#larry mcmurty

[kemetic-dreams]

Bose Ikard (ca. 1840s–1929) was an African American cowboy who participated in the pioneering cattle drives on what became known as the Goodnight–Loving Trail, after the American Civil War and through 1869. Aspects of his life inspired the fictional character Joshua Deets, the African-American cowboy in Larry McMurtry‘s novel Lonesome Dove.

Bose Ikard was born into slavery around 1847 or in 1843 in Summerville, Noxubee County, Mississippi. He lived with his master’s family prior to the Civil War, becoming a ranch hand and cowboy as he grew up in Texas after the Ikards moved from Mississippi to Parker County, Texas. On the post-war cattle drives, Ikard served as a tracker, a cowboy and as Charles Goodnight‘s de facto banker, often carrying thousands of dollars in cash until the money could be deposited. After his last cattle drive in 1869, Ikard settled in Parker County, becoming a farmer and raising a family with his wife Angeline.

#african #afrakan #kemetic dreams #africans #brownskin #afrakans #brown skin #african culture #bose lkard #joshua deets #larry mcmurty #lonesome dove #texas #cowboy

[kamreadsandrecs]

#books #history #larry mcmurty

[kammartinez]

#books #larry mcmurty #history

[tunnelduck]

HEY, if there’s anyone that thoroughly enjoyed Dracula Daily or are yearning for more serialized classic lit, next year they’re beginning The Big Read where everyone subscribed reads 5 classic novels over the course of a year by getting regular emails w pages from them (just like Dracula Daily).

The reading list this year is:

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty (January-March)

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith (April-May)

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (June-September)

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (October)

East of Eden by John Steinbeck (November-December)

Have fun!

#serialized fiction #classic literature #dracula daily #draculadaily

[nocturnalfrenzy]

Is Brokeback Mountain a True Story?

Brokeback Mountain directed by Taiwanese director Ang Lee saw the theatres in the year 2005. Primarily, a romantic-drama set in old west theme introduces us to two American cowboys Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar; the story takes us through their terrain like lives after they meet in 1963 while working as sheep herders on pastures of Brokeback Mountain. The film keeping their relationship at its core threads various phases of Jack and Ennis lives as they ride ahead. The depiction of Homosexuals in a Homophobic society makes it first one of its kind.

Ang Lee won his first Academy Award as Best Director for this movie. Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger gave two brilliant performances in their respective roles each demanding attention when on-screen, the cast also consisted names like Anne Hathaway, Michelle Willaims, David Harbour, Kate Mara.

Is Brokeback Mountain based on a true story?

The technically correct answer to this question would be a ‘NO’, the movie was adapted from a short story penned by Pulitzer fame American novelist Annie Proulx, the screenplay being written by Larry McMurty and Diana Ossana.

Fictionally the story is about these two characters and their love and journey of twenty years from 1963 to 1983 but it in actuality it’s the untold stories of all those Jack and Ennis that really existed in the fog of homophobic society.

In the early 1960s to late 1990s homosexuality was dangerous notion to have in U.S, several hate crimes that occurred in these times are the alibi of the aforementioned statement until 2003 when Lawrence vs Texas case brought a change in the laws. Jack and Ennis discover each other sexually, emotionally on Brokeback Mountain in Wyoming and keep seeing each other secretly in the name of fishing trips to hide from everyone. Duality in their lives makes the viewer a part of their journey since many of us live in duality, they prioritize responsibilities over love. Each of two leads get married to a woman but finding them in the want of each other’s company; the excitement in the body language and eyes of characters when they meet tells us all we need to know. Each of characters have different stands; Jack being more confident wants to have a life with Ennis divorcing his wife whereas Ennis even though divorced is afraid of the thorns of society they live in. In one scene Ennis says “If this things grabs hold of us again in wrong place, wrong time, then we are dead” all the while thinking about the thought process of his late homophobic father.

As the story rolls ahead both of them finds it difficult to maintain their dual lives showing the frustration and fits of rage in various altercations they have, both Jack and Ennis are distanced from their respective wives. Even through the tough times their love and emotional connection stays strong but they are not able live it to fullest. They live of the moments they spent together in Brokeback Mountain as Jack mentions aptly in a scene “All we have is Brokeback Mountain”. Since Brokeback Mountain stays as only standing proof of their relationship. The sexuality of the characters take a side seat while the film focuses on the mental struggle a homosexual person went through in those times.

