[This entry was updated by Sarah English (Meredith College) from the entry by John Gerlach (Cleveland State University) in DLB 143: American Novelists Since World War II, Third Series, pp. 137-150.] Larry McMurtry has been known to sport a sweatshirt bea...

Larry McMurtry's work is marked by his imaginative connections with the American West. Drawn to place, McMurtry demonstrates in his work the mythic pattern of escape and return to his "blood's country," his homeland. After garnering initial celebrity by...

Although Larry McMurtry has moved beyond the status of a minor regional writer, he is still closely identified with Texas. His first six novels and a collection of essays (In a Narrow Grave, 1968) reflect life in his native state, and he has returned to...

Television Review Comanche Moon Starring: Rachel Griffiths, Val Kilmer, Adam Beach, Elizabeth Banks, Linda Cardellini, Wes Studi, Steve Zahn, Karl Urban On: CBS, Channel 4 Time: Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 9-11 p.m. What has Rachel Griffiths been smoking in...

Woodrow Call and Augustus McCrae were cattle dealers in Larry McMurtry's 1985 Pulitzer-winning novel, "Lonesome Dove," and its 1989 TV-movie adaptation. Now they're back as Texas Rangers in "Comanche Moon." Their mission? To stop the Comanches from slaughtering white settlers who have taken...

The Hollywood writers strike took the glitz, the glamour and roughly two-thirds of the audience from this year's Golden Globe Awards.NBC's no-frills, one-hour presentation of the winners Sunday night drew a 4.8 rating and 7 share, according to preliminary estimates from the nation's 55 largest...

"We're safe," insists the restless 15-year-old lad."Don't you EVER think that, John!" his mother scolds. "No one is ever safe."A sense of constant foreboding permeates "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." And good reason. Sarah knows the son she is raising will, in adulthood, be a...