Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Some good Texas stuff

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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