{"product_id":"pastures-of-the-empty-page-fellow-writers-on-the-life-and-legacy-of-larry-mcmurtry-9781477327876","title":"Pastures of the Empty Page: Fellow Writers on the Life and Legacy of Larry McMurtry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of essays that offers an intimate view of Larry McMurtry, America's preeminent western novelist, through the eyes of a pantheon of writers he helped shape through his work over the course of his unparalleled literary life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When he died in 2021, Larry McMurtry was one of America's most revered writers. The author of treasured novels such as \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Last Picture Show\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor of the screenplays for \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStreets of Laredo\u003c\/i\u003e, McMurtry created unforgettable characters and landscapes largely drawn from his life growing up on the family's hardscrabble ranch outside his hometown of Archer City, Texas. \u003ci\u003ePastures of the Empty Page\u003c\/i\u003e brings together fellow writers to honor the man and his impact on American letters. \u003cp\u003e Paulette Jiles, Stephen Harrigan, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, and Lawrence Wright take up McMurtry's piercing and poetic vision--an elegiac literature of place that demolished old myths of cowboy culture and created new ones. Screenwriting partner Diana Ossana reflects on their thirty-year book and screenwriting partnership; other contributors explore McMurtry's reading habits and his passion for bookselling. And brother Charlie McMurtry shares memories of their childhood on the ranch. In contrast to his curmudgeonly persona, Larry McMurtry emerges as a trustworthy friend and supportive mentor. McMurtry was famously self-deprecating, but as his admirers attest, this self-described \"minor regional writer\" was an artist for the ages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477327876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"George Getschow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084159484085,"sku":"9781477327876","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_84232229-3133-4255-ad22-d8511f18562b.jpg?v=1692111720","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pastures-of-the-empty-page-fellow-writers-on-the-life-and-legacy-of-larry-mcmurtry-9781477327876","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}