I'm doing a virtual Author Talk with @tslac.bsky.social on 8/18 it's FREE and you can register at the link. We'll talk about career, books, journalism, ghostwriting + more www.tsl.texas.gov/node/70781
Dina Gachman
@dgachman.bsky.social
Writer, Texan. Pulitzer Center Grantee. Always looking for a story.
PART 2 of SNAKE PIT! Find out what happened with the snake manhttps://dinagachman.substack.com/p/snake-pit-pt-2
Over on Substack I wrote about RATTLESNAKES! substack.com/home/post/p-...
SNAKE PIT
Maybe we should have moved to a high-rise in a city?
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Actors Owen and Luke Wilson's mom, Laura Wilson, is an accomplished photographer whose work goes back to the '80s, when she assisted Richard Avedon with his book "In the American West." Read about her remarkable career in this Q&A with @dgachman.bsky.social. texashighways.com/culture/phot...
Photographer Laura Wilson on the Beauty of Texas
The matriarch of the famous acting family stops time with her camera
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For @nytimes.com I talked to former model Hoyt Richards about escaping a cult and the new HBO doc series BRING ME THE BEAUTIES www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/a...
Hoyt Richards on How to Escape a Cult
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I spoke to Hayden Panettiere about her memoir THIS IS ME @nytimes.com @grandcentralpub.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/b...
Hayden Panettiere Can’t Escape the Drama
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Texans! On June 20 I'll be talking to Lauren Hough about her 🔥 new book MONSTER OF A LAND in Georgetown come say hi! www.larkandowlbooksellers.com/products/lau...
Lauren Hough Author Event - MONSTER OF A LAND
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For @nytimes.com I wrote an ode to the John Waters classic SERIAL MOM for Mother's Day www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/m...
‘Serial Mom’: The Mother’s Day Movie for Our Times
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Over on Substack I wrote a rant/ode to Spirit Airlines, the only airline to ever cause me to release a primal scream dinagachman.substack.com/p/adieu-to-a...
Adieu To a Longtime Punching Bag
Spirit Airlines was an enemy, a demon, a pop culture joke. But was it EVIL?!
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As part of the May cover story in @texashighways.bsky.social I wrote about Sunday drives in my grandfather's 1965 Chevy Stepside texashighways.com/travel/five-...
Five Scenic Texas Road Trips to Take This Year
These leisurely routes prove that taking the long way is worth the distance
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You’d notice the excavators when driving near this South Texas mining site, but you’d never know about the tiny black-lace cacti nestled among the brush or the people who are patiently working to save them . . .
A Team of Cactus Lovers Is Saving Thousands of These Endangered Plants From a Mining Site
A wildlife biologist was surprised to find the tiny, prickly black-lace cactus at a future coal-mining complex in South Texas. Then he worked with the company to save them.
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Cofounded by Sam Houston, the Philosophical Society of Texas has kept a low profile for 189 years, even though its current members include George W. Bush, Charles Butt, and Taylor Sheridan. What do they talk about when they get together? We went to their annual conference to find out.
The Weekend I Broke My Brain With the Philosophical Society of Texas
Founded by Sam Houston, the group has kept a low profile for 189 years, even though its current members include George W. Bush, Charles Butt, Taylor Sheridan, and Kay Bailey Hutchison. What do they ta...
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In 188 years, no journalist has infiltrated the ranks of the Philosophical Society of Texas... UNTIL NOW! Read all about it @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...
The Weekend I Broke My Brain With the Philosophical Society of Texas
Founded by Sam Houston, the group has kept a low profile for 189 years, even though its current members include George W. Bush, Charles Butt, Taylor Sheridan, and Kay Bailey Hutchison. What do they ta...
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For @slate.com I wrote about YouTube corrupting my son's soul (not an exaggeration!) and Fortesa Latifi's excellent new book LIKE, FOLLOW, SUBSCRIBE slate.com/life/2026/04... @hifortesa.bsky.social
I Noticed an Upsetting Change in My 7-Year-Old. I Traced It Back to One Specific, Grotesque Segment of YouTube.
My second-grader suddenly knew about the concept of first-class flights to Dubai.
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“Once we lose it, it’s gone. Some people don’t care and think it doesn’t impact their life, but a person has to decide what’s important to them in this world." Jeremiah McKinney was surprised to find black-lace cacti at a future coal-mining complex. Then he worked with the company to save them.
