Pastures of the Empty Page

 

 

Pastures of the Empty Page: Fellow Writers on the Life and Legacy of Larry McMurtry

Tuesday, October 24 , 2023 at 7:00 pm

Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU Texas.

George Getschow (editor), Greg Giddings, and Kathy Floyd will read their essays featured in this anthology.

"Pastures of the Empty Page is a collection of essays that offers an intimate view of Larry McMurtry, America’s preeminent western novelist, through the eyes of a pantheon of writers he helped shape through his work over the course of his unparalleled literary life."

"When he died in 2021, Larry McMurtry was one of America’s most revered writers. The author of treasured novels such as Lonesome Dove and The Last Picture Show, and coauthor of the screenplays for Brokeback Mountain and Streets of Laredo, McMurtry created unforgettable characters and landscapes largely drawn from his life growing up on the family’s hardscrabble ranch outside his hometown of Archer City, Texas. Pastures of the Empty Page brings together fellow writers to honor the man and his impact on American letters" (University of Texas Press).

For more information, please contact Dr. John Schulze.   

 

Aaron Chase Eddington

Arron Chase Eddington

A Prairie Song: Poems

Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 at 7:00 pm

Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU Texas.

Building on his well-received book of poems A Willow Grows Aslant a Brook, Aaron Chase Eddington continues to explore the finely observed life in A Prairie Song. Written in the style of classic modern American verse, the poems in A Prairie Song celebrate a life well-lived—and the many forms that a well-lived life can take.

Co-Sponsored by the Bryan L. Lawrence endowment.  For more information, please contact Dr. John Schulze.