LEADER 05067nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910807131903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79530-0 024 7 $a10.7560/714946 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472944 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000185921 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11178242 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185921 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10210543 035 $a(PQKB)10111999 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443007 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443007 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10185698 035 $a(OCoLC)614497004 035 $a(DE-B1597)588747 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292795303 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472944 100 $a20060717d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aJohn Graves, writer /$fedited by Mark Busby and Terrell Dixon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2007 215 $ax, 266 p. $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71494-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tPART ONE. Talking with John Graves -- $tThe Writer John Graves Symposium -- $tAn Interview with John Graves -- $tPART TWO. Friends -- $tJohn -- $tJohn Graves: A Tribute -- $tJohn Graves Tribute, November 11, 2000 -- $tJohn Graves: From Prairie Gothic: The Story of a West Texas Family -- $tTexas Past, Texas Present -- $tThe Golden Age of John Graves -- $tPART THREE. Works -- $tHaunted Landscapes: The Ecology of Story in John Graves' Texas -- $tGoodbye to a River and American: Environmental Literature -- $tTwo Approaches to Ecology and Gender in Goodbye to a River -- $tBoys' Stories: Beverly Lowry, John Graves, and the (Male) Texas Literary Tradition in The Perfect Sonya -- $tOf Dachshunds and Dashes: Subjects and Style in E. B. White and John Graves -- $tBrazos Bildungsroman: John Graves and Texas in Transition in Goodbye to a River -- $tContested Landscapes: John Graves' Meditations on Hard Scrabble Texas History and Ecosystems -- $tKindred Spirits: John Graves and Texas Monthly -- $tAuroras of Autumn: John Graves' Valedictions -- $tBibliography -- $tNotes on Contributors -- $tIndex 330 $aRenowned for Goodbye to a River, his now-classic meditation on the natural and human history of Texas, as well as for his masterful ability as a prose stylist, John Graves has become the dean of Texas letters for a legion of admiring readers and fellow writers. Yet apart from his own largely autobiographical works, including Hard Scrabble, From a Limestone Ledge, and Myself and Strangers, surprisingly little has been written about Graves's life or his work. John Graves, Writer seeks to fill that gap with interviews, appreciations, and critical essays that offer many new insights into the man himself, as well as the themes and concerns that animate his writing. The volume opens with the transcript of a revealing, often humorous symposium session in which Graves responds to comments and stories from his old friend Sam Hynes, his former student and contemporary art critic Dave Hickey, and co-editor Mark Busby. Following this is a more formal interview of Graves by Dave Hamrick, who draws the author out on issues relating to each of his major works. John Graves's friends Bill Wittliff, Rick Bass, Bill Broyles, John R. Erickson, Bill Harvey, and James Ward Lee speak to the powerful influence that Graves has had on fellow writers. In addition to these personal observations, nine scholars analyze essential aspects of Graves's work. These include the place of Goodbye to a River within environmental literature and how its writing was a rite of passage for its author; Graves as a prose stylist and a literary, rather than polemical, writer; the ways in which Graves's major works present different aspects of a single narrative about our relationship to the land; the question of gender in Graves's work; and Graves's sometimes contentious relationship with Texas Monthly magazine. Mark Busby introduces the volume with a critical overview of Graves's life and work, and Don Graham concludes it with a discussion of Graves's reception and literary reputation. A bibliography of works by and about Graves rounds out the book. John Graves, Writer confirms Graves's stature not only within Texas letters, but also within American environmental writing, where Graves deserves to be more widely known. 606 $aAuthors, American$zTexas$vBiography 606 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography 607 $aTexas$xIn literature 615 0$aAuthors, American 615 0$aAuthors, American 676 $a813/.54 701 $aBusby$b Mark$01595194 701 $aDixon$b Terrell$01643623 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807131903321 996 $aJohn Graves, writer$93988975 997 $aUNINA