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

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

Is it too early to pitch a Mother’s Day story? I know it’s like 6 months away but I have a damn good idea 🤓

Through the lens of a female shrimper and a father fighting to preserve his hemp business, the most recent episode of 'Texas Monthly Presents,' featuring writers Russell Gold and Dina Gachman, examines our changing state and the people grappling with an uncertain future.

Train Dreams, which opens today and streams on Netflix this month, is a quiet masterpiece from the Oscar-nominated duo behind Sing Sing.

Hi! This Sunday I'll be on the new episode of Texas Monthly Presents: The Story on PBS. The series is nominated for 4 Lone Star Emmys, y'all @texasmonthly.bsky.social @pbs.org If you don't catch it on PBS it'll be streaming a day or so later. Here's a preview: www.texasmonthly.com/texas-monthl...

A Texas A&M entomologist keeps colonies of them as pets in her home. . . 🪳 Holding one in your hand may change your perspective on what this magazine once called “the world’s most despicable bug.” https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/who-knew-cockroaches-could-be-cute/

BOO! Read about my time with hissing cockroaches... IF YOU DARE! @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/travel/who-k...

Now that a new generation woke up going "who the hell is Elizabeth Taylor" thx to Taylor Swift, I wrote a comic book about her ages ago and you can read it! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tribute-di...

"I settled into my camping chair beneath a canopy of lilac and pecan trees near the bank of the creek, doused myself in bug spray, and opened 'Poems & Prayers,'" writes Dina Gachman. https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/matthew-mcconaughey-poems-prayers/

I went into the woods with Matthew McConaughey's Poems & Prayers and this is what happened, y'all www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta... @texasmonthly.bsky.social

Charlie Sheen spoke to our reporter about his new memoir and documentary, in which the actor known for “Two and a Half Men,” “Platoon” and a debauched life that nearly killed him puts it all out there.

This is a first. My profile of Charlie Sheen is today’s Great Read in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/b...

Last month I went to LA to talk to Charlie Sheen (!!) about his upcoming memoir The Book of Sheen and so much more @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/b...

I don't care what the hat says I would never put a red accessory of any sort on my head ever again www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...

I'm in a tizzy on Substack again, this time over Robert De Niro and recording devices substack.com/home/post/p-...

5. "All Hail the Mighty Snail" @dgachman.bsky.social "Gietl decided to take Gary home and learn everything she could about raising snails so that he could have a happily ever after." www.texasmonthly.com/travel/snail...

"It’s a lovely reminder that despite what’s going on in the world, despite the grim news cycle, wonder still exists, if you stop and take the time to look." Thanks @kristastevens.bsky.social for understanding why I was so pumped to write about snails longreads.com/2025/08/08/t... @longreads.com 🐌

"What makes Gary such a hit in the online snail communities is that he has a dark, almost black, body, which is rare for a milk snail." @dgachman.bsky.social @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/travel/snail...

For @texasmonthly.bsky.social I talked to Emily Hunt Kivel about her magical and oh so relevant Texas-set novel DWELLING www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

Sunday @nytimes.com read about the wild world of Texas cotillion! 🪩🪩

“A lot of people don’t understand the fascination with snails or why anyone would ever have a snail as a pet, but they’re so interesting to watch. I could talk about snails forever.”

Some days it feels like the world is falling apart but you know what helps? SNAILS! I swear, the sound of a snail chewing lettuce can be deeply healing. See for yourself! www.texasmonthly.com/travel/snail... @texasmonthly.bsky.social

Being my dad's dating coach kind of sucks, so I wrote about setting him up with Christie Brinkley! substack.com/home/post/p-...

For @slate.com I wrote an expanded story about this heavy week in Texas slate.com/life/2025/07...

This is a new one: I got an email from a PR person asking me to write about a memoir that I ghostwrote 😂

Follow @dgachman.bsky.social for her deeply impactful, beautiful words

Here’s a working link dinagachman.substack.com/p/you-dont-m...

Some thoughts about this horrible weekend in Texas 💔 dinagachman.substack

Over at Substack I wrote about my hatred of using AI as a writing "tool" and the mantra I will keep saying to my son for life dinagachman.substack.com/p/dont-be-bo...

The @nytimes.com asked me to tag along to a Texas cotillion ball with photographer Eli Durst. Here's what he saw/I heard 🍽️ www.nytimes.com/card/2025/06...

I'll be talking to @mallarytenore.bsky.social about her memoir SLIP at Lark & Owl in Georgetown next month, come say hi! www.larkandowlbooksellers.com/products/mal...

Over at Substack I wrote about Ancient Gladiators, US politics, and Paul Mescal in a skirt dinagachman.substack.com/p/wheres-our...

June issue of @texashighways.bsky.social and online now I talked to Jeff Hiller about his new memoir Actress of a Certain Age 💫 texashighways.com/culture/some...

Today in @texasmonthly.bsky.social, @dgachman.bsky.social writes about THE SLIP, about the real gym that inspired it, and how a gay Massachusetts twentysomething with artistic aspirations (me 👋🏼) ended up there. 🥊

Tea towel spotted by a friend in the Castro

So Elon's little son gave him a black eye? Smart kid.

This Friday! We'll be talking about grief, death, loss - the good stuff. Register for FREE here open.substack.com/live-stream/...?

We were watching a nature show with orcas eating seals and my kid goes, “Well, that’s how life works.” I feel he’s fully prepared for the world

Has anyone ever actually dropped dead from the agony of listening to their husband smacking? Because I’m afraid this is how I might go down

What a perfect time to support PBS by watching the 4th and final episode of Texas Monthly Presents: The Story this week. The episode is about grief and you can check local listings for times www.texasmonthly.com/texas-monthl... @pbs.org @texasmonthly.bsky.social

Do yourself a favor and read this today. It's beautiful, and it might make you feel a *little* better about humanity right now, which is something we all need www.newyorker.com/culture/essa...

It's wonderful when you check to see when a 2,000 word article is due and you realize it was due ...YESTERDAY! I always respect deadlines but the end of the school year is murder for parents. I cannot remember to pack swim shorts for freaking field day AND a deadline. I'm not Meghan Markle.

In a shining example of my mom’s mantra “it takes all kinds,” these 2 books published on the same day 😂💫

Here's to our park rangers, museum docents, and tour guides! We profile more than 20 of the state's finest in this wildly fun package. www.texasmonthly.com/travel/meet-...

Meet the mission man, Ernesto Rodriguez III. For more than 25 years, he has helped tell the story of the Alamo and believes it’s the site of the birth of the Texan identity. 🤠 11/

Decked out in her pink accessories, Galveston's Nikki Johnson-Kunz isn't afraid of stingrays, wild weather, or the physically grueling work that she so often does. But she does worry about the future of shrimping in Texas. www.texasmonthly.com/travel/texas...

Don't let the pink bling fool you. The Texas Shrimp Diva has endured near fatal stingray gashes and chemical burns, and she's fighting for an industry, and a way of life, that she loves @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/travel/texas...

Can a sequined top or an Espresso Martini trucker hat make you forget that the world is upside down and sideways? Maybe!!? I went deeper behind the scenes of small town boutiques for @texasmonthly.bsky.social What I found surprised me. 🎀 www.texasmonthly.com/style/inside...

I'm so honored to be one of the journalists featured in this new @texasmonthly.bsky.social series THE STORY. It premiers in May & I hope you'll watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKeo... @pbs.org