Tag Archives: Larry McMurtry
Leaving the Gay Place Lights a Candle for the Patron Saint of Austin’s Counterculture
Tracy Daugherty’s new biography of The Gay Place author Billy Lee Brammer is part poetic ode, part oral history — and always a wild ride.
The greatest novel ever written about Austin was penned by a man from Dallas, and it did not mention the capital city by name. Still, when Billy Lee Brammer’s...Read More
The Observer Review: The Long Voyage: Selected Letters of Malcolm Cowley, 1915-1987
Though an East Coaster for most of his life, and a denizen of New York City's publishing industry for dozens of years, Malcolm Cowley’s impact on the lives an...Read More
Eye On Texas: Michael O’Brien Collects the Faces of Texas
Michael O'Brien's photography in "The Face of Texas" celebrates the spirit and individuality of the state with a human mosaic....Read More
The Last Picture Show, For Real
Before white men fought their way from the Sabine River to the Big Bend, the land was covered with grama grass so tall it could tickle a horse’s belly. Bu...Read More