The grounded and mature depiction of homosexual characters brings it more close to reality. In popular culture gay men are imagined of possessing flamboyant characteristics and being effeminate but in this film the characters don’t clad any of this colorful traits. So it seems Jack and Ennis could be anywhere or anyone hiding from the mindset of our social structure of this world we all belong to willingly or unwillingly. Once Ennis gets the knowledge about Jack’s death is taken aback and imagines him getting killed in the same way his father had described killing a homosexual person. This imagination of his brings forth the fear Ennis had in him throughout the story. The screenplay keeps the viewer guessing the validity of his imagination hence asking ourselves whether he died because of a hate crime or an accident, sadly the former option seeming more probable. In broader spectrum answering the big question that even though the film is fictional the building blocks are picked from reality of many homosexual men in those time periods.

#movie brokebackmountain moviethoughts homophobia realityorimaginary loveislove crimeonlove film cinema thoughts mytakeonmovie #movies #film #cinema #homophobia #cowboys #thoughts #movie thoughts #movie explained #loveislove #slotted angle racks #ang lee #jake gylenhall #heath ledger #writer on tumblr #philosophy #movie history

[inutaffy]

a timeline: season 4 volume 1

stranger things 4x02 // why be happy when you could be normal (jeanette winterson) // all this love (destroy boys) // trista mateer // @/wehadnoidea // the last picture show (larry mcmurty) // stranger things 4x03 // letters to felice (franz kafka) // stranger things 4x04 // infinity room (beach bunny) // sue zhao // carnet de voyage (craig thompson) // things I would say if I wasn't so afraid (sue zhao) // deadweight (beach bunny) // heart like yours (willamette stone) // stranger things script "Dear, Billy" // stranger things 4x05 // the retribution of mara dyer (michelle hodkin) // pleaser (wallows) 

#i'll post the scraps later !!!! #byler #stranger things #mike wheeler #will byers #s4 stranger things #stranger things s4 #jay's queue

[wellconstructedsentences]

It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times.

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty

#lonesome dove #larry mcmurtry

[jeanharlowseyebrows]

3

my hero! thank you. my top-5, unranked:

the year of magical thinking - joan didion

brideshead revisted - evelyn waugh

the sea, the sea - iris murdoch

lonesome dove - larry mcmurty

ex-wife - ursula parrott

end of the year book ask

#asks

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 6.3

Beer Birthdays

Emil G. Sick (1894)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Josephine Baker; entertainer, singer, dancer (1906)

Chuck Barris; game show producer (1929)

Marion Zimmer Bradley; writer (1930)

Lawrence Lessig; writer, lawyer (1961)

Memphis Minnie; blues singer, guitarist (1897)

Famous Birthdays

Mike Clarke; rock musician (1944)

Christopher Cross; pop singer (1951)

Tony Curtis; actor (1925)

Jefferson Davis; Confederate States president (1808)

Colleen Dewhurst; actor (1924)

Raoul Dufy; artist French artist (1877)

Mickey Finn; rock musician (1947)

George V; British king (1865)

Allen Ginsberg; writer (1926)

Pauline Goddard; actor (1911)

Leo Gorcey; actor (1917)

David Gregory; Scottish astronomer (1659)

William Hone; writer (1780)

Ian Hunter; rock singer (1946)

James Hutton; Scottish geologist (1726)

Hale Irwin; golfer (1945)

Johan Jongkind; Dutch artist (1819)

Curtis Mayfield; singer (1942)

McLovin; Super Bad character (1981)

Larry McMurty; writer (1936)

David L. Mills; computer engineer (1938)

Ransom E. Olds; automaker (1864)

James Purefoy; actor (1964)

Suzi Quatro; rock singer, bassist (1950)

Boots Randolph; saxophonnist (1927)

Jimmy Rogers; blues guitarist (1924)

Dakota Staton; jazz singer (1932)

Lili St. Cyr; actor (1918)

Scott Valentine; actor (1958)

Denice Williams; singer (1950)

#Birthdays

[dfroza]

A sad piece of local news

A bookstore owner died on friday after being hit by a car

@GRPress

Redux Books said in a post that employees were “shocked” and “dismayed” to report the tragic death of the store owner.

