our kids storytelling time hosted by Lanie DeLay on Sunday mornings, Inner Moonlight, our poetry reading series hosted by Logen Cure every second Wednesday, and our book clubs, the English one hosted by John Bradley, and the Spanish one hosted by Ana Campoy.

Also we continue exploring our topic driven series, such as the controversial Gentrified Dallas in March, curated by Mark Lamster and Lauren Smart, which discussed the challenges that our city is facing due to its fast development, or the 3rd edition of Women Galore last May, programmed and arranged also by Lauren Smart and a team of over 60 women, which brought to Dallas authors such as Leni Zumas or Ijeoma Oluo.

This year we’ve furthered our communication efforts. We want you to know with little effort what we’re doing, what’s happening in the shop, which books we’d like you to read… We’ve recently started Wild Books, a YouTube series in which Kelsey Capps, our reader in residence, we’ll go monthly over our book picks and upcoming events.

Also, our friends at Dieste, haven’t stopped coming up with brilliant and funny ideas to promote our space: check out their hilarious take on our current president’s love for books. Sarcasm intended.

A huge victory this year was hosting the first installment in the US of the renown international festival of ideas, Hay Festival. We were lucky to count with some of the young rising stars in LatAm literature –Juan Cárdenas, Lola Copacabana, Gabriela Jáuregui, Brenda Lozano Emiliano Monge, Eduardo Rabasa and Daniel Saldaña París, besides translator Christina MacSweeney– all included in the recent anthology Bogotá 39. We hope everyone who came had the chance to widen their world a bit and had a great time, we certainly did (proof).

In music news, what we started last year with Damien Jurado has now become a series of intimate shows in our backyard. This year legends such as Lloyd Cole and Bill Callahan have visited us to perform very personal shows. More to come in 2019! For starters, Damien Jurado returns for two consecutive nights in March!

And now that we’re talking about the future, let us tell you that we have a lot of new surprises awaiting up our sleeve for 2019: The Wild Detectives is turning 5 next year and we’re certainly planning to make it special.

Ok, we think we got it all down. Now, let’s move on to another tradition of ours. Our friends and also the people that contributed this year to shape WD, have spoken. Here are The Wild Detectives family highlights of the year.

 

The winners:

Books:
Beautiful Country Burn Again – Ben Fountain
My Year of Rest and Relaxation – Otessa Moshfegh
Educated: A Memoir – Tara Westover

Albums:
God’s Favorite Customer – Father John Misty
Church of Scars – Bishop Briggs
For Ever – Jungle
Superorganism – Superorganism

Movies:
Black Panther – Ryan Coogler
A Star is Born – Bradley Cooper

Series:
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Amy Sherman-Palladino
Atlanta – Donald Glover
Succession – Jesse Armstrong

 

At The Wild Detectives:

 

Jean Paul Caron

Best Book:
My Year of Rest and Relaxation – Otessa Moshfegh

Best Album:
Wrong Creatures – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Best Movie:
Creed 2 – Steven Caple Jr.

Best Series:
Kidding – Dave Holstein, Michel Gondry, Jim Carrey

 

Andrés de la Casa Huertas

Best Book:
God – Reza Aslan (Non-Fiction)
The Carrying – Ada Limón (Poetry)
Bilbao-New York-Bilbao – Kirmen Uribe (Spanish)

Best Album:
The Horizon Just Laughed – Damien Jurado (Best Album)
Are We Good? – Eleanor Friedberger (Best Song)

Best Movie:
Hostiles – Scott Cooper
Won’t You Be My Neighbor – Morgan Neville (Documentary)

Best Series:
The Kominsky Method – Chuck Lorre

 

José Garay Boszeta

Best Book:
Red Clocks – Leni Zumas
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk – Ben Fountain

Best Album:
Antisocialites – Alvvays

Best Movie:
The Other Side of the Wind – Orson Welles

Best Series:
Maniac – Cary Joji Fukunaga

 

Javier García del Moral

Best Book:
Öræfi: The Wasteland – Ófeigur Sigurðsson (Fiction)
Beautiful Country Burn Again – Ben Fountain (Non Fiction)
Pajarito – Claudia Ulloa (Spanish)

Best Album:
Foto Aérea – Ibon Errazkin

Best Movie:
First Reformed – Paul Schrader

Best Series:
Forever – Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard 

 

Michal Johnson

Best Book:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera

Best Album:
Transience – Shylmagoghnar
Vide Noir – Lord Huron
Loved to Death – Dance with the Dead

Best Movie:
Black Panther – Ryan Coogler

Best Series:
A Series of Unfortunate Events – Mark Hudis & Barry Sonnenfeld

 

Víctor Rimach Jr.

Best Book:
Los Estratos – Juan Cárdenas (Spanish)

Best Album:
La Llorona – Lhasa de Sela

Best Movie:
The Other Side of the Wind – Orson Welles

Best Series:
Babylon Berlin – Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries and Henk Handloegten

 

Paco Vique

Best Book:
Conversations with Friends – Sally Rooney (Fiction)
The Line Becomes a River – Francisco Cantú (Non Fiction)

Best Album:
Future Me Hates Me – The Beths
Warm – Jeff Tweedy

Best Movie:
Cold War – Ryan Coogler
Burning – Paweł Pawlikowski

 

 

Our collaborators:

 

Safaa Alaradah
Check Safaa’s article on our website here

Best Book:
Pillow Thoughts II – Courtney Peppernell

Best Album:
Lukas Graham (The Purple Album) – Lukas Graham

Best Movie:
Venom – Ruben Fleischer

Best Series:
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna

 

