LEADER 06823nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910826085903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79701-X 024 7 $a10.7560/706149 035 $a(CKB)1000000000456571 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000130295 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11148766 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130295 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10080509 035 $a(PQKB)11773479 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443116 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443116 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194794 035 $a(OCoLC)298790769 035 $a(DE-B1597)587560 035 $a(OCoLC)1280945585 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292797017 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000456571 100 $a20040517d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aConversations with Texas writers /$fedited by Frances Leonard and Ramona Cearley for Humanities Texas ; photographs by Ramona Cearley ; introduction and essays by Joe Holley 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2005 215 $aix, 422 p. $cill 225 1 $aJack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ;$vno. 16 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70614-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: Texas Writing -- $tConversations with Texas Writers, with Essays by Joe Holley -- $tWendy Barker -- $tSarah Bird -- $tJay Brandon -- $tBobby Byrd -- $tLee Byrd -- $tViola Canales -- $tGary Cartwright -- $tPaul Christensen -- $tJ. California Cooper -- $tElizabeth Crook -- $tAngela De Hoyos -- $tMylčne Dressler -- $tHorton Foote Essay -- $tHorton Foote -- $tKinky Friedman -- $tLaura Furman -- $tDagoberto Gilb -- $tWilliam H. Goetzmann -- $tJohn Graves Essay -- $tJohn Graves -- $tJames L. Haley -- $tStephen Harrigan -- $tJim Hightower -- $tRolando Hinojosa-Smith Essay -- $tRolando Hinojosa-Smith -- $tEdward Hirsch -- $tRobert E. Howard Essay -- $tRobert E. Howard -- $tMolly Ivins -- $tMary Karr -- $tElmer Kelton Essay -- $tElmer Kelton -- $tJoe R. Lansdale -- $tDavid Lindsey Essay -- $tDavid Lindsey -- $tArturo Longoria -- $tPhillip Lopate -- $tJames Magnuson -- $tLarry McMurtry Essay -- $tLarry McMurtry -- $tPat Mora -- $tFrances Nail -- $tNaomi Shihab Nye Essay -- $tNaomi Shihab Nye -- $tKaren Olsson -- $tLouis Sachar -- $tEdwin ?Bud? Shrake -- $tEvan Smith -- $tBruce Sterling Essay -- $tBruce Sterling -- $tKatherine Tanney -- $tLorenzo Thomas -- $tLori Aurelia Williams -- $tMary Willis Walker -- $tBill Wittliff -- $tBill Wright -- $tLawrence Wright -- $tSharon Wyse -- $tSuzan Zeder -- $tProject Notes -- $tAuthor Biographies -- $tContributor Biographies -- $tBibliography of Authors?Works -- $tIndex 330 $aLarry McMurtry declares, "Texas itself doesn't have anything to do with why I write. It never did." Horton Foote, on the other hand, says, "I've just never had a desire to write about any place else." In between those figurative bookends are hundreds of other writers?some internationally recognized, others just becoming known?who draw inspiration and often subject matter from the unique places and people that are Texas. To give everyone who is interested in Texas writing a representative sampling of the breadth and vitality of the state's current literary production, this volume features conversations with fifty of Texas's most notable established writers and emerging talents. The writers included here work in a wide variety of genres?novels, short stories, poetry, plays, screenplays, essays, nonfiction, and magazine journalism. In their conversations with interviewers from the Writers' League of Texas and other authors' organizations, the writers speak of their apprenticeships, literary influences, working habits, connections with their readers, and the domestic and public events that have shaped their writing. Accompanying the interviews are excerpts from the writers' work, as well as their photographs, biographies, and bibliographies. Joe Holley's introductory essay?an overview of Texas writing from Cabeza de Vaca's 1542 Relación to the work of today's generation of writers, who are equally at home in Hollywood as in Texas?provides the necessary context to appreciate such a diverse collection of literary voices. A sampling from the book: "This land has been my subject matter. One thing that distinguishes me from the true naturalist is that I've never been able to look at land without thinking of the people who've been on it. It's fundamental to me." ?John Graves "Writing is a way to keep ourselves more in touch with everything we experience. It seems the best gifts and thoughts are given to us when we pause, take a deep breath, look around, see what's there, and return to where we were, revived." ?Naomi Shihab Nye "I've said this many times in print: the novel is the middle-age genre. Very few people have written really good novels when they are young, and few people have written really good novels when they are old. You just tail off, and lose a certain level of concentration. Your imaginative energy begins to lag. I feel like I'm repeating myself, and most writers do repeat themselves." ?Larry McMurtry "I was a pretty poor cowhand. I grew up on the Macaraw Ranch, east of Crane, Texas. My father tried very hard to make a cowboy out of me, but in my case it never seemed to work too well. I had more of a literary bent. I loved to read, and very early on I began to write small stories, short stories, out of the things I liked to read." ?Elmer Kelton 410 0$aJack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ;$vno. 16. 606 $aAmerican literature$zTexas$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vInterviews 606 $aAuthors, American$y21st century$vInterviews 606 $aAuthors, American$xHomes and haunts$zTexas 606 $aAuthorship 607 $aTexas$xIntellectual life 607 $aTexas$xIn literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aAuthors, American 615 0$aAuthors, American 615 0$aAuthors, American$xHomes and haunts 615 0$aAuthorship. 676 $a810.9/9764 701 $aLeonard$b Frances McNeely$f1936-$01644476 701 $aCearley$b Ramona$f1956-$01644477 701 $aHolley$b Joe$01644478 712 02$aHumanities Texas. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826085903321 996 $aConversations with Texas writers$93990354 997 $aUNINA