Ventura, Michael

Journalist, poet, and novelist Michael Ventura is the author of more than 1,000 articles and eight books, including Letters at 3AM: Reports on Endarkment and Cassavetes Directs. A native of New York City, he has spent most of his writing life on the West Coast and now lives in Lubbock, Texas. Architect, photographer, TV producer, and singer-songwriter Butch Hancock has recorded more than fifteen albums. Born in Lubbock, Texas, he now lives in Terlingua, in Texas's Big Bend region.