The untouchables Oct 25, 2008
Got any songs by Craig McMurtry or Larry McMurtry. Hey, while the Archbishop was rude, I wonder if he won t have a point. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Time To Wax Hilarious Oct 22, 2008
It was a different aspect of memory that Larry McMurtry was concerned with in his slight, enjoyable book "Roads" (2001). McMurtry really just wanted to drive, and to tell us about driving, but the literary excuse for his trip was to remember the writers who had made each state come alive for him. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry Oct 3, 2008
Prolific author Larry McMurtry recounts his life as a reader and writer, rare book collector, scout and seller, examining the role and importance books have played in it. The author of more than 40 books, including the 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry is known in some circles first as a book dealer ... It may surprise, then, that it is his role of antiquarian book seller, that Larry McMurtry sees as primary. (Suite101.com)
McMurtry's new album about more than politics Sep 9, 2008
"I've noticed that my son and his friends could care less about cars," says McMurtry, the son of legendary author Larry McMurtry and a music-industry veteran of more than two decades. "For them, a car is a necessary evil. For us, the car was our identity and our freedom. Kids today look at the credit card as their freedom.". (Athens Banner-Herald)
'We Were Soldiers...and We Are Soldiers Still': Signed Books Available Aug 26, 2008
-- As well as authors H. G. "Buzz" Bissinger, Ray Bradbury, Dan Brown, Vincent Bugliosi, James Lee Burke, Arthur C. Clarke, Joe Galloway, William Goldman, Richard Gordon, Sue Grafton, John Grisham, John Irving, Stephen King, Harper Lee, Cormac McCarthy, Larry McMurtry, Arthur Miller, Lt. General Hal Moore, Tim O'Brien, E. Annie Proulx, Anne Rice, Wilbur Smith, Nicholas Sparks, Hunter S. Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut, and Joseph Wambaugh. Coined by legendary horror writer Stephen King, the term... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
IN MY LIBRARY: TAYLOR HICKS Aug 10, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008 Last Update: 07:30 AM EDT. Posted: 3:44 amAugust 10, 2008. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Reading keeps kids sharp for schools return Aug 4, 2008
Burrer also enjoys Western fiction such as Larry McMurtry s Lonesome Dove series and historical documentaries such as Laura Hillenbrand s Seabiscuit. Her 17-year-old son, Nathanial, enjoys graphic novels. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Book reviews: "Books: A Memoir," by Larry McMurtry, and "The Snake Charmer," by Jamie James Jul 17, 2008
Books: A Memoir By Larry McMurtry 259 pages ... Larry McMurtry's fragmentary "Books: A Memoir" has little to say about the matter of writing them, other than that by the mid-1970s this process ceased to engage him as much as buying, selling and collecting them and, ultimately, creating what he calls a book town in Archer City, Texas, modeled on the Welsh village of Hay-on-Wye. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Dreams of Laura Jul 13, 2008
It's easy to imagine all that guilt, shame, conscience, fear, sex and nightmares in the hands of Eudora Welty or Larry McMurtry. Sittenfeld was not out to sensationalize but sympathize. (International Herald Tribune)
Larrys Public Library Lament Jul 6, 2008
LARRY McMurtry seems to be writing the obituary of America's public libraries in his new memoir, "Books," out this week. "Today the sight that discourages book people most is to walk into a public library and see computers where books used to be. In many cases not even librarians want books to be there," rants the Pulitzer-winning author of "Lonesome Dove," who also earned an Oscar for his "Brokeback Mountain" script. (New York Post -- Gossip)
REQUIRED READING Jul 6, 2008
by Larry McMurtry (Simon & Schuster). The Pulitzer-winning author of "Lonesome Dove," "The Last Picture Show" and 26 other novels is a renowned book collector, with a 400,000 volume store in his Texas hometown. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Top 100 books of last 25 years Jul 1, 2008
Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry (1985) ... Left off the list for some stupid reason: -Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry) -A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers) -A Million Little Pieces (James Frey - I don t care if he made it up, still the best story of addiction and recovery I ve read, ever ... Left off the list for some stupid reason: -Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry) -A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers) -A Million Little Pieces (James Frey - I don t care if he... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