6.6.22 • 3:46pm • Twitter

Before opening the bookstore at 1349 Lake Dr. SE, Hogeterp studied English at Calvin College in the early 1970s. After working in insurance and financial planning for years, he retired and then opened Redux Books in 2001.

“He got his dream in life,” Patricia Hogeterp said. “I supported him completely. We did that store and never turned back, never blinked an eye.”

Hogeterp could often be seen grabbing breakfast at Matchbox Diner before heading into his store each morning, a new book in hand.

In honor of his impact on the community, Matchbox Diner closed off his regular table June 3-5; set with his coffee order and a vase of flowers in memorial.

Patricia Hogeterp said she will miss their conversations about books, among other things.

His favorite book is titled, “Lonesome Dove,” by Larry McMurty, she said. Often, he would recommend his favorite Western book to her that she would read immediately before talking to him about it.

“We would sit around the dinner table every night and talk for an hour,” she said. “He loved his book stories, loved working with his children and he was deeply loved by a lot of people.”

•

how would you feel if all the cars ran me down while walking?

[claudia1829things]

Favorite Miniseries From the 1980s

Here is a list of my favorite television miniseries from the 1980s (in chronological order):

“Pride and Prejudice” (1980)

“Shogun” (1980)

“The Barchester Chronicles” (1982)

“The Blue and the Gray” (1982)

“The Winds of War” (1983)

“The Thorn Birds” (1983)

“The Jewel in the Crown” (1984)

“North and South” (1985)

“North and South:  Book II” (1986)

“Noble House” (1988)

“Lonesome Dove” (1989)

“Around the World in 80 Days” (1989)

#1980s tv #1980s miniseries #pride and prejudice 1980 #jane austen #around the world in 80 days 1989 #jules verne #north and south book 1 #north and south book 2 #john jakes #noble house #shogun #james clavell #lonesome dove #larry mcmurty #the thorn birds #colleen mccullough #the jewel in the crown #paul scott #the blue and the gray #the barchester chronicles #anthony trollope #the winds of war #herman wouk #period drama #period dramas #costume drama

[coffeebirbsdarkacademia]

You have to remember that I've been lonely for a long time. Loneliness is like ice. After you've been lonely long enough you don't realize you're cold, but you are... I don't know, maybe at the center of me there's some ice that never will melt, maybe it's just been there too long. But you mustn't worry. You didn't put it there

Larry McMurty, from  the novel, ‘The Last Picture Show ’ 

#quotes #quote #book quotes #love quotes #beautiful quote #sad #sad but true #sad but beautiful #sad beautiful tragic #sad but not surprised #Sad Quotes #Sad Hours #larry mcmurtry #larry mcmurty quotes #literature quotes #literature lover #literary academia #my literature loving soul #Deep thoughts #deep #deep quotes #deep thinking #deep state #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark academic quotes #dark academism #dark fantasy #dark romance #dark romanticism

[tasteslikemolecules]

I’m about to watch the last two episodes and I’m not okay about it. You’d think knowing the ending would dampen my nervousness, but nope. 

#my partner said so you should be looking for a new favourite show huh? #are you kidding? #I'm not going to do this to myself again! #Even if I could decide to do that I will never get into another show like this and that's a good thing! #my next hyper fixation will be shit like reading all of Larry McMurtys western novels #reading my way through all the Pulitzer winners #fun weird stuff #but not SPN levels #also... the implication that I would be moving on from SPN? I don't like that!

[morerawerbreath]

I Should Have Read That (Tag)

the mortifying ordeal of admitting that I wasn’t tagged by anyone, I just saw this and don’t want to go to sleep 🙃✌️

A book that a certain friend is always telling you to read:

Everyone in my family (like literally my parents, my aunts, my cousin) has a thing for Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty??? So I have like two copies and everyone keeps asking if I’ve read it, especially after I moved to Texas?? It’s about a cattle drive through the west?? anyway turns out I hate reading about wherever I currently am though so I’m sure I’ll read it next time I move somewhere exotic

A book that’s been on your TBR forever and yet you still haven’t picked it up:

The Guermantes Way - I have no doubt that I will make it through all of Proust in my life, so I’m just waiting for the right time…Although I have been hampered because I started getting picky about editions — new modern library gets a double thumbs down from me (purely for the cover and book design, I’m shallow…the translators are good)

A book in a series you’ve started, but haven’t finished yet:

The Neapolitan Quartet, of which I have read 2 of 4 for the simple reason that I am trying so so hard to not eat all my cake at once

A classic you’ve always liked the sound of, but never actually read:

Far from the Madding Crowd - i guess?? seems emo and pastoral and romantic in a depressing way. my favorite ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A popular book that it seems everyone but you has read:

To Kill a Mockingbird, lmao

A book you recently impulse ordered/bought but haven’t read yet:

on my ~emergency Nancy Drew errand~ the other day I also got Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro.