Luis Borges
Check Luis’ articles on our website here and here

Best Book:
Volver al oscuro valle – Santiago Gamboa (Spanish)

Best Album:
Encanto Tropical – Monsieur Periné

Best Movie:
Song of the Sea – Tomm Moore

Best Series:
Trollhunters – Guillermo del Toro

 

John M. Bradley
John is the host of our Wild Detectives’ Book Club

Best Book:
Empty Set – Verónica Gerber Bicecci

Best Album:
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino – The Arctic Monkeys

Best Movie:
Mandy – Panos Cosmatos

Best Series:
The NBA Playoffs

 

Ana Campoy
Ana is the host of our Book Club in Spanish

Best Book:
Los Estratos – Juan Cárdenas (Spanish)

Best Album:
How I Remember Now I Remember How – Lukas Lauermann

Best Movie:
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón

Best Series:
Salt Fat Acid Heat – Samin Nosrat

 

Kelsey Capps
Our Reader in Residence and host of our video series: Wild Books

Best Book:
Educated: A Memoir – Tara Westover

Best Album:
Dermot Kennedy

Best Movie:
Disobedience – Sebastián Lelio

Best Series:
I’m Sorry – Andrea Savage

 

Sara Ellis Cardona
Artist responsible for our Christmas ceiling intervention

Best Book:
The Sympathizer – Viet Thanh Nguyen
The King is Always above the People – Daniel Alarcón

Best Album:
God’s Favorite Customer – Father John Misty
Sepulcros de Miel – Omar Rodríguez López

Best Movie:
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón

Best Series:
Babylon Berlin – Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries and Henk Handloegten

 

Marina Cuesta
Part of the creative team at Dieste, producing our funniest campaign so far

Best Book:
The Adventures of Phoebe Fogg in Around The World in 80 Days – SheQuel

Best Album:
Musas, Vol. 2 – Natalia Lafourcade

Best Movie:
First Man – Damien Chazelle
Isle of Dogs – Wes Anderson

Best Series:
Mindhunter – Joe Penhall
Disenchantment – Matt Groening

 

Logen Cure
Curator and host of our monthly poetry series: Inner Moonlight

Best Book:
Gutter – Lauren Brazeal

Best Album:
Church of Scars – Bishop Briggs

Best Movie:
Dumplin’ – Anne Fletcher (based on the young adult novel by North Texas author Julie Murphy)

Best Series:
Homecoming – Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg

 

Austin Dupree
Austin was part of the Women Galore team

Best Book:
No One Tells You This – Glynnis MacNicol

Best Album:
Argonauta – Aisha Burns

Best Series:
The Deuce – David Simon and George Pelecanos

 

Katy Dycus
Katy is a prolific writer, check her articles on our website here, here, here, here, here and here

Best Book:
The Ensemble – Aja Gabel
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World – Steve Brusatte

Best Album:
Hollywood Africans – Jon Batiste

Best Movie:
First Man – Damien Chazelle

 

Frank Garrett
Check Luis’ articles on our website here

Best Book:
The Magician of Vienna – Sergio Pitol

Best Album:
Fool’s Paradise – Cold Specks

Best Movie:
A Fantastic Woman – Sebastián Lelio

Best Series:
EastSiders – Kit Williamson

 

Melanie Gibson
Melanie very gracefully volunteered at our ESL reading comprehension workshops we had this summer

Best Book:
Circe – Madeline Miller
Speak – Louisa Hall

Best Movie:
First Reformed – Paul Schrader
Won’t You Be My Neighbor – Morgan Neville

Best Series:
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Amy Sherman-Palladino

 

Matías Jaramillo
Part of the creative team at Dieste, producing our funniest campaign so far

Best Book:
New Power – Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms

Best Album:
Against All Logic – 2012 – 2017

Best Movie:
Black Panther – Ryan Coogler

Best Series:
Mindhunter – Joe Penhall

 

Janielle Kastner
Co-creator of Movies that Should Be Musicals, a cabaret like reinterpretation of pop-culture gems

Best Book:
Your Art Will Save Your Life – Beth Pickens

Best Album:
You Don’t Own Me Anymore – Secret Sisters

Best Movie:
Eighth Grade – Bo Burnham

Best Series:
Schitt’s Creek– Eugene and Daniel Levy

 

Ernesto Martínez
Part of the creative team at Dieste, producing our funniest campaign so far

Best Book:
I Hope You Find Me: The Love Poems of Craigslist’s Missed Connections – Alan Feuer

Best Album:
For Ever – Jungle

Best Movie:
Won’t You Be my Neighbor – Morgan Neville
BlacKKKlansman – Spike Lee

Best Series:
Better Call Saul –Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould

 

Ernesto Montiel
Ernesto is the master mind behind the curation of our record crates, and also the usual Dj at our Boosktore Disco sessions

Best Book:
Vertical Motion – Can Xue
Henning Christiansen: Freedom Is Around the Corner – Lawrence Kumpf, Joe Buccero and Mark Harwood (Editors)

Best Album:
Green Ways – Áine O’Dwyer and Graham Lambkin
Simple Affections – Simple Affections
L’inertie – Clara de Asís and Bruno Duplant
Al Di Lá – Simone Fort

Best Movie:
La Soledad – Jorge Thielen Armand
Milford Graves Full Mantis – Jake Meginsky and Neil Young

 

Brigham Mosley
Co-creator of Movies that Should Be Musicals, a cabaret like reinterpretation of pop-culture gems

Best Book:
The Argonauts – Maggie Nelson

Best Album:
By the Way, I Forgive You – Brandi Carlile

Best Movie:
A Star is Born – Bradley Cooper

Best Series:
Ru Paul’s Drag Race – Nick Murray

 

Domingo Palma
Part of the creative team at Dieste, producing our funniest campaign so far

Best Book:
Educated: A Memoir – Tara Westover

Best Album:
Superorganism – Superorganism

Best Movie:
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – The Cohen Brothers

Best Series:
Get Shorty – Davey Holmes

 

David Piorno
David curates the playlist we shared most Mondays (on Fridays, later on) on Facebook, and he was our anniversary party guest Dj last April.