A Team of Cactus Lovers Is Saving Thousands of These Endangered Plants From a Mining Site
A botanist was surprised to find the tiny, prickly black-lace cactus at a future coal-mining complex in South Texas. Then he worked with the company to save them.
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Conservationists at a coal mining site? Why, yep! In February I went out with a gentle army of cactus gatherers to discover how they're saving the black lace cacti @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/travel/savin...
A Team of Cactus Lovers Is Saving Thousands of These Endangered Plants From a Mining Site
A botanist was surprised to find the tiny, prickly black-lace cactus at a future coal-mining complex in South Texas. Then he worked with the company to save them.
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I've been pitching the NYT Magazine's Letter of Recommendation for ELEVEN YEARS. Here's an ode to the column, and to writerly resilience dinagachman.substack.com/p/goodbye-to...
Goodbye To My White Whale
11 Years Trying to Break Into NYT Letter of Recommendation
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I don't post on Substack often, but I did today! it's about hope substack.com/home/post/p-...
A Little Hope in Texas
Maybe it's not all doom and gloom and disaster?
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While nonbiodegradable coffins and cremation are the norm, some loved ones are being wrapped in natural shrouds and pulled in an Amish cart on a prairie. https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/green-burials-texas/
The Texans Choosing "Green Burials" After Death
Death is the most natural thing in the world, but burial is often far from it.
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Not everyone will opt to bury a loved one four feet deep in a bamboo container so they decompose faster, providing nutrients to the plants, grasses, and bugs. But people seem to be opening up to the idea... www.texasmonthly.com/travel/green... @texasmonthly.bsky.social
The Texans Choosing "Green Burials" After Death
Death is the most natural thing in the world, but burial is often far from it.
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The low-budget indie that launched the careers of Wes Anderson and Luke and Owen Wilson wasn’t a hit, but it’s a Texas classic. Celebrating 30 years of 'Bottle Rocket': https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/bottle-rocket-turns-30-wes-anderson-owen-wilson/
The Low-Budget Indie That Launched Three Big Careers Turns 30
‘Bottle Rocket,' the directorial debut from Wes Anderson that starred brothers Luke and Owen Wilson, wasn't a hit at first, but it's now a Texas classic.
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30 years later I revistsed BOTTLE ROCKET to see if it holds up @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
The Low-Budget Indie That Launched Three Big Careers Turns 30
‘Bottle Rocket,’ the directorial debut from Wes Anderson that starred brothers Luke and Owen Wilson, wasn’t a hit at first, but it’s now a Texas classic.
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“It’s so unusual to do what she’s done in jewelry. Kendra very cleverly knew who she was selling to, and she didn’t need the glitz and glamour of New York or L.A. She knew the women who would want to buy her pieces.” https://www.texasmonthly.com/style/jewelry-mogul-kendra-scott-road-to-success/
Kendra Scott Wishes to Remain Eponymous
Her name is on her billion-dollar empire, which just named its new CEO. She's also a mom, a UT business program founder, and, with country star Zac Brown, one half of a celebrity power couple. And she...
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For @slate.com I wrote about a blank white wall! But really it's about ART and MARRIAGE and COMPROMISE slate.com/life/2026/02...
My Husband and I Have a Seemingly Simple Decision to Make About Our House. So Why Can’t We Stop Fighting?
No compromise, no surrender.
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For @texasmonthly.bsky.social I wrote about where Kendra Scott came from, what she’s built, and where she might be headed www.texasmonthly.com/style/jewelr...
Kendra Scott Wishes to Remain Eponymous
Her name is on her billion-dollar empire, which just named its new CEO. She's also a mom, a UT business program founder, and, with country star Zac Brown, one half of a celebrity power couple. And she...
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She’s a billion-dollar business, a household name, and one half of a brand-new power couple. Where could Kendra Scott be headed? https://www.texasmonthly.com/style/jewelry-mogul-kendra-scott-road-to-success/
Kendra Scott Wishes to Remain Eponymous
Her name is on her billion-dollar empire, which just named its new CEO. She's also a mom, a UT business program founder, and, with country star Zac Brown, one half of a celebrity power couple. And she...
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This story appeared in print only in Issue #4 of Mother Tongue Magazine. I've been dying to share it online, and now I can dinagachman.substack.com/p/burn-it-down
Burn It Down
Uncovering a family secret after decades of silence
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Last night Texas Monthly Presents: Life & Death on @pbs.org won a Lone Star Emmy. 💫 You can watch here www.pbs.org/video/texas-... @texasmonthly.bsky.social