McMurtry's cinematic style winning him fans Jun 18, 2008
If bloodlines matter, the writing ability comes naturally: he's the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Larry McMurtry ("Lonesome Dove"). James' experiences growing up, listening to the likes of Johnny Cash, influenced the kind of writer he'd become. (MSNBC -- Music)
James McMurtry takes on politics on latest album Jun 18, 2008
The son of respected Lone Star scribe Larry McMurtry, who wrote Lonesome Dove and co-wrote the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain, is an artistic free spirit. Even though he was once signed to a major label (Columbia Records), much of his output has been on independents where budgets are limited and promotion gets creative. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
EDITOR’S MAILBAG (June 10) Jun 11, 2008
" You know, the kinda guy you presently dislike. Remember, isn't it that history deal? Uhhh, If you are going to read history, then write about the past claiming that it's also the present, you would be better served if you understand what you read, and/or avoid the revisionist accounts. We've already had one with Altzheimers makin the calls......sure the heck don't need another one.....you know, the little banty guy who doesn't know the difference between a Sunni and a Shia. We're awake, Larry.... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
James McMurtry Jun 5, 2008
It may or may not be a genetic gift: He's the son of the famous writer Larry McMurtry ... " He bailed on college and landed back in Texas, working as a house painter and bartender. A few years later, Larry McMurtry was working on a film project with John Mellencamp and passed along a cassette containing some of his son's songs. Mellencamp helped McMurtry land a deal with Columbia and produced his 1989 debut. "I didn't even know it was possible," McMurtry says of a career in music. Then came the... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The plain truth May 30, 2008
"Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke," the deeply satisfying career retrospective that runs at the Addison Gallery of American Art through July 13, shows Gohlke, 66, working in a variety of settings: the Larry McMurtry country of his native north Texas; the Upper Midwest; Mount St. Helens; northern Ohio; the South; a number of locations in Massachusetts, most notably along the Sudbury River. Gohlke taught at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design from 1988 to 2006. (Boston Globe)
Appreciation: Oakley Hall, writers' champion May 17, 2008
" Summer after summer, former students have returned to Squaw to teach or to read from their work, cementing this sense of fraternity. But Hall will hopefully be remembered just as intensely for the quality of his writing. His books explored and invigorated the subject of the historical and contemporary American West. His unflinching view of the region, his deep understanding of humanity and his depiction of complex characters parallel the qualities and themes found in the novels of Cormac... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Wachovia, McMurtry Receive Library Honors May 2, 2008
May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Banking giant Wachovia and literary icon Larry McMurtry were two honorees at an awards dinner benefiting the Los Angeles Public Library on April 30 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Some 600 guests gathered to help celebrate the honorees and support the Los Angeles Public Library. (PR Newswire)
More of this story May 2, 2008
Author and Bookshop Owner Larry McMurtry Receives the LAPL Literary Award ... Larry McMurtry will receive the Los Angeles Public Library Literary Award this week because he is a "bibliophile par excellence." That's how City Librarian Fontayne Holmes describes the novelist, essayist and screenwriter ... Larry McMurtry receives an award from the Los Angeles Public Library this week. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Blew’s 'Jackalope’ is Western demise minus cartoon feel Apr 21, 2008
Already, reviewers are comparing Blew s fiction to that of Larry McMurtry, Willa Cather and William Maxwell. Novelist Ron Hansen thought enough of it to include Jackalope Dreams in the University of Nebraska s Flyover Fiction series, which he edited. (Missoulian, MT)
Portrait of Stegner, slightly skewed Mar 30, 2008
He was the author of 22 books, winner of both the 1972 Pulitzer Prize (for the novel "Angle of Repose") and 1977 National Book Award (for the novel "The Spectator Bird"), but his reputation as a writer is mingled with - even diluted by - his reputation as a teacher (his students included Ken Kesey, Larry McMurtry, Robert Stone, Scott Turow, Thomas McGuane, and Wendell Berry) and conservation advocate (an influential champion of wilderness preservation and water protection). Stegner was known for... (Boston Globe)