Best Book:
My Dark Places – James Ellroy

Best Album:
Knock Knock – Dj Koze

Best Movie:
Cold War – Pawel Pawlikowski

Best Series:
Vergüenza – Cavestany y Fernández Armero

 

Anthony Robinson
Check Anthony’s poem on our website here

Best Book:
A Time of Gifts – Patrick Leigh Fermor

Best Album:
Both Directions at Once – John Coltrane

Best Movie:
First Reformed – Paul Schrader

Best Series:
Ray Donovan – Ann Biderman

 

Vicky Sanz
Moderator in most of our Spanish events. Also part of the Women Galore team.

Best Book:
El complot de los románticos – Carmen Boullosa (Spanish)

Best Album:
For Ever – Jungle

Best Movie:
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón

Best Series:
Man in the High Castle – Frank Spotnitz

 

Lauren Smart
Lauren is responsible for the Women Galore and Gentrified Dallas events programmed in our store this year

Best Book:
Motherhood – Sheila Heti

Best Album:
Blood – Rhyne

Best Movie:
A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper

Best Series:
Succession – Jesse Armstrong

 

Patty Sisco
Check Patty’s piece on our website here

Best Book:
Educated: A Memoir – Tara Westover

Best Movie:
A Star is Born – Bradley Cooper

Best Series:
A Handmaid’s Tale – Bruce Miller

 

Daniel Vicente
Part of the creative team at Dieste, producing our funniest campaign so far

Best Book:
Creative Quest – Quest Love
Damned – Chuck Palaniuk
Creativity Inc – Ed Catmull

Best Album:
God’s Favorite Customer – Father John Misty

Best Movie:
Sorry to Bother You – Boots Riley

Best Series:
Atlanta – Donald Glover

 

Amy Walton
Host of Address Me, the annual letters writing workshop happening in our backyard

Best Book:
God Save Texas – Lawrence Wright
Neon Palm of Madame Melançon – Will Clark
Mudbound – Hillary Jordan

Best Movie:
Eighth Grade – Bo Burnham
BlacKKKlansman – Spike Lee
Isle of Dogs – Wes Anderson

Best Series:
The Assesination of Gianni Versace – Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
Trust – Simon Beaufoy
Barry – Alec Berg and Bill Hader

 

Gustavo Zapata
Part of the creative team at Dieste, producing our funniest campaign so far

Best Book:
Nueva Ilustración Radical – Marina Gracés

Best Album:
You Were Never Really Here (O.S.) – Johnny Greenwood

Best Movie:
Hereditary – Ari Aster

Best Series:
Money Heist – Álex Pina

 

 

Our friends:

 

Anna Badkhen
Author

Best Book:
Beautiful Country Burn Again – Ben Fountain (Non Fiction)
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin – Terrance Hayes (Poetry)
Mourning – Eduardo Halfón (Fiction)

Best Album:
The Optimist – Ryan Porter

Best Movie:
Skate Kitchen – Crystal Moselle

 

Will Clarke
Author

Best Book:
Cherry – Nico Walker

Best Album:
Dirty Computer – Janielle Monae

Best Movie:
Private Life – Tamara Jenkins

Best Series:
The Good Place – Michael Schur

 

Lola Copacabana
Author, part of Hay Festival, the literary festival we hosted last September

Best Book:
Motherhood – Sheila Heti
Trip – Tao Lin

Best Album:
El mal querer – Rosalía

Best Movie:
RBG – Betsy West and Julie Cohen

Best Series:
Bojack Horseman – Raphael Bob-Waksberg

 

Jeremy Ellis
Marketing and Communications Manager at MPIBA

Best Book:
My Year of Rest and Relaxation – Otessa Moshfegh

Best Movie:
Game Night – John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein

Best Series:
Maniac – Cary Joji Fukunaga

 

Barak Epstein
Director at Texas Theater, Top Ten Records and co-founder of the Oak Cliff Film Festival

Best Book Magazine:
Fangoria Vol.2 Issue 1

Best Album:
Mandy (O.S.) – Johan Johansson

Best Movie:
Mandy – Panos Cosmatos

Best Series:
Succession – Jesse Armstrong

 

Will Evans
Director at Deep Vellum Publishing

Best Book:
Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas – Fernando Flores
Night Moves – Jessica Hopper

Best Album:
Yob – Our Raw Heart

Best Movie:
Never Goin’ Back – Augustine Frizzell

Best Series:
Atlanta – Donald Glover
Mozart in the Jungle – Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, Alex Timbers, and Paul Weitz

 

Sanderia Faye
Author

Best Book:
Meet behind Mars – Renee Simms
An American Marriage – Tayari Jones

Best Album:
Championships – Meek Mill

Best Movie:
Black Panther – Ryan Coogler

Best Series:
Queen Sugar – Ava DuVernay

 

