Julie Poole

https://juliepoolejp.com

Julie Poole is a writer based in Austin. She received a BA from Columbia University and an MFA from the New Writers Project at UT Austin. Her debut book of poems, Bright Specimen, was published in 2021 by Deep Vellum. Her articles and essays have appeared in Texas Monthly, the Texas Observer, and HuffPost.

Lit & Letters

Book review: Lise Olsen’s ‘Code of Silence’ uncovers the story of sexual abuse and coverup in the federal judiciary

In 1787, the Founding Fathers wrote into the U.S. Constitution that federal judges should be appointed for life. Say, for a moment, there exists a time machine capable of...

Lit & Letters

Book review: ‘Roller Derby: The History of an American Sport’

One night, years ago, I was riding the bus through East Austin, and I saw something I’ll never forget: a group of women on roller skates practicing drills, weaving...

Lit & Letters

Getting past ‘The Saddle Club’ and My Little Pony

My Little Ponies, Breyer Horses, "The Saddle Club," 4-H, private lessons, there’s a good chance you know a “horse girl.” Perhaps you yourself were deemed “horse crazy,” like I...

Ideas

What made the Texas GOP the Texas GOP

In May I received my review copy of “The Republican Party of Texas” by Wayne Thorburn the day after Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 8, otherwise known as...

Lit & Letters

Book review: ‘Grandmothers on Guard’ by Jennifer L. Johnson

The photo was meant to lure media attention, attract new recruits, and, in a sense, refashion the image of the Minutemen as ignorant gun-happy beer-belly types by introducing a...

Lit & Letters

Book review: ‘Why Solange Matters’ by Stephanie Phillips

London-based music journalist, Stephanie Phillips wrote “Why Solange Matters,” while she was on tour with her feminist punk band, Big Joanie. She wrote with a laptop balanced on her...

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