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The life and times of the legendary Western writer and the legacy of
Lonesome Dove.
“Sometimes Sonny felt like he was the only human creature in town.”
Those were the first words I ever read written by Larry McMurtry, who died March 25 at age 84. They certainly weren’t the last.
Texas author Larry McMurtry had a remarkable writing career that spanned six decades. He wrote fiction, nonfiction, memoir, television and film and was the rare writer to earn both a Pulitzer (Lonesome Dove) and an Oscar (Brokeback Mountain).
Photo by Diana Walker, 1978, True West Archives
In 1984, as a young reporter at the
Not that I never quarrel with McMurtry. He sometimes harbors a touch too much romanticism, especially in his early work. His women strike me as a bit much, too heroic and long-suffering and strong. Too
good. He sees ’em tough, but seldom does he see ’em mean. And Texas probably has as many mean, bitchy, neurotic women as any place on earth, with the possible exception of Manhattan; there, of course, they’ve gathered from all points of the compass, while our own crop is largely homegrown. McMurtry recognizes their ability to fight back, to survive in tough country, and knows that Texas women may often be stronger than their men. But I think he misses the extent to which large numbers purely enjoy wrecking and plundering and flashing their stingers.
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McMurtry merged identity and place
How late novelist’s early work obliterated Western cliches By David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times
Published: April 1, 2021, 6:02am
Share: U.S. President Barack Obama presents the 2014 National Humanities Medal to Larry McMurtry during an East Room ceremony at the White House on Sept. 10, 2015, in Washington, D.C. Larry McMurtry was honored for his books, essays and screenplays. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
When I think of Larry McMurtry – who died on Thursday at 84 – I recall a photograph taken in the late 1960s or early 1970s: a portrait of the artist as a young man. In it, he plays with a cat while wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the slogan “Minor Regional Novelist.” Such an image almost perfectly reflects what made McMurtry such a feisty talent, self-deprecating and pointed by turns.
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