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Writers

Mimi Swartz

Arts

Can Harper Watters Make Ballet Matter Again?

“Before he earned a spot as a soloist with the Houston Ballet, and before he became a social-media phenom with nearly 250,000 Instagram followers and another 470,000 devotees on TikTok, Harper Watters was an eight-year-old boy with a broken nose.”

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Oct 2021 Permalink

Best Article Politics Science Religion

Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Wives

Inside the political battle over reproductive rights in Texas a decade ago.

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Aug 2012 35min Permalink

Business

How the Most Hyped U.S. Oil Merger in a Decade Went Bust

As CEO of Occidental Petroleum, Vicki Hollub made the biggest deal the oil business had seen in years. Will it also go down as the biggest failure?

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Jan 2021 35min Permalink

Arts Business

Pride and Prejudice

Vivian Stephens helped turn romance writing into a billion-dollar industry. Then she got pushed out.

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Aug 2020 35min Permalink

A Battle for the Soul of Marfa

What happens when a wealthy patron wears out his welcome in the “strangest, most conflicted place in all of Texas”?

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Jan 2020 35min Permalink

Science Health

The High-Stakes Race to Create the World’s First Artificial Heart

World-famous Houston surgeon Bud Frazier spent decades developing a revolutionary device that could save millions of lives.

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Aug 2018 25min Permalink

Politics

How Houston Lost Its Mind Over a Trump Shirt

Outside a cookie shop in Houstons, a council member spied Trump’s name on a teenager’s shirt and yelled a few of the president’s worst words at her. Then the internet found out.

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Jun 2018 20min Permalink

Crime Sex

The Lost Girls

Inside the world of underground sex trafficking in Houston.

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Apr 2010 35min Permalink

Sports

Failure Is Not an Option

A decorated college track coach, forced to resign because of an affair she had with a athlete 10 years before, fights back.

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Sep 2013 50min Permalink

The Tree of Strife

Two Houston performance artists faux-marry an oak. Controversy ensues about the live installation’s relationship to the gay marriage debate.

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Mar 2012 25min Permalink

Sex Science

Living the Good Lie

On therapists who help people stay in the closet.

Mimi Swartz New York Times Magazine Jun 2011 30min Permalink

Business

The Yoga Mogul

John Friend, who founded a new school of yoga, says the practice should be about both exercise and spirituality. Oh, and making money.

Mimi Swartz New York Times Magazine Jul 2010 Permalink