Today is the birthday of Larry McMurtry (b. 1936), author of many a literary and cinematic success, including The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment and even (with collaborators) Brokeback Mountain. Today we talk about the avalanche of repercussions spawned by his Pulitzer Prize winning 1985 novel Lonesome Dove.  I consider Lonesome Dove a pivotal phenomenon, almost singlehandly reviving …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:45PM on June 3, 2016