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   Rice University ( MA) Years active. 1961–2021. Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. [1] His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975 ...

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2. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2023/09/25How Larry McMurtry Defined and Undermined the Idea of Texas

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   Sep 18, 2023 · In “Larry McMurtry: A Life,” a new biography by Tracy Daugherty, the author of well-received books about Joseph Heller, Joan Didion, and Donald Barthelme, McMurtry emerges as a perpetually ...

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   Who is Larry McMurtry?

   • Larry McMurtry is one of America's most successful writers". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. ^ Johnson, Dean (March 25, 1997).

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   Did Larry McMurtry marry Ken Kesey's widow?

   • "Author Larry McMurtry marries Ken Kesey's widow". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on May 8, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2023. ^ Garner, Dwight (March 26, 2021). "Larry McMurtry, Novelist of the American West, Dies at 84". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.

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   How did Larry McMurtry define and undermine the idea of Texas?

   • How Larry McMurtry defined and undermined the idea of Texas. By the end of his life, McMurtry had become part of the mythology that he insisted he was dismantling. Photograph by Diana Walker / Getty As a boy, Larry McMurtry rode Polecat, a Shetland pony with a mean streak and a habit of dragging him through mesquite thickets.

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   What makes McMurtry a good character?

   • In McMurtry’s books, characters who don’t get what they want tend to have the richest interiority. His female characters, less able to force their environments to conform to their egos, tend to see the world more clearly. In “Terms of Endearment,” men are either underwhelming or comic.

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4. www.vanityfair.com › 03 › remembering-larry-mcmurtryRemembering Larry McMurtry and His Friendships With ...

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   Mar 26, 2021 · Larry always said that women never started out with enough confidence, and even when they acquired some, a “bottomless insecurity” lingered. When Larry and I met, his son James, now a noted ...

5. www.britannica.com › biography › Larry-McMurtryLarry McMurtry | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

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   Mar 21, 2024 · Born: June 3, 1936, Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S. Died: March 25, 2021, Tucson, Arizona (aged 84) Awards And Honors: Academy Award (2006) Pulitzer Prize (1986) Notable Works: “All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers” “Brokeback Mountain” “Buffalo Girls” “Cadillac Jack” “Duane’s Depressed” “Horseman, Pass By” “Leaving Cheyenne” “Lonesome Dove”

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6. www.latimes.com › entertainment-arts › booksLarry McMurtry remembered by writers, actors: 'RIP, cowboy ...

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   Mar 26, 2021 · Larry McMurtry, the author known for outspoken, brassy characters of the old West who also won a 2006 Oscar for ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ has died at 84. March 26, 2021 “Sitting here thinking of...

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7. www.nytimes.com › 2023/09/04 › booksBook Review: ‘Larry McMurtry: A Life,’ by Tracy Daugherty ...

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   Sep 4, 2023 · McMurtry, the prolific author of “The Last Picture Show,” “Terms of Endearment” and “Lonesome Dove,” was a demythologizer of the American West who appeared to live in several...

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   Mar 26, 2021 · The Last Picture Show. Larry McMurtry, writer of "Brokeback Mountain," “The Last Picture Show,” “Terms of Endearment” and “Lonesome Dove,” has died. He was 84.