Molly Ivins

Here is Molly Ivins's biography from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, home of her syndicated column.

Here's a biographical sketch prepared for her appearance at Richmond Quest in 2000 at the University of Richmond. How does this information differ from that presented above? What do you think accounts for the difference?

Salon.com has this biographical essay about Ivins, which includes a photo and some links.

Click here to go to the homepage of Ivins's home newspaper, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Which daily newspapers do you read? If you don't read one, why not? If you do, which section do you read first?

One of Ivins's main topics has always been politics in general, and Texas politics in particular. This is the homepage of the Texas Political Resource site, where you'll find lots of cultural and historical information on the subject.

Looking to put Ivins's work into a broader cultural context? The American Civil Liberties Union Freedom Networksite will give you lots of points of departure in this regard.

Here are some reviews of Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She? Would you feel comfortable citing these reviews in a research paper? Why or why not? If you would use them, which ones would you use?

How about some multimedia? Click here to hear Ivins read an excerpt from her book Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush.

Here's an essay Ivins wrote for The Progressive, with the same main subject as above. What differences do you find using etext and hearing the author speak her work? Would you feel comfortable citing this work in a paper about Ivins or President Bush? Why or why not?

This column, originally published in April 2002, outlines the author's observations about Berkeley, California.