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.
Texas Movies: Hollywood, TX
How Hollywood sees us—and how Hollywood got us wrong.
Vanishing Texas
Searching for tourist courts, fillin’ stations, and other relics of a Texas that is no more.
Cowboys and Iranians
What do Odessa beer joints and the Iran-contra hearings have in common? Everything.
Lone Star Shtick
Friday Night Ringers
Why do the towns that have oil also have the best football players?
The Passions of the Common Man
That’s what country music is, and that’s why it plays in Peoria.
Bringing Up Lyndon
First the boy made the man—then the man re-made the boy.
The Best Sportswriter in Texas
Hint: his initials are B.S.
Who’s Number One in the Permian Basin?
Midland and Odessa are only seventeen miles apart, and that’s too close for comfort.
The Only Game in Town
The world’s best Domino player reveals his biggest secret — his identity.
Coming of Age in the Locker Room
What football does to its people.
Redneck!
Being a Redneck is a lot of things, but it ain’t fun and it ain’t easy.
Leavin’ McMurtry
Leaving Cheyenne, which may be Larry McMurtry’s best novel, is made into a miserable movie. This is how it happened.
Columns | Miscellany
Body Politics
Why you shouldn’t lose any sleep over your congressman’s nocturnal habits.
Web Exclusives
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.
My Library