Publishers embrace art of brevity Mar 9, 2008
Although the advances are low and sales often to match short books have attracted such best sellers and prize winners as novelists Jane Smiley and Larry McMurtry, essayists Christopher Hitchens and Bill Bryson, and historians Robert Dallek and Sean Wilentz. I like this trend. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Festival celebrates Wallace Stegner's West Mar 7, 2008
Other great writers of the West and its needs have also emerged in the past half-century: Larry McMurtry, Ken Kesey, Edward Abbey, James Houston, Robert Haas ... " - Larry McMurtry, "How the West Was Won or Lost. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Publishers embracing shorter nonfiction Mar 2, 2008
" It is a showcase for the art of brevity. In the decade since James Atlas revived the form with his "Penguin Lives" series, at least 10 publishers have started their own lines of short, nonfiction books, on subjects ranging from scientists to presidents to mythology. Although the advances are low - and sales often to match - short books have attracted such best sellers and prize winners as novelists Jane Smiley and Larry McMurtry, essayists Christopher Hitchens and Bill Bryson, and historians... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Brief Books Are in Style Mar 2, 2008
Although the advances are low _ and sales often to match _ short books have attracted such best sellers and prize winners as novelists Jane Smiley and Larry McMurtry, essayists Christopher Hitchens and Bill Bryson, and historians Robert Dallek and Sean Wilentz. "I like this trend. It's fine, old-fashioned self-improving middlebrow literature," says humorist P.J. O'Rourke, who wrote a brief work on Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" for Grove/Atlantic's "The Books That Changed the World"... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Meth culture Feb 16, 2008
Singer-songwriter James McMurtry, son of author Larry McMurtry, has also frequently sung about meth and "cooking speed.". "It's not a very romantic thing to sing about," said Hood. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Pop culture is getting an injection of meth Feb 15, 2008
Singer-songwriter James McMurtry, son of author Larry McMurtry, has also frequently sung about meth and cooking speed. . (MSNBC -- News)
We've got the nominees -- what about the show? Jan 23, 2008
That was the case when the last female to win in the category, Diana Ossama, shared her adapted screenplay honor with Larry McMurtry for 2005's Brokeback Mountain. And what impact will Oscar's onslaught of girl power have on the industry. (USA Today -- Life)
Teen book festival slated for Saturday in The Woodlands Jan 21, 2008
Cleveland's work includes "Short Stories Unzipped" and "Whatever Happened to Jacy Farrow." She grew up with Larry McMurtry, author of the classic western, "Lonesome Dove." Joining her are San Marcos resident and attorney Scot Courtney, a Klein High School graduate and author of "Student Body of Law for Texas: Everything the Texas College Student Needs to Know about the Law;" Woodlands resident Gail Giles, who has described her fiction as dark and edgy, author of works such as "Playing in... (Conroe Courier, TX)
"Comanche Moon" pales against Western classic Jan 14, 2008
So when you invoke the "Dove" name, you'd better be prepared to pale by comparison -- even if you're Larry McMurtry, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel on which the miniseries was based. For "Comanche Moon," his "Dove" prequel, McMurtry joined forces with "Brokeback Mountain" partner Diana Ossana (who together won Oscars for that screenplay) to adapt the novel into this six-hour horse opera that's blessed with some powerful scenes but too much lightweight patter. (Reuters)
Corsets in July, snake pits come with territory in Comanche Moon’ series Jan 12, 2008
In this six-hour CBS miniseries based on Larry McMurtry s novel, which bridges the years between Dead Man s Walk and Lonesome Dove, Texas Rangers Gus McCrae (Steve Zahn) and Woodrow Call (Karl Urban) must rescue Scull. Kilmer said when he first read the script, he felt compelled to call McMurtry to make sure he had understood the character correctly. (Montana Standard, MT)
'Comanche Moon' won't eclipse 'Lonesome Dove' in our hearts Jan 11, 2008
The script, like the book, comes from one of our greatest living authors, Larry McMurtry with an assist from his Brokeback Mountain collaborator Diana Ossana. Director Simon Wincer served the same function on Dove, possibly the best of the broadcast miniseries. (USA Today)
Literary War: Booze Vs. LSD Jan 11, 2008
