Does the author Larry McMurtry Suck?

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  Joan Didion and suspension of time

  1/29/2026

  2:50

  The magic of #joandidion #prose and the suspension of time and the wonders of words.
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  Does the author Larry McMurtry Suck?

  1/3/2026

  6:30

  What do you think of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author?
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  Ben Franklin's "The Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams"

  1/1/2024

  2:56

  Let Ben encourage good sleep.
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  C.L. Sonnichsen "From Hopalong to Hud - Thoughts on Western Fiction"

  7/26/2023

  4:03

  Where have all the cowboys gone? - Explore two centuries of the American Cowboy with C.L. Sonnichsen in his essay investigating the character of the American Icon.
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  Lost Essays - D.S. Savage's criticism of Ernest Hemingway

  2/24/2023

  3:52

  Find out what D.S. Savage thought about Hemingway in his 1950 collection of criticism - The Withered Branch 
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  Lost Essays - "Every Man's Natural Desire" - Samuel McChord Crothers

  2/16/2023

  4:41

  Revisit Crothers' essay exploring the difficulty of becoming a unique person in a society that limits the individual's interest. 
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  Arnold Bennett "Translating Literature"

  2/7/2023

  2:28

  What is the objective of reading unless something definite comes of it?
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  Is the American Southwest Edward Abbey's land? Lawrence Clark Powell might disagree.

  11/16/2022

  3:41

  Is the American Southwest Edward Abbey's land? Lawrence Clark Powell might disagree with his extensive study of those who embraced the area decades and centuries before Abbey. 
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  Ayn Rand - How does one lead a rational life in an irrational society?

  11/9/2022

  4:13

  Let's get judgemental here. 
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  A love letter to Joan Didion - Episode 14

  10/5/2022

  3:17

  Joan Didion is a complex writer who created easily readable text. If you enjoy essays and period pieces check out her writing.