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James McMurtry is back at The Moon with a new album under his belt

Tallahassee Democrat 16 Jan 2025
His father was the novelist Larry McMurtry (1936-2021), who wrote such powerful fiction books as “Lonesome Dove” and “The Last Picture Show.” ... The younger McMurtry inherited his dad’s writing talent, only in musical form.
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In from the Cold

Fort Worth Weekly 08 Jan 2025
Brock’s The Great Ice Cream War of Summer 2016 almost 60 years to the day that The New York Times reviewed Larry McMurtry’s The Last Picture Show ... Nothing much happens in Larry McMurtry’s third novel, The Last Picture Show.
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From Trump to transit, he made you mad, and made you think | Opinion Year In Review

Detroit Free Press 31 Dec 2024
.. ... "So, what lessons can Texas offer us, besides the fact that Larry McMurtry is arguably a better novelist than Wyandotte native Thomas McGuane, and Townes Van Zandt is an infinitely better musician than Romeo native son Robert Ritchie? ... ... Gov.
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Want To Read More In 2025? These Tiny Habits Will Help.

Huffington Post 29 Dec 2024
Start small ... Smith,” she said ... A book is a book ... This year, I dug in deep into the catalog of Larry McMurtry, a novelist who is most known for “Lonesome Dove.” After reading and loving “The Last Picture Show,” I got into his six-part “Houston” series ... .
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Story Time with Reavis: A cold country for old men

The Paris News 01 Dec 2024
Doreen had just mopped up all the spilled coffee from the large round corner table in her café after I rescued my copy of the Larry McMurtry novel, “Duane’s Depressed.” ....
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Story Time with Reavis: Fillin’ up on ideas

The Paris News 24 Nov 2024
The Larry McMurtry novel, “Duane’s Depressed” was on the large round table in Doreen’s 24 HR Eat Gas Now Cafe when the Cap’n walked in ....
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Margaret's Library: 'Woman of Light' illuminates a diverse American West

Idaho Press-Tribune 22 Nov 2024
If you stopped most any reader in Barnes & Noble and asked them to select a novel about the American West, they'd probably pick out books like Cormac McCarthy's "No Country For Old Men" or "Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurtry ... .
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L.A. County voters just sparked a revolution 100 years in the making

The Los Angeles Times 13 Nov 2024
Good morning. Here's what you need to know to start your day. Measure G backers claim a victory that will expand the L.A. County Board of Supervisors.California Gov ... Some proposals never got off the ground ... make L.A ... ''Lonesome Dove' by Larry McMurtry ... .
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Larry McMurtry's iconic bookstore sold to nonprofit

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 25 Oct 2024
The renowned bookstore founded in Archer City by award-winning "Lonesome Dove" author Larry McMurtry has been closed for over two years, but Booked Up is getting a new life as a literary center ... Larry McMurtry died in March 2021 at the age of 84.
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Get the facts straight: How these nonfiction books help keep Texas history accurate

Amarillo Globe-News 15 Oct 2024
What about historically informed fiction classics, you say, such as Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove," Attica Locke's "Highway 59" Series, Americo Paredes' "With a Pistol in His Hand," J ... McMurtry.
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Honors, events among this week's community news

Amarillo Globe-News 13 Oct 2024
A CSAW panel awarded the top prize to Tracy Daugherty’s “Larry McMurtry ... “I was inspired to write about Larry McMurtry because he was instrumental in creating a literary and history-conscious culture ...
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Pueblo celebrates fall with a ghost walk, art walk, a murderous play and Oktoberfest

The Pueblo Chieftain 04 Oct 2024
4 ... ... Laurel Campbell, chair of the Goodnight Barn Historic Preservation Committee will talk about Goodnight, a pioneering cattle rancher who spent eight years in Pueblo as she explains why he served as an inspiration for Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove.
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Caprock Chronicles: Claude, the Movie Capital of the Texas Panhandle, Part 1

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 22 Sep 2024
... and summer of 1962.The movie was based on Pulitzer-Prize-winning Texas author Larry McMurtry’s 1961 book, “Horseman, Pass By,” about the struggle of 1950s cattlemen dealing with challenging times.
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Tom Wolfe’s acid aesthetic

New Statesman 18 Sep 2024
That is the opinion of his old writer-friend from Stanford, Larry McMurtry, who viewed the acid-fuelled escapade as “a lot of foolishness”. McMurtry has a very minor part in Acid Test, hardly more than ...

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