In "Wallace Stegner and the American West," out next month from Knopf, Philip Frad kin reveals that boozing, drug- using Kesey, who later penned "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," considered strait- laced Stegner a "fairly talented illiterate" who was "not writing to people any longer, not people he knows and loves, any way. He's writing to a classroom and his col leagues . . . [His] aca demic life has come to the end of its usefulness." The in sults so in- furiated Stegner, author of "Angle of... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Adam Beach breaks barriers Jan 11, 2008
" ("That's got to be one of the worst names," he says with a laugh.)But the prestige factor of the miniseries can't be ignored -- it's written by Oscar winners Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana and it stars Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn and Rachel Griffiths. Best of all, it's one of those network cornerstones that could spell big ratings in the cold of winter.A member of the Saulteaux Tribe of Manitoba, Beach was sent to live with relatives in Winnipeg after his parents died within two months of each... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Read on... Jan 7, 2008
Three books that mean a lot to me: To the Actor by Michael ChekhovBuilding A Character by Constantin StanislavskiLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. What book would you like to see brought to the bigscreen. (Variety)
Win 'Comanche Moon' premiere tickets Jan 3, 2008
Based on the book by Larry McMurtry, the six-hour miniseries will air Jan. 13, 15 and 16 ... A screening on Tuesday, Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. of part one of the miniseries will be followed by a panel discussion with the films cast and creative team including screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana and stars Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Adam Beach, Keith Robinson, Linda Cardellini and Ryan Merriman ... The first five to click on the comment link and answer the following question correctly, will win... (Variety)
Western Writers of America Announce New Spur Award Category Nov 21, 2007
Since 1953, Spur Awards have been given to writers such as Tony Hillerman, Larry McMurtry, Leon Metz and Elmer Kelton. Entries are open to WWA members and non-members. (PR Newswire)
Guthrie's lost work: Long-lost essay by Montana icon is published in hand-bound volume Nov 13, 2007
She introduced her father to contemporaries who had become her friends at the publishing house, including Larry McMurtry and Ken Kesey. Like her father and several family members, Miller is a UM graduate (1960). (Missoulian, MT)
Coming attractions: Steven Zahn goes out West for 'Moon' Oct 26, 2007
Zahn, 39, lobbied to play McCrae in a meeting with Dove/Moon novelist Larry McMurtry. "I'm a huge fan of McMurtry. Very few people can write period stuff like this, and I had always wanted to do a Western," Zahn says. (USA Today -- Life)
Hollywood saddles up the western again Sep 30, 2007
Add to this mix Chris Cain's recently released "September Dawn," the horrendous tale of an 1857 wagon-train massacre in Utah, the highly anticipated November release of the Coen brothers' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's contemporary western, "No Country for Old Men," and the CBS miniseries "Comanche Moon," a prequel to "Lonesome Dove," scripted by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (fresh off their Oscar win for "Brokeback Mountain"). Even the most skeptical observer must admit that the horse opera... (Boston Globe)
'Bridge' over successful waters Sep 30, 2007
Like his hero Dickens, or his contemporaries Larry McMurtry and John Irving, Russo also writes very long works. "Bridge of Sighs" is no exception, coming in at a whopping 527 pages. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Rich history unearthed: Vista publisher releasing book on the Arabian American Oil Co. Sep 23, 2007
The founder of Stanford University's creative writing program, he taught authors such as Ken Kesey, Wendell Berry, Raymond Carver and Larry McMurtry. Stegner, who died in 1993, also wrote a biography of John Wesley Powell, the first person of European descent to explore the Grand Canyon. (North County Times)
Review: Garrison Keillor's 'Pontoon' Sep 21, 2007
Review: Garrison Keillor's 'Pontoon' - International Herald Tribune. Thomas Mallon's latest book is the novel "Fellow Travelers.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Our living history Aug 25, 2007
Cochrane cites, as a particular inspiration in trying to convey that sense of movement, Lonesome Dove, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the American West by Larry McMurtry ... If his invocation of Larry McMurtry as a literary inspiration for Colonial Ambition will raise some academic eyebrows, so will the influence he cites for its successor, which is tentatively titled Mr Bligh's Factotum. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Study examines what makes movies hits Aug 18, 2007