Ben Fountain
Author

Best Book:
Waiting for Eden – Elliot Ackerman (Fiction)
Fisherman’s Blues – Anna Badkhen (Non Fiction)

Best Movie:
American Made – Doug Liman

Best Series:
The Deuce – David Simon and George Pelecanos

 

Suzanne Frank
Author

Best Book:
Divine Comedy – Dante Alighieri

Best Album:
Simulation Theory – Muse

Best Movie:
Black Panther – Ryan Coogler

Best Series:
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Amy Sherman-Palladino

 

Verónica Gerber Bicecci
Author

Best Book:
Mano de obra – Diamela Eltit (Spanish, Ficiton)
Cajas – Mario Montalbetti (Spanish, Non-Fiction)
Comunidad terapéutica – Iveth Luna Flores (Spanish, Poetry)

Best Movie:
The Quiet Earth – Geoff Murphy
A Ghost Story – David Lowery

Best Series Podcast:
Radio Ambulante
Las Raras

 

Kendra Greene
Author

Best Book:
Fear Icons – Kisha Llewelyn Schlegel
Mine: Essays – Sarah Viren

Best Movie:
Isle of Dogs – Wes Anderson

Best Series:
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Amy Sherman-Palladino

 

Louisa Hall
Author

Best Book:
Census – Jesse Ball
Flights – Olga Tocarczuk

Best Album:
Wanderer – Cat Power

Best Series:
The Crown – Peter Morgan

 

Bill Holston
Executive Director at Human Rights Initiative of North Texas

Best Book:
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking – Susan Cain

Best Album:
You Want it Darker – Leonard Cohen

Best Movie:
Won’t You Be my Neighbor – Morgan Neville

Best Series:
A Handmaid’s Tale – Bruce Miller

 

Jill Holston
FMJH Dyslexia Teacher

Best Book:
The List – Patricia Forde

Best Movie:
BlacKKKlansman – Spike Lee

Best Series:
The Romanoffs – Matthew Weiner

 

Harry Hunsicker
Author

Best Book:
She Rides Shotgun – Jordan Harper

Best Movie:
A Star is Born – Bradley Cooper

Best Series:
Succession – Jesse Armstrong

 

Kathleen Kent
Author

Best Book:
Circe – Madeline Miller

Best Album:
Church of Scars – Bishop Briggs

Best Movie:
The Guilty – Gustav Möller

Best Series:
Narcos: Mexico – Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro

 

Michelle Newby Lancaster
Editor at Lone Star Literary Life

Best Book:
Beautiful Country Burn Again – Ben Fountain (Non Fiction)
Oliver Loving – Stephan Merrill Block (Fiction

 

Christina MacSweeney
Translator, part of Hay Festival, the literary festival we hosted last September

Best Book:
Los Caídos – Carlos Manuel Álvarez (Spanish, Ficiton)
Blue – Maggie Nelson
Bogotá 39 – Anthology of the best LatAm writers below 39

Best Album Musical:
Hamilton – Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best Movie:
Kill Bill – Quentin Tarantino

 

Joe Milazzo
Author

Best Book:
Transparent City – Ondjaki (translated by Stephen Henighan, fiction)
City of the Future – Sesshu Foster (poetry)
Counter-Desecration: A Glossary for Writing Within the Anthropocene – Linda Russo and Marthe Reed (Non Fiction)

Best Album:
Pillars – Tyshawn Sorey
Ignite the Seven Cannons – Felt (reissue)

Best Movie:
Filmworker – Tony Zierrra

Best Series:
Atlanta – Donald Glover

 

Sebastian H. Paramo
Poet

Best Book:
Ghost – Diana Khoi Nguyen

Best Album:
Superclean Vol. II – The Marias

Best Series:
The Good Place – Michael Schur

 

Beth Rankin
Food Editor at the Dallas Observer

Best Book:
My Year of Rest and Relaxation – Otessa Moshfegh

Best Album:
The Pool – Jazzanova

Best Movie:
Sorry to Bother You – Boots Riley

Best Series:
High Maintenance – Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair
Insecure – Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore

 

Jason Reimer
Creative Director at Texas Theater

Best Book:
Beastie Boys Book – Adam Horovitz and Michael Diamond

Best Album:
A Laughing Death in Meatspace – Tropical Fuck Storm

Best Movie:
The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos

Best Series:
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina – Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

 

Cristina Rodríguez
Book Operations at Deep Vellum Books

Best Book:
Immortal Soft Spoken – Robert Vivian (Fiction)
Vanishing Twins – Leah Dieterich (Non-Fiction)

Best Album:
Ex:Re – Ex:Re
Parlour Arcana – Black Taffy

Best Movie:
Never Goin’ Back – Augustine Frizzell

Best Series:
Slutever – Karley Sciortino

 

Tim Rogers
Editor at D Magazine

Best Book:
The Man Who Caught the Storm – Brantley Hargrove

Best Album:
Superorganism – Superorganism

Best Movie:
Solo: A Star Wars Story – Ron Howard

 

Víctor Saenz Diez
Operations at Pepitas de Calabaza

Best Book:
Ghosts of my Life – Mark Fisher

Best Album:
Desorden – La Plata

Best Movie:
Entre dos aguas – Isaki Lacuesta

Best Series:
Wild Wild Country – Chapan Way, Maclain Way and Mark Duplass

 

Racheal Small
Director of Publicity at Europa Editions

Best Book:
Disoriental – Négar Djavadi

Best Album:
Dirty Computer  – Janelle Monaé

Best Movie:
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón

Best Series:
Schitt’s Creek– Eugene and Daniel Levy

 

