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)