Tall Tales, Short Fiction
A Texas anthology to read, see and hear.
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“. . . We lay down in all of it, in a way that felt like all the world was gathered into one sweet skin, and though you know it’s wrong, down deep, in bone and blood and muscle, you want the one thing your head tells you you’re not supposed to want, and in that wanting, in that knowing it’s wrong, there is a stillness at the center, calm and full and sly, that comes from knowing you will do it anyway, and you tell your head to cease its thinking, to let the bone and blood and muscle have their way; glad, for what you’re doing seems the holiest of human acts. And in that time when everything’s afight within you, you are whole as you will ever be . . .”
Luckily for short story fans, Texas looks out for its own. In making a place for voices from every corner of the state, the Texas Bound collection of short fiction and stories on tape just may begin the chronicling of our contemporary literary tradition. In this sense Texas literature doesn’t have to arrive, it’s already home.
Arts and Letters Live
The literary project sponsored by the Dallas Museum of Art and the Friends of the Dallas Public Library, continues its seventh season through May 10, 1998. The Texas Bound portion of the event incorporates four performances, three are of Texas short stories and one is the touring Selected Shorts program from New York. Three performances remain at the time of this publication:
Monday, March 9: 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Texas Bound from Broadway: The seventh annual appearance of Selected Shorts from New York’s Symphony Space theater:
Ann Beattie’s “Janus,” read by Fionnula Flanagan; Rebecca Lee’s “The Banks of the Vistula,” read by Lisa Fugard; James Thurber’s “The Catbird Seat,” read by Isaiah Sheffer.Monday, March 23: 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Texas Stories: Adults Only
Robert Flynn’s “Truth and Beauty,” read by G. W. Baily; Katherine Anne Porter’s “Magic,” read by Ramona Austin; Dagoberto Gilb’s “Maria de Covina,” read by Octavio Solis.Monday, April 6: 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Texas Stories: Anything Can Happen
Jim Sanderson’s “Ladies’ Man,” read by Larry Hagman; Tracy Daugherty’s “Assailable Character,” read by John Benjamin Hickey; Judy Troy’s “Ramone,” read by Angie Phillips.
The Texas Bound series also goes on tour at the William Edrington Scott Theater of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on May 18, and at the Alley Theatre, Houston on June 1. For more information, call 214/922-1219.
Distinguished writer visits and two salutes to Texas writers Katherine Anne Porter and Larry L. King are also featured literary events in April and May.
Publications
Texas Bound Book II: 22 Texas Stories
(1998 SMU Press for the Dallas Museum of Art, $22.50 hard, $12.95 paper) Edited by Kay Cattarulla with a foreword by John Graves.
Donald Barthelme, “The School”
John Bennet, “Flat Creek Road”
James Lee Burke, “The Convict”
Robert Olen Butler, “Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot”
Sandra Cisneros, “Barbie-Q”
Matt Clarke, “The West Texas Sprouting of Loman Happenstance”
Tom Doyal, “Sick Day”
Tom Doyal, “Uncle Norvel Remembers Ghandi”
Dagoberto Gilb, “The Prize”
Dave Hickey, “I’m Bound to Follow the Longhorn Cows”
Barbara Hudson, “The Arabesque”
Arturo Islas, “The King of Tears”
Carolyn Osborne, “The Accidental Trip to Jamaica”
Janet Peery, “What the Thunder Said”
Hermine Pinson, “Kris/Crack/Kyle”
Katherine Anne Porter, “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”
Annette Sanford, “Six White Horses”
Lisa Sandlin, “The Old Folks Wish Them Well”
R.E. Smith, “The Gift Horse’s Mouth”
Marshall Terry, “Angels Prostate Fall”
Donna Trussell, “Fishbone”
Miles Wilson, “On Tour with Max”
Texas Bound: 19 Texas Stories
(1994 SMU Press for the Dallas Museum of Art, 260 pp, $22.50 hard, $10.95 paper) Edited by Kay Cattarulla with a foreward by Lawrence Wright.
Rick Bass, “Antlers”
Lee Merrill Byrd, “Major Six Pockets”
Diane DeSanders, “When He Saw Me”
Mary K. Flatten, “Old Enough”
Robert Flynn, “The Midnight Clear”
William Goyen, “Precious Door”
William Goyen, “The Texas Principessa”
A.C. Greene, “Before Daylight”
William Hauptman, “Good Rockin’ Tonight”
Shelby Hearon, “The Undertow of Friends”
Larry L. King, “Something Went with Daddy”
Reginald McKnight, “The Kind of Light that Shines on Texas”
Larry McMurtry, “There Will Be Peace in Korea”
Tom·s Rivera, “Picture of His Father’s Face”
Annette Sanford, “Trip in a Summer Dress”
C.W. Smith, “Witnesses”
Lynna Williams, “Personal Testimony”
Bryan Woolley, “Burgers, Beer, and Patsy Cline”
Lawrence Wright, “Escape”
On Tape:
Texas Bound III: 7 by 7: More Stories by Texas Writers, Read by Texas Actors
(1998, recorded live at the Dallas Museum of Art, 2 cassettes, $16.95)
Tom Doyal’s “Sick Day,” read by Barry Corbin
Marshall Terry’s “Angels Prostate Fall,” read by Randy Moore
R.E. Smith’s “The Gift Horse’s Mouth,” read by Peri Gilpin
James Lee Burke’s “The Convict,” read by James Black
Robert Olen Butler’s “Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot,” read by Octavio Solis
Barbara Hudson’s “The Arabesque,” read by Marcia Gay Harden
Donald Barthelme’s “The School” read by Raphael Parry
Texas Bound II: 8 by 8: More Stories by Texas Writers, Read by Texas Actors
(1996, recorded live at the Dallas Museum of Art, 2 cassettes, $16.95)
Matt Clark’s “The West Texas Sprouting of Loman Happenstance,” read by Brent Spiner
Mary K. Flatten’s “Old Enough,” read by Julie White
Arturo Islas’s “The King of Tears,” read by Octavio Solis
Tom Doyal’s “Uncle Norvel Remembers Ghandi,” read by Randy Moore
Janet Peery’s “What the Thunder Said,” read by Kathy Bates
Miles Wilson’s “On Tour with Max,” read by John Benjamin Hickey
Hermine Pinson’s “Kris/Crack/Kyle,” read by the author
Larry L. King’s “Something Went with Daddy,” read by G.W. Bailey
Texas Bound: 8 by 8, Stories by Texas Writers, Read by Texas Actors (1993, recorded live at the Dallas Museum of Art, 2 cassettes, $15.95)
Larry McMurtry’s “There Will be Peace in Korea,” read by Tommy Lee Jones
William Goyen’s “The Texas Principessa,” read by Doris Roberts
Robert Flynn’s “The Midnight Clear,” read by Tess Harper
Reginald McKnight’s “The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas,” read by Tyress Allen
Lynna Williams’s “Personal Testimony,” read by Judith Ivey
Tom·s Rivera’s “Picture of His Father’s Face,” read by Roger Alvarez
Annette Sanford’s “Trip in a Summer Dress,” read by Norma Moore
Lawrence Wright’s “Escape,” read by Randy Moore
Available at the DMA Store, 214/922-1256, or direct from the publisher at 800/826-8911. Or order Texas Bound online.
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