Tag Archives: Larry McMurtry

America’s Political Violence Problem

Some see Trump as a “stochastic terrorism,” inciting others to violence. Cormac McCarthy may understand as well as anyone what’s going on.

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Intense Busyness: One Way to Grieve

I realize I have used intense busyness to mourn my mother–somewhat like the Texas ranger Call in “Lonesome Dove.”

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Trumpism and the Violence Myth

Slotkin says that “the” American myth is regeneration through violence. That myth can be seen in the Western, including in “Lonesome Dove” and “Blood Meridian.”

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On Rereading During a Pandemic

In three articles on rereading great literature during difficult times, two discuss how it reassures them and the third that literature isn’t meant to reassure.

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Ride with an Outlaw, Die with Him

In “Lonesome Dove,” the feckless Jake Spoon falls in with some outlaws and gets punished for the association. A GOP-Trump comparison?

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GOP Is Jake from “Lonesome Dove”

In failing to hold Trump accountable, the GOP is behaving like Jake Spoon in “Lonesome Dove,” who lacks a moral compass.

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Carrying on a Poetic Quest after a Death

Now that my father has died, my mother will be taking on sole responsibility for the local newspaper’s poetry column.

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Lonesome Dove & Rightwing Texas Politics

Larry McMurtry identifies the looming Texas identity crisis that has to libertarian and Tea Party acting out.

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