McMurtry

Wills, like McMurtry, is an NYRB perennial, and although I admire many of Wills's own books, some new and fresh perspective from younger reviewers would really do The New York Review of Books a lot of good.

Book Reviewing

James McMurtry is awesome — hard to beat “Choctaw Bingo.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » Sunday Song Lyric

McMurtry is a master at using sparse dialogue to say quite a bit about his characters, and he can really turn a phrase.

Archive 2010-03-01

McMurtry is a master at using sparse dialogue to say quite a bit about his characters, and he can really turn a phrase.

Guest Author: Chris Marie Green - Vampire Babylon

Horace, althought I'll stand by my assertion she's one of the best, I will agree with you and say I think Larry McMurtry is better, because I believe McMurtry is probably the finest living American writer we have.

Brokeback Tree Stand

One of my favorite writers (and a fellow Texan) Larry McMurtry is a June baby and well, yes, yesterday was my birthday, too.

Texas sheet cake for a birthday | Homesick Texan

I learned to drive at 14 on our farm truck, for me it's the Goldberg Variations, Larry McMurtry is one of my favorite authors and has been ever since I read Leaving Cheyenne, and of course garlic ... well there just isn't enough.

Glorious garlic and four other things | Homesick Texan

One of my favorite writers (and a fellow Texan) Larry McMurtry is a June baby and well, yes, yesterday was my birthday, too.

Archive 2007-06-01

McMurtry is no snob; he views the short story as a desperately difficult form.

Promises, Promises

McMurtry is no snob; he views the short story as a desperately difficult form.

December 2005