This spirited, compelling and often accomplished novel – the debut work of the Texas-born writer Merritt Tierce – is concerned ... When we encounter Marie in the book's prologue, she is ...

This story was originally published on June 14 and we're bringing it back following news that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. In an emotional podcast episode, former North Texan ...

The buzz about Love Me Back, a scalding book with a disarming sense of gallows humor, surrounds Marie's long stint working at a high-end, bacchanalian Dallas steakhouse. Tierce, now 35 ...