Texas is fortunate to have some big time writers. McMurtry, Porter, O’Henry, and McCarthy all penned great stories in and about
Texas, but going beyond the realm of fiction, our state boasts numerous historians, essayists, and preservers of the
Texas experience. Below are a few collections I have enjoyed over the past year.
Larry McMurtry’s In a Narrow Grave: essays on Texas
Props up and debunks the Cowboy myth
Larry McMurtry’s Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen: reflections at sixty and beyond
The preeminent Texas writer’s memoir on reading, writing, and being Texan
Dagoberto Gilb’s Gritos
Great essays on Chicano Texas
Don Graham’s Giant Country: essays on Texas
Witty essays from the comedic and encyclopedic professor
Lou Halsell Rodenberger’s Writing on the Wind: an anthology of West Texas women writers
Writings from the flat land and big sky part of Texas
Frances McNeely Leonard’s Conversations with Texas Writers
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