A book that inspired a film/TV adaptation that you really love, but you just haven’t read it yet:

I honestly can’t think of a single TV show/film I like where I haven’t read the book? 😬 someone tell me if I’m forgetting one

A book you see all over social media but haven’t picked up yet:

No One is Talking About This, by Patricia Lockwood

Tagging @earlymodernlesbian @tsnazzzzz @fierypotatogirl @endymiondreaming @inabeautifulpie @red-winged-monster @elaine-may @bimbogollum and the person reading this! Tag me so I see your answers :)

#reading #tag game #personal

[wellconstructedsentences]

Anything can be anywhere.

Cadillac Jack by Larry McMurty

#cadillac jack #larry mcmurty

[red-stick-rambler]

Writer Larry McMurtry died last week. His unromantic depictions of life in small-town Texas demythologized the American West.  

I was educated during the waning influence of Modernism. My introduction to the art world was with artists who almost exclusively lived in New York. It was the only art world that seemed to matter then. This world was a long way from Kansas City where I was in school, and felt a million miles further from Great Bend, Kansas where I was grew up. It was through the literature of Larry McMurty that I saw the potential for stories centered on characters in the rural Great Plains. Larry lived in Archer City, TX, a town with a population of under 2000 people, 2 hours northwest of Dallas.  His family went back for generations in the area. He set much of his work in Archer City, and the movie version of his book, The Last Picture Show, was filmed there. After winning the Pulitzer and much later an Academy Award for screenwriting (Broke Back Mountain), he continued to hang his hat there.

I recognized his characters; I recognized the way they spoke and what they talked about. Larry’s writing showed me that stories that resonated with an audience could come from places that were remarkably ordinary. I devoured his novels, “All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers”, “Some Can Whistle”, “Terms of Endearment”, and “The Last Picture Show”, and many more. Surprisingly, I never got to his most praised work, “Lonesome Dove”. Not necessarily because the nearly 900 pages is daunting, but because it is set in the old west and it was his work set in contemporary times I most wanted to read. (I intend to correct for the oversight this summer.)

In 1999 I made a pilgrimage to Archer City, TX. (See photograph from the intersection of Center and Maine streets.) I’d never made a pilgrimage before but this is the best word for it. I wanted to stand in the streets that had been the stage for his work, breath the air, have an ice cream cone at the DQ. Small-town life as he described was neither quaint nor romantic. It was brutal and I could identify with that. On another visit years later I spent an afternoon exploring his sprawling bookstore, Booked Up, spread across 6 buildings on the town square, a remarkable monument to the written word that Larry oversaw.

McMurtry’s essays are also a pleasure to read. Of particular note is “Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen.” I struggled through a graduate class devoted to the German philosopher born in 19thcentury, but with Larry’s writing I better understood the importance of Benjamin and how to view his work through a biographical lens. The Paris arcades that Benjamin detailed are juxtaposed with the Plains of Texas where McMurty’s family settled in the 1880’s. And, like Benjamin’s writing, the book is fragmentary, brief Illuminations, like a collection of photographs.

Saturday I was riding my motorcycle to Grand Isle. I crossed the long bridge that tethers the isle to the state. Over the water to my right was the setting sun, a ball of orange appearing to submerge; on my left, a nearly full moon of equal brilliance rising from the horizon. Low clouds moved rapidly across the bay, the steady clouds high above were briefly saturated with the evening color. By chance, Larry’s son, songwriter James McMurty came over my stereo from a playlist singing “No More Buffalo”. I couldn’t help but think of Larry listening to the refrain:

No more buffalo, blue skies or open road No more rodeo, no more noise Take this Cadillac park it out in back Mama's calling, put away the toys

The photographer Danny Lyon (who made the image of Larry behind the wheel) posted “He was one of the greatest western historians, a genius that grew up with cow shit on his boots and stories in his blood.” Damn straight.