Anna Hanks, Pop Culture Analyst/Freelance Writer, Austin, TX

Anna Hanks
Pop Culture Analyst
Austin, TX

A Pop Culture Analyst and freelance journalist who often writes about what’s going on in the pop culture universe... and what it all means.

Essay and Opinion

Life in Latvia

Meet a foster-care kid who built himself a life

I am a video-game widow

At least Iceland's rich in talent

Beating the blues; Antone's was home away from home for a lonely UT freshman

If you must eat animals, kill them with kindness

Patchwork of fond memories keeps us warm

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Say Hello to Kitty

This Essay For Entertainment Purposes Only:
Over the 8 Ball

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Wear For Art Thou, Outfit?

Skin + Bones+Tattoos = SXSW Hotness

Is it Latvia...or ACL?

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Features and News

Historic Hotel Hosts a Humdinger of a Festival

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Austin Finds Creative Ways to Recognize Its Local Hero

Campus Polo Clubs Are Few but Ardent

Wrestling: It’s Acting and it Takes Practice

Donkeys and Mules are the Stars of This Show

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Starry-eyed in Texas

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Arts Coverage

Austin Film Festival Blog (BoxOffice.com Exclusive)
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Wrap Up

Get Your War On

Jesus Christ Superstar

Beirut

Mr. Marmalade

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Anna Hanks’ work has appeared in The New York Times, Analecta, The Austin Chronicle, The Austin American-Statesman, The Baltic Times, The Good Life, The Texas Highway Patrol Association Magazine, Austinist.com, 15 Minutes, The Austin Business Journal, The Daily Texan, The Round-Rock Leader, L’Ecran Fantastique and The Waco Tribune-Herald.

Her photography has appeared in Muzikas Saule, published in Riga, Latvia.

Hanks also wrote the MA thesis A Western Newspaper in the Eastern Bloc: A Content-Analysis and Participant Observant Study of The Baltic Times.

She is currently working on a collection of pop culture essays titled The Dark Side of Pop Culture: Notes from an Obsession.

You can contact Anna at anna@anna-hanks.com or PO Box 22, Austin, TX 78767