It featured a top-notch creative team, including director Ang Lee and screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, working from a short story by Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx. The film cost $14 million to make and grossed nearly $175 million worldwide. (MSNBC -- News)
This Day in History Jun 3, 2007
Author Larry McMurtry is 71. Singer Eddie Holman is 61. (Montana Standard, MT)
Today in History Jun 3, 2007
Secondary Navigation. By The Associated Press Sun Jun 3, 12:01 AM ET. (Yahoo News)
New in paper May 3, 2007
Telegraph Days by Larry McMurtry (Pocket Star, $7. 99, reprint. (USA Today -- Life)
Deadwood praises its history Apr 29, 2007
The featured speaker is Richard Wayne Etulain, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of New Mexico, who's presentation is "Telling Western Stories: Buffalo Bill to Larry McMurtry." He will speak after dinner in the Masonic Temple. Michael Rutter, western author and historian, Kevin Britz, Kenyon College, Ohio, James D. McLaird, Dakota Wesleyan University, S.D., Mary Kopco and Jerry Bryant of the Adams Museum and House, Rose Estep Fosha and Eileen French of the South Dakota State... (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
News : What's happening at the Crandon Public Library Mar 30, 2007
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LESS THAN EQUAL SEQUEL Mar 25, 2007
Simon & Schuster, 24 LARRY McMurtry's first novel, "Horseman, Pass By," served as the basis for the film "Hud," starring. "> Sunday, March 25, 2007 Last Update: 07:00 PM EST lect> LESS THAN EQUAL SEQUEL LATEST 'PICTURE SHOW' IN MCMURTRY SERIES By ANDREW HUBNER March 25, 2007 -- When the Light Goes Larry McMurtry 2 STARSSimon & Schuster, 24 LARRY McMurtry's first novel, "Horseman, Pass By," served as the basis for the film "Hud," starring Paul Newman. In 1966, he published "The Last Picture... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The best of McMurtry Mar 23, 2007
It s a good, long allegorical (and historical) leap from Dickens story (1859) of human redemption to Larry McMurtry s frivolous When the Light Goes ... Hoping to see one my favorite authors, chat him up, have him sign an autograph even, I asked the lady at the front counter when does (the great) Larry McMurtry come in. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Review: When The Light Goes Mar 17, 2007
When The Light Goes By Larry McMurtry ... Larry McMurtry closed the book on Duane Moore and the gang from Thalia, Tex. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Small packages Mar 11, 2007
"When the Light Goes," by Larry McMurtry (Simon & Schuster). "Exile and the Kingdom," by Albert Camus ; new translation by Carol Cosman (Vintage). (Boston Globe)
In brief: Clooney and Blanchett reunite for foxy film Feb 23, 2007
Barry Levinson will direct Boone's Lick, a western based on a novel by the Oscar winning writer Larry McMurtry. Diana Ossana, McMurtry's co-writer on Brokeback Mountain, adapted the screenplay. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
The lay of the land Feb 10, 2007
After graduating from Michigan State University, McGuane did a play-writing course at Yale and then went to grad school at Stanford, on the same writing programme as Larry McMurtry. He wrote a novel, The Dial, which was deliberated over by publishers for months before being turned down. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
WGA names its nominees Jan 12, 2007
WGA winners have matched the Oscar winner in the original category seven times in the past 12 years, including last year, when Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco won for "Crash." And the guild's winner in the adapted category has doubled as the Oscar winner eight times in the past 12 years, including last year, when Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana won for "Brokeback Mountain.". Fox and Fox Searchlight emerged as the big winners in the WGA noms with two each. (Variety)
Novelists not always welcome in Hollywood Jan 7, 2007
And while there are strong exceptions to every rule (Herman Wouk, Larry McMurtry), a savvy author tends to know when to step aside and let the filmmakers take charge -- or, in some cases, the sausage makers. For some reason, authors tend to refer to pork products when discussing Hollywood. (Yahoo News -- Literature and Authors)
Western Mysteries Like Hillerman Jan 4, 2007
In Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry, his Indian characters are more internally Native American than in any of his other books. Sometimes, I feel like McMurtry s Indians are just white men playing with feathers, like that Italian guy in old Westerns and the anti-littering commercial. (Suite101.com)
