Books
October 18, 2023
Larry McMurtry’s Bookstore Was Legendary. It Still Exceeded My Expectations.
"Bookseller" was one of the Pulitzer winner's core identities, and at Booked Up, it showed.
Archer City
Books
October 21, 2021
What Texas Inherited From Larry McMurtry
A recent tribute in Archer City gave Texans an overdue opportunity to pay their respects to their state’s greatest writer.
Film & TV
October 6, 2021
Fifty Years On, ‘The Last Picture Show’ Is an Indelible Texas Movie
There may be no more powerful film about growing up with nowhere to go.
Books
June 22, 2016
McMurtry’s Best
Lonesome Dove aside, here are the indispensable titles every Texan should have on his or her bookshelf.
Books
June 22, 2016
The Minor Regional Novelist
Texas may have inspired Larry McMurtry to become a writer, but there is no writer who has inspired an understanding of Texas quite like Larry McMurtry. At age eighty, our most iconic author still has work to do.
Politics & Policy
July 10, 2014
The Archer City Kid
Archer City’s fresh-faced new mayor.
Politics & Policy
July 6, 2014
Meet the 18-Year-Old Mayor of Archer City
His high school pals call him "Mr Archer City." After an uncontested candidacy, he now helms the 1,800-person oil and cattle town at a time when it faces a water crisis and the worst drought in its history.
The Culture
October 10, 2013
Larry McMurtry Speaks His Mind, Again
Archer City's most famous son tells a writer's group that ‘Blood Meridian’ "was a little windy" and admits that two of his favorite television shows are ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Everybody Loves Raymond.’
Books
January 21, 2013
Will Archer City Survive Without Larry McMurtry’s Bookstores?
The prize-winning author, who recently sold off nearly 300,000 books, plans to close three of his four stores. What happens to tiny Archer City now?
Books
January 20, 2013
True West
Twenty-five years ago, Larry McMurtry published a novel called Lonesome Dove—and Texas hasn’t looked the same since. Listen in as more than thirty writers, critics, producers, and actors, from Peter Bogdonavich and Dave Hickey to Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, and Anjelica Huston, tell the stories behind the book (and
Books
January 20, 2013
If you’ve never read or seen Lonesome Dove . . .
The opening scenes of Lonesome Dove take place at the Hat Creek Cattle Company, a small ranch in Lonesome Dove, Texas, just north of the Rio Grande. Hat Creek is operated by two old Texas Rangers, the taciturn Woodrow Call and the talkative Augustus “Gus” McCrae. Among their hands are
Books
January 20, 2013
A Tale Of Two Endings
– 1 –Gus and Call’s friendship may be at the heart of Lonesome Dove, but the book’s ending points in another direction. When Call returns to Lonesome Dove after burying Gus, he encounters the town’s barber, Dillard Brawley. “What happened to the saloon?” Call asks, having noticed that the local
Travel & Outdoors
January 20, 2013
Hotels
Big, breezy porches in Port Aransas, the only heated pool for miles in Marathon: You’ll get more than just a bed and breakfast at these ten appealing places to stay.
Books
October 31, 2012
The Cold Eye of Larry McMurtry
Catching up with our leading unsentimentalist.
Books
April 17, 2012
Fightin’ Words: Larry McMurtry v. the People of Marfa
The grumpy Texas literary legend rips the Texas art and music mecca in his review of a new book about Elizabeth Taylor, calling Marfa "as bleak a place as you'll find in America."
Books
August 31, 2010
Short Book, Sorry
Larry McMurtry’s new memoir plays it close to the vest.
The Horse's Mouth
August 31, 2008
Breaking Into Showbiz
NAME: Angela Kinsey | AGE: 37 | HOMETOWN: Archer City | QUALIFICATIONS: Plays uptight accountant Angela Martin on The Office / Won a Daytime Emmy for The Office: Accountants webisodes• Be prepared to be very patient. When I got to L.A., I was like, “Okay, let’s do this.” I sort
Books
August 31, 2004
Larry McMurtry
“I like to go out at night. I like to sit in a nice room and look at beautiful women. I don't want to just sit on my back porch drinking scotch, and there isn’t much more to do in Archer City.”
Film & TV
February 1, 1999
Picture Perfect
Why Peter Bogdanovich filmed in black and white, who discovered Cybill Shepherd, which onetime soap opera diva read for the role of Jacy, and other secrets of the making of ‘The Last Picture Show.’ Plus: A few words from the late Ben Johnson.