Eric Steele
Partner at Texas Theatre and co-founder of the Oak Cliff Film Festival

Best Book:
Marketing to the Entitled Consumer – Dave Frankland and Nick Worth

Best Album:
So you Wanna be an Outlaw – Steve Earle and the Dukes

Best Movie:
The Death of Stalin – Armando Iannucci

Best Series:
Frontline – David Fanning

 

Carlos Velázquez
Author

Best Book:
Paul McCartney: The Life – Philip Norman

Best Album:
All Nerve – The Breeders

Best Movie:
Isle of Dogs – Wes Anderson

Best Series:
The Deuce – David Simon and George Pelecanos

 

Tanya Wardell
Operations at Deep Vellum Publishing

Best Book:
Belly Up – Rita Bullwinkel
Beyoncé in Formation – Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley

Best Album:
They Might’ve Even Loved Me – NoMBe
Bienaventuranza – Chancha Vía Circuíto

Best Movie:
Private Life – Tamara Jenkins

Best Series:
The Haunting of Hill House – Mike Flanagan

 

Shay Youngblood
Author

Best Book:
American Marriage – Tayari Jones

Best Album:
Black Panther (O.S.) – Ludwig Göransson (Film Score) + Kendrick Lamar
A Star is Born (O.S.) – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
A Wrinkle in Time (O.S.) – Ramin Djawadi (Film Score) + Various Artists

Best Movie:
BlacKKKlansman – Spike Lee
Black Panther – Ryan Coogler
A Star is Born – Bradley Cooper

Best Series:
Children of Blood & Bone – Tomi Adeyemi

 

Leni Zumas
Author

Best Book:
Strawberry Fields – Hilary Plum

Best Album:
Vitrioli – Selofan

Best Movie:
Suspiria – Luca Guadagnino

Best Series:
The Terror – David Kajganich

 

 

 

 

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Please, those who think that Christmas shopping is usually a stressful, uncomfortable and alienating experience, raise your hand. Most of you? ok. We feel the same. It’s quite terrible, isn’t it? It’s like somehow Christmas is taken out of Christmas, right?

Until December 24, your drink will be on us when you get your Christmas presents at The Wild Detectives

Well, not anymore. Not on our watch. We want you to enjoy your holiday shopping, we want you to celebrate that you got your gifts right, because when you buy your loved ones culture, it shows you have a high opinion of them. Picking the right book or record can be hard work, so why not indulge a little bit in the process?

Until December 24, your drink will be on us when you get your Christmas presents at The Wild Detectives. It’s very simple, just let our staff know that your purchases are your Christmas gifts when you pay; they’ll get you fixed on the house with whatever it is you’re having; a beer, a cocktail, a glass of wine, or even a coffee, tea or a soft drink if you don’t feel like boozing. Buy a gift, get a gift.

We’ve curated a special selection of titles for you, and we’ve arranged them specifically to make your gift picking easier. Our books will look at you now directly in the eye! And if you don’t find what you’re looking for, worry you not, you can always order any book you want and we happily bring it for you and treat you on a drink when you come to pick it up.

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And last but not least, we’ve invited local artist Sara Cardona to do an art intervention on our space. She’s come up with something wintery, weird, and beautiful. We love it! So now you’ll be among art –or under art, to be more precise– when you do your christmas shopping.

This Christmas, give with expectations at The Wild Detectives.

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Ben Fountain On Hay Festival Coming to Dallas https://thewilddetectives.com/ben/articles/own-horn/ben-fountain-on-hay-festival-coming-to-dallas/ https://thewilddetectives.com/ben/articles/own-horn/ben-fountain-on-hay-festival-coming-to-dallas/#respond Tue, 21 Aug 2018 14:29:51 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=6602 We were last year in Querétaro for the Mexican edition of Hay Festival. Coincidentally, Ben Fountain was invited there to present his work. Having experienced what this festival is about firsthand, we wanted to know his thoughts on Hay Festival choosing Dallas for its landing in North America.

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Hay Festival, Querétaro, Mexico, September, 2017: it was impossible not to be happy, if your idea of happiness inclines toward the company of bright, talented people who’ve devoted their lives to studying the eternal human mysteries. Who we are, what we’re doing here, why life is the way it is, this is the stuff that poets and writers have been wrestling with ever since we stumbled out of the caves all those eons ago with our repertoires of primal grunts and squeaks. 27,000 souls gathered in Querétaro to ponder the eternals, drink top-shelf tequila (gratis!), and inhale “the vivifying breath of imagination” (Alexander von Humboldt, by way of Andrea Wulff). Was it good? It was stay-up-all-night-I’ll-sleep-when-I-get-home good. It was color, light, motion, all kinds of truth and beauty. It was writers doing what writers have always done, trying to see the world for what it is, and to find the language that might do justice to their vision. If death is contraction, the ultimate shutting off of possibility, then Querétaro was most definitely life, a crash course in all the varieties of what’s real and possible.

Hay-Querétaro did as all true culture does, it encourages our humanity. And at a time when our humanity sorely needs encouraging, Dallas will get its own shot of the Hay treatment on September 8 when it hosts a one-day raid by some of the finest Latin American writers working today. Worth noting is the fact that this is the first Hay venture into North America, and it’s happening here; not in New York or L.A. or Seattle or Boston, but here in the land that was once called Tejas, in a city that sits at the pivot point between North and South America. What better place to get the latest reports on what’s real and possible? There will be truth and beauty, gobs of the stuff. Color, light, motion, all in the best Hay tradition. Come, and get your humanity encouraged.

