Larry McMurtry set out to demythologize the West and ended up making the most beloved Western story of all time. More literary than Louis L’Amour, not as bleak as Cormac McCarthy, but not as warm as Elmer Kelton, McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove is a dang masterpiece. He won a Spur Award from the Western Writers of…
Keep readingFor the last 29 years, Angelo State University has hosted a writer’s conference in honor of the late author and San Angelo native Elmer Kelton. The only problem is, ASU doesn’t seem to like Elmer Kelton, and the English department doesn’t know the definition of honor. Kelton is a seven-time Spur Award winner (not the…
Keep readingMy dad has dementia. Today he turns 75. Some days, he thinks he is 17 and needs to get a job. I remind him that he doesn’t have to work anymore. We don’t know what kind of dementia, because the last time he saw a doctor before he had to sign up for Medicaid was…
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