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Larry L. King

Features

The Book on Willie Morris

The former editor of the Daily Texan and the Texas Observer was a good ol’ boy, a haunted soul, and my greathearted friend. A remembrance. May 2001

Vanishing Texas

Searching for tourist courts, fillin’ stations, and other relics of a Texas that is no more. November 1990

Who’s Number One in the Permian Basin?

Midland and Odessa are only seventeen miles apart, and that’s too close for comfort. June 1975

Redneck!

Being a Redneck is a lot of things, but it ain’t fun and it ain’t easy. August 1974

Leavin' McMurtry

Leaving Cheyenne, which may be Larry McMurtry's best novel, is made into a miserable movie. This is how it happened. March 1974

Web extras

My Friend Willie

Larry L. King tells what he liked most about Willie Morris, what kind of editor he was to work for, and the one word he would use to describe him. May 2001