 

NOTE:
Hay Festival Dallas Edition will take place at The Wild Detectives on Saturday, September 8th.

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2017 is about to end. The macro perspective can be dreary, but from a local point of view, we can’t complaint. It’s been a great year for The Wild Detectives!

Having better author events, more engaging and dynamic, was one of our key objectives for 2017. We’ve managed to bring great authors this year such as Chris Krauss, Morgan Parker, Amelia Gray, Jami Attenberg, Deb Olin Unferth, Melissa Febos… while keeping our events as a platform for local talent and community driven events (Rejected, Backyard Story Night, Shakespeare in the Bar…). We’ve expanded our Spanish program with the visits of top Spanish language writers. It was such an honor to have authors like Carlos Velázquez, Verónica Gerber Bicecci, Santiago Gamboa or Cristina Rivera Garza presenting their work in our bookstore. Our Spanish event will be a key part of our mission in 2018.

We’ve also consolidated our new co-curation system which has helped us not just to sell more books, but more importantly, to sell books that are relevant for our community.

Last November, Damien Jurado (and Jacob Metcalf) inaugurated our series of intimate shows in our backyard last November and we’re already planning to bring great artists to our spot.

What else… oh yeah, our friends at Dieste came up with the #LitBait campaign and we won 2 Lions at Cannes!

Ok, enough with blowing our horn, let’s go to the ‘bestest’ of 2017 according to us, our collaborators and friends. Again, a very heterogeneous list, which just speaks tonnes about how diverse our community is. It’s the first time we have a book in Spanish as the best book of the year and that makes us immensely happy (even better: a book written by a friend).

Just so you know, our list includes not just those books, albums and movies/TV shows released on 2017, but also those that have been read, listened to and watched this year regardless of the publication date. Kind of interesting, that 1984, which was published in 1949, made it to the top 3. Why would that be. Any idea?

 

Books:
1.
Conjunto vacío – Verónica Gerber Bicecci
2.
4 3 2 1 – Paul Auster
3.
The Kingdom – Emmanuel Carrere
Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
Sing, Unburied, Sing – Jasmyn Ward
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters – Emil Ferris
1984 – George Orwell

Albums:
1.
Masseduction – St. Vincent
Melodrama – Lorde
2.
American Dream – LCD Soundsystem
Damn
– Kendrick Lamar
Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens
Salvavidas De Hielo – Jorge Drexler

Movies:
1.
Get Out – Jordan Peele
2.
Ladybird – Greta Gerwig
3.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin McDonagh

 

 

At The Wild Detectives:

 

Jean Paul Caron

Best Book:
Sticky Fingers – Joe Hagan

Best Album:
Villains – Queens of the Stonge Age

Best Movie:
Silence – Martin Scorsese

 

Andrés de la Casa Huertas

Best Book:
4 3 2 1 – Paul Auster

Best Book in Spanish:
Patria – Fernando Aramburu

Best Album:
Garden of Ashes – Duke Garwood
Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens

Best Movie:
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin McDonagh

 

Jose Garay

Best Book:
Absalom, Absalom – William Faulkner

Best Album:
Psycho Tropical Berlin – La Femme

Best Movie:
Pickpocket – Robert Bresson

 

Javier García del Moral

Best Book:
The Kingdom – Emmanuel Carrere

Best Non-Fiction:
Oil Blood – Leif Wenar

Best Book in Spanish:
La Uruguaya – Pedro Mairal

Best Album:
Music for the Age or Miracles – The Clientele

Best Movie:
A Ghost Story – David Lowery

 

Victor Rimach

Best Book:
Quien Mató a Palomino Moreno – Mario Vargas Llosa

Best Album:
Salvavidas De Hielo – Jorge Drexler

Best Movie:
Los Perros – Marcela Said

 

Leala Rosen

Best Book:
The Song Poet: Memoirs of My Father – Kao Kalia Yang

Best Album:
Masseduction – St. Vincent

Best Movie:
Ladybird – Greta Gerwig

 

Lauren Smart

Best Novel:
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life – Samantha Irby

Best Poetry Collection:
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce – Morgan Parker
(plus having her read her poems in the shop was MAGICAL!)

Best Album:
Empressionism – Ruby Empress

Best Movie:
Ladybird – Greta Gerwig

 

Paco Vique

Best Book:
Camanchaca – Diego Zúñiga

Best Album:
City Music – Kevin Morby
Relatives in Descent – Protomartyr

Best Movie:
The Florida Project – Sean Baker

 

 

Our collaborators:

 

Elizabeth Alexander
Check Elizabeth’s articles on our website here and here

Best Book:
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions – Valeria Luiselli

 

Luis Borges
Check Luis’ article on our website (Spanish)

Best Book:
Conjunto vacío – Verónica Gerber Bicecci

Best Album:
Salvavidas de hielo – Jorge Drexler

Best Movie:
Coco – Lee Unkrich (Pixar)

 

Camile Bradley
Co-Heart-and-soul of The WD’ book club

Best Book:
Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness – Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein

Best Album:
Damn – Kendrick Lamar

Best Movie:
The Big Sick – Michael Showalter

 

John Bradley
Co-Heart-and-soul of The WD’ book club
Check his article on our website here and here

Best Book:
Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders

Best Album:
Goths – The Mountain Goats

Best Movie:
Get Out – Jordan Peele

 

