[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...

Terms of Endearment TELEVISION, like a reverse Falstaff, is not only witless in itself, but also the cause of witlessness in other fields it has contaminated: theater and, especially, film. A flagrant example of this is Terms of Endearment, a movie that,...

Bob Riepenhoff No terms of endearment Hunting foe bows out of conservation congress By BOB RIEPENHOFF Sunday, December 16, 2001 It looks as if the tenure of one of the most controversial delegates in the history of the Wisconsin...

Yes, love is a many-splendored thing but sometimes a person, in her down-to-earth moments, may feel as if a relationship is a series of problems to be solved. A few of those problems have to do with language.  What terms should a new couple...

The city council is considering a symbolic resolution calling for New Yorkers to stop using the n-word, and supporters say Black History Month is a relevant time to call attention to the racial slur.Queens Councilman Leroy Comrie spearheaded the nonbinding measure before the New York...

[As Terms of Endearment proves, Larry McMurtry] is possessed of gifts that seem to be growing ever more rare among American novelists, chief among these being a true and literate wit. There are others: a feeling for place, an abundance of energy, and an absolute commitment to the depths and lines of character. This is not to say that his saga of a Houston family is without flaws, for there are a number here, among the more serious of which is Mr. McMurtry's tendency to nudge the reader overmuch and t...