The word “guru” fits George Getschow, a Dallas-based former Wall Street Journal editor, member of the Texas Institute of Letters, and director of the Archer City Writers Workshop. For years, George ...

David Streitfeld's impressive new biography, Western Star, has a subtitle that alludes to a notable part of his story: The ...

Essays by three local writers are included in a book released Sept. 5 by the University of Texas Press about Archer County native and author Larry McMurtry. Pastures of the Empty Page: Fellow Writers ...

​Larry McMurtry was a figure of immense significance in 20th-century American culture. As the author of 29 novels, more than ...

Tracy Daugherty’s new biography is the first comprehensive account of the prolific novelist who brought us “Lonesome Dove,” “The Last Picture Show” and more. Larry McMurtry in 1968. As a writer ...

George Getschow (left,) executive director of the literary center, and Kathy Floyd, the center's manager. "I've never known anyone who loved books as much as Larry McMurtry," says Getschow. (John ...

Larry McMurtry walks from bookstore to bookstore during the auction of his private book collection in downtown Archer City, Texas on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. Contributing columnist Talmage Boston ...

When one of the greatest Texas writers dies, other writers pay close attention. That's the premise behind "Pastures of the Empty Page: Fellow Writers on the Life and Legacy of Larry McMurtry," just ...

A literary center in Archer City, a tiny ranching town in Texas, keeps alive the legacy of famed Western author Larry McMurtry. Larry McMurtry was the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Lonesome Dove." ...

Larry McMurtry has been called many things—the Melville of the American West, the Flaubert of the frontier, the Tolstoy of the plains. These are weighty comparisons, and they probably have more to do ...