Kelsey Capps
Check Kelsey’s articles on our website here and here

Best Book:
4 3 2 1 – Paul Auster

Best Album:
Mr. Finish Line – Vulfpeck

Best Movie:
Blande Runner 2049 – Denis Villeneuve

 

Ana Lourdes Campoy
Ana is El Book Club –our book club in Spanish– coordinator

Best Book:
Fiesta en la Madriguera – Juan Pablo Villalobos

Best Album:
Qué lindo es el amor – Interactivo

Best Movie:
The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead & Roundhead – Elliot Cowan

 

Trey Carlock
Check Trey’s poems on our website

Best Book:
The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt

Best Music:
Bon Iver’s 2017-18 live tour

Best Movie:
Snowden – Oliver Stone

 

Marina Cuesta
Creative Director at Dieste. Responsible for this campaign and the 2 Bronze Lions in Cannes we got this year

Best Book:
The Girls – Emma Cline

Best Album:
Residente – Residente

Best Movie:
Your Name – Makoto Shinkai

Best TV Show:
Ozark – Bill Dubuque

 

Austin Dupree
Austin helped us to put Women Galore together last March

Best Book:
Sex and Rage – Eve Babitz

Best Album:
Hallelujah Anyhow – Hiss Golden Messenger

Best TV Show:
Godless – Scott Frank

 

Katy Dycus
Check Katy’s articles on our website here, here and here

Best Book:
Theft By Finding – David Sedaris

Best Album:
Cigarettes After Sex – Cigarettes After Sex

Best Movie:
Ladybird – Greta Gerwig

 

Matías Jaramillo
Digital Director at Dieste. Responsible for this campaign and the 2 Bronze Lions in Cannes we got this year

Best Book:
Death’s End – Liu Cixin

Best Album:
EP2 – Yaeji

Best TV Show:
Halt and Catch Fire – Christopher Cantwell & Christopher C. Rogers

 

Janielle Kastler
Director and co-creator of the Movies that should Be Musicals series

Best Book:
Commonwealth – Ann Patchett

Best Album:
Melodrama – Lorde

Best Movie:
Ladybird – Greta Gerwig

 

Bret McCormick
Check Bret’s stories on our website here and here

Best Book:
Heroes of the Frontier – Dave Eggers

Best Album:
The Authorized Bang Collection – Van Morrison

Best Movie:
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin McDonagh

 

Ernesto Montiel
Dj, music erudite and the engine behind our Further Sounds and Further Jazz series

Best Book:
Pim & Francie – Al Columbia
Conjunto vacío – Veronica Gerber Bicecci
The Old Ways – Robert Macfarlane
La gesta del marrano – Mario Aguinis

Best Albums:
Bronshoj (Puncak) – Senyawa
Tibetan Buddishm Trip – Kink Gong
Hand in Hand – Felicia Atkinson
The Kid – Katlyn Aurelia Smith
Cosmogony – Demdike Stare
Superlative Fatigue – Errorsmith
Nídia é má, Nídia é Fudida – Nidia
For Organ and Brass – Ellen Arkbro
Musikautomatika – Musikautomatika
Estórias para voz, instrumentos acústicos e eletrónicos – Jocy de Oliveira
Motore Immobile – Giusto Pio

Best Movies:
The Death of Louis XIV – Albert Serra
Patterson – Jim Jarmusch
The Killing of a Sacred Deer – Yorgos Lanthimos

 

Brigham Mosley
Performer and co-creator of the Movies that should Be Musicals series

Best Book:
Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel

Best Album:
Melodrama – Lorde

Best Movie:
Get Out – Jordan Peele

 

Laura Pacheco
The super talented illustrator of our web-comic series Reading Quirks

Best Book:
El libro de Gloria Fuertes para niñas y niños – Gloria Fuertes

Best Album:
Los Ángeles – Rosalía

Best TV Show:
Ozark – Bill Dubuque

 

Ashuni Lucía Pérez
Check Ashuni’s poems on our website

Best Book:
General Alonso de Leon’s Expeditions into Texas, 1686-1690 – Lola Orellano Norris

Best Album:
Chsss! EP – Los Manises

Best Movie:
Una mujer fantástica – Sebastián Lelio

 

Vicky Sanz
Vicky is our moderator in all our bi-lingual events

Best Book:
Conjunto vacío – Verónica Gerber Bicecci

Best Album:
I See You – The XX

Best Movie:
The Shape of Water – Guillermo del Toro

 

Tempranillo (David Piorno)
Dj and our Mondays music curator

Best Book:
The Heavenly Table – Donald Ray Pollock

Best Album:
Slowdive – Slowdive

Best Movie:
Dunkirk – Christopher Nolan

 

Robert Tinajero
Check out Robert’s poems on our website

Best Book:
Angels of Our Better Nature – Steven Pinker

Best Album:
American Teen – Khalid

Best Movie:
War for the Planet of the Apes – Matt Reeves

 

Julia Ruth Worland
Check out her article Confessions of a Wannabe Bibliophile on our website

Best Book:
1984 – George Orwell

Best Album:
Capacity – Big Thief

Best Movie:
Get Out – Jordan Peele

 

 

Our friends:

 

Andrea Amosson
Author

Best Book:
1984 – George Orwell

Best Movie:
Coco – Lee Unkrich (Pixar)

 

Will Clarke
Author

Best Book:
Autumn – Karl Ove Knausgaard

Best Album:
Sleep Well Beast – The National

Best Movie:
Get Out – Jordan Peele

 

Barak Epstein
Texas Theatre

Best Book:
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters – Emil Ferris

