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Terms of Endearment is a 1983 American family tragicomedy film directed, written, and produced by James L. Brooks, adapted from Larry McMurtry's 1975 novel of the same name. It stars Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, and John Lithgow. The film covers 30 years of the relationship between Aurora Greenway (MacLaine) and her daughter Emma Greenway-Horton (Winger).
Lonesome Dove is a 1985 Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. It is the first published book of the Lonesome Dove series and the third installment in the series chronologically. It was a bestseller and won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In 1989, it was adapted as a TV miniseries starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall, which won both critical and popular acclaim. McMurtry went on to write a sequel, Streets of Laredo (1993), and two prequels, Dead Man's Walk (1995) and Comanche Moon (1997), all of which were also adapted as TV series.
Larry Jeff McMurtry was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations. He was also a prominent book collector and bookseller.
Anne Tyler is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She has published twenty-four novels, including Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982), The Accidental Tourist (1985), and Breathing Lessons (1988). All three were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and Breathing Lessons won the prize in 1989. She has also won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, the Ambassador Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2012 she was awarded The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. Tyler's twentieth novel, A Spool of Blue Thread, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2015, and Redhead By the Side of the Road was longlisted for the same award in 2020.
Thomas Francis McGuane III is an American writer. His work includes ten novels, short fiction and screenplays, as well as three collections of essays devoted to his life in the outdoors. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the National Cutting Horse Association Members Hall of Fame and the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame. McGuane's papers, manuscripts, and correspondence are located in the Montana State University Archives and Special Collections and are available for research use. In 2023, he was given the first Award for Excellence in Service to the MSU Library for the advancement of scholarship and access to unique materials.
Honkytonk Sue: The Queen of Western Swing is a comic character that first appeared in National Lampoon in 1977. It was created by Bob Boze Bell. Honkytonk Sue later appeared as a weekly comic strip in the Phoenix New Times from 1978 to 1980. Four comic books culled from these weekly strips were self-published by Bell, the first being published in 1978 and the fourth in 1980.
A term of endearment is a word or phrase used to address and/or describe a person or animal for which the speaker feels love or affection.
Duane's Depressed is a 1999 American novel by Larry McMurtry. McMurtry said it was one of his favorite works.
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers is a 1972 American novel by Larry McMurtry. It was his fifth novel.
Moving On is a 1970 American novel by Larry McMurtry. His fourth novel, it focuses on Patsy Carpenter and her husband Jim in contemporary Texas.
Texasville is a 1987 American novel by Larry McMurtry. It is a sequel to his earlier The Last Picture Show and features several of the same characters a number of years later.
Rhino Ranch is a 2009 American novel by Larry McMurtry.
When the Light Goes is a 2007 American novel by Larry McMurtry.
The Evening Star is a 1992 American novel by Larry McMurtry. It follows on from Terms of Endearment.
Some Can Whistle is a 1989 American novel by Larry McMurtry. It is a sequel to All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers. McMurtry admits there was some uncertainty from the earlier novel whether the lead character died but he "put to rest the vexed question of Danny Deck’s survival" by writing a sequel.
Somebody's Darling is a 1978 American novel by Larry McMurtry. It was his first Hollywood novel and in 2005 he called it his "worst book".
Loop Group is a 2005 American novel by Larry McMurtry. It is one of his favorite novels.
Cadillac Jack is a 1982 American novel by Larry McMurtry. He called it his "book about scouting" inspired by his years as a book scout.
The Desert Rose is a 1983 novel by Larry McMurtry about a Las Vegas showgirl. It was his ninth novel. McMurtry wrote the book after visiting Las Vegas to research a film script about that city. The movie was never made.
The Late Child is a 1995 American novel by Larry McMurtry. It is a sequel to The Desert Rose.
