Mike Agresta

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• Posted Austinist Interview: Stephen Elliott, Author Of The Adderall Diaries to Austinist
  Not that we'd ever try adderall without a prescription, but we've heard that effects include heightened concentration, attention to detail, and sudden lack of apathy or fatigue. San Francisco-based author Stephen Elliott, in town for a reading this week, embodies many of those same attributes. His prose is clear, direct, and very human, while his artistic life is a swirl of activity, maintaining constant literary output while editing The Rumpus, a taste-shaping national arts and culture blog.
• Posted Austinist Interviews: James Hannaham, Author Of God Says No—Reading Tonight! to Austinist
  A couple months ago, we told you about God Says No, the stellar debut novel from erstwhile Austinite and Michener Center for Writers alumnus James Hannaham. If you haven't checked it out yet (you should), it's a funny and moving tale of boy-meets-boy, boy-meets-Jesus, Jesus-doesn't-approve-of-boy, boy-chases-Jesus-while-also-chasing-boys. As you can guess, things get complicated.
• Commented on Testing City Council's Appetite for Lakeshore Pudding
  This is transit-oriented development if the metro rail to the airport ever gets built....
• Commented on Healthcare Op-Ed From Whole Foods CEO Rattles Customer Base
  "Dems? Pie-in-the-sky, you-can-have-it-all-for-free care for everyone. But no thoughts given to the logistics or the unintended consequences." This is a complete misrepresentation of the major bills currently under consideration, and it makes me suspect that you're not following the issue...
• Commented on Snapshots: Congressman Doggett's Health Care Rally, Take Two
  Wes, the picture puts whiteface on a black man. It's the same approach as the cover of the alex jones Obama Deception movie-- a black face hiding a white man. Maybe they're ALSO insinuating that Obama is a supervillain, but...