Best Album:
Generation X – Generation X
Jawbreakers – Unfun

Best Movie:
A Ghost Story – David Lowery
The Lure – Agnieszka Smoczynska

 

Will Evans
Deep Vellum (boh, Publishing and Books)

Best Book:
Radiant Terminus – Antoine Volodine

Best Album:
The Dusk in Us – Converge

Best Movie:
Blade Runner 2019 – Denis Villeneuve
Get Out – Jordan Peele

 

Patricia García
Professor in Hispanic and Translation Studies at The University of Nottingham

Best Book:
Desoriental – Negar Djavali

Best Album:
The First Days of Spring – Noah and the Whale

Best Movie:
The Salesman – Ashgar Farhadi

 

Veronica Gerber Bicecci
Author

Best Non-Fiction:
Los condenados de la pantalla – Hito Steyerl

Best Poetry Collection:
O reguero de hormigas – Yolanda Segura

Best Graphic Novel:
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters – Emil Ferris

Best Movie:
Homo Sapiens – Nicolaus Geyrhalter

 

Kendra Greene
Author

Best Book:
Among the Living and the Dead – Inara Verzemnieks
Animals Strike Curious Poses – Elena Passarello
Don’t Come Back – Lina Ferreira
All the Agents and Saints – Stephanie Elizondo Griest
This is the Place (anthology)

 

Brittany Griffiths
Poet and publisher at Spontaneous Afflatus

Best Book:
Leaving the Atocha Station – Ben Lerner

Best Album:
Masseduction – St. Vincent

Best Movie:
Song to Song – Terrence Malick

 

Louisa Hall
Author

Best Book:
The Kingdom – Emmanuel Carrere

Best Album:
Heavn – Jamila Woods
Pleasure – Feist

 

Brentney Hamilton
Dallas Morning News

Best Book:
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – Sherman Alexie

Best Album:
Lotta Sea Lice – Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile

Best Movie:
A Decade On – Ethan Newberry

 

Juan Jaramillo
Al Día Dallas

Best Book:
4 3 2 1 – Paul Auster

Best Album:
American Dream – LCD Soundsystem

Best Movie:
The Florida Project – Sean Baker

 

Kathleen Kent
Author

Best Book:
Sing, Unburied, Sing – Jasmyn Ward

Best Album:
Fake Sugar – Beth Ditto

Best Movie:
Wind River – Taylor Sheridan

 

Josh Kumler
Bar Politics

Best Book:
Battles for Freedom: the Use and Abuse of American History – Eric Foner

Best album:
Damn – Kendrick Lamar

Best song:
Wear Black – The Mountain Goats

Best Concert:
Jacob Metcalf & Damien Jurado (at The WD)

Best Movie:
Get Out – Jordan Peele

Best TV Show:
Master of None – Aziz Ansari, Alan Yang

Best Play:
Shadow Woman – Claire Carson

Best Podcast
The Miseducation of Dallas County

 

Julián Lacalle
Publisher at Pepitas de Calabaza

Best Book:
Conjunto vacío – Verónica Gerber Bicecci

Best Album:
Fuego – La Bien Querida

 

Alex Macon
D Magazine

Best Book:
I Hate the Internet – Jarrett Kobek

Best Album:
Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens

Best Movie:
Good Time – Ben & Josh Safdie

 

Joe Milazzo
Writer, editor, educator, and designer.

Best Book:
Time Travel for Daydreamers, Volumes 1 & 2 – James Barret Rodehaver, with illustrations by Nadia Wolnisty

Best Album:
Cedars – AF Jones & Derek Rogers

Best Movie:
Telefóto – Richard Bailey

 

Charles Dee Mitchell
Wordspace

Best Novel:
Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders

Best Story Collection:
Things We Lost in the Fire – Mariana Enriquez

Best Non-Fiction:
Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ‘70’s and ‘80’s Horror Fiction – Grady Hendrix

Best Biographies:
The Invention of Angela Carter – Edmund Gordon
Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas de Quincey – Frances Wilson

Best Album:
Masseduction – St Vincent’s

Best Movie:
Cure – Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1998)

 

Michelle Newby
Lone Star Literary Life

Best Book:
Sing, Unburied, Sing – Jessmyn Ward

Best Album:
Melodrama – Lorde

Best Movie:
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin McDonagh

 

Jason Roberts
Better Block

Best Book:
Sapiens, A Brief History of Humankind – Yuval Noah Harari

Best Album:
Hot Thoughts – Spoon

Best Movie:
Dunkirk – Christopher Nolan

 

Cristina Rodriguez
Deep Vellum Books

Best Book:
We Were Witches – Ariel Gore
The Book Of Disquiet – Fernando Pessoa, translated by Margaret Jull Costa

Best Non-Fiction:
Word By Word: The Secret Life Of Dictionaries – Kory Stamper

Best Album:
About Time – Sabrina Claudio

Best Movie:
Get Out – Jordan Peele

 

Carlos Velázquez
Author

Best Book:
Burning Your Boats – Angela Carter

Best Album:
American Dream – LCD Soundsystem

Best Movie:
Blade Runner 2049 – Denis Villeneuve
Transpotting 2 – Danny Boyle

 

Tonya Wardell
Deep Vellum Publishing

Best Book:
Exist West – Moshin Hamid
The Iliac Crest – Cristina Rivera Garza

Best Album:
Okovi – Zola Jesus
Process – Sampha
Expect the Best – Widowspeak
Tropix – Céu

Best Movie:
Blade Runner 2049 – Denis Villeneuve
Transpotting 2 – Danny Boyle

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