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How Do You Say 'Au Revoir' to a Writer Like James Crumley?
Books Blog October 1, 2008
by Dan Oko
Description: Remembering James Crumley
"...He had, he explained, come to Missoula for two reasons. The first, to explore the highways of the American West at Mach speeds (back in the ‘90s, Montana had no designated speed limit); the second, he said, was to meet the crime novelist James Crumley..."
Crime Writer James Crumley Passes Away at 68
Books Blog September 23, 2008
by Kimberley Jones
Description: Native Texan James Crumley dies
"...Mystery/crime author James Crumley passed away this weekend in Missoula, Montana, according to The New York Times. A native Texan whose papers are archived at Texas State's Southwestern Writers Collection, Crumley is most famous for two separate and enduring book series starring detectives Milo Milodragovitch and C.W..."
Quien es Mas Noir: James Crumley and James Ellroy are Coming
to Town
Books Story December 6, 1996
"...The stars in tough-guy heaven will shine on Austin, Texas on Friday,
December 6. Not one but two of the toughest, most important writers of hardboiled
crime fiction will be in Austin to meet their fans and sign their new books.
Former Texan James Crumley (The Wrong Case, Mexican Tree Duck) will
be in town to sign his latest, Bordersnakes, in which the protagonists
from both of his landmark series (Milo from The Wrong Case and Sughrue
from The Last Good Kiss and The Mexican Tree Duck) combine
forces for at least twice the mayhem and dark humor..."
You Can't Go Home Again
Books Story October 26, 2001
by Jesse Sublett
Description: Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett on why James Crumley, whose mystery The Final Country has recently been published, is the best writer from Texas to disown the state.
"...First, the answer is yes: James Crumley's new novel, The Final Country (Mysterious Press, $24.95), is the one you've been waiting for. Ever since he knocked our socks off with The Wrong Case (1975), then rolled out two classics in a row -- The Last Good Kiss (1978) and Dancing Bear (1983) -- Crumley has been practically without peer..."
Solving ConMisterio
Books Story July 7, 2006
by Jesse Sublett
Description: A preview
"...This year's guests of honor are Margaret Maron and James Crumley. Maron, whose Bootlegger's Daughter nabbed the Edgar in 1993, and Crumley, whose The Last Good Kiss would appear near the top of any intelligent reader's top 10 list, might seem to be an odd couple..."
2003 Texas Book Festival Preview
Books Story November 7, 2003
by Dick Holland
Description: An interview with Don Graham, editor of Lone Star Literature.
"...Evetts Haley, which fans of Lonesome Dove will spot as a key influence upon the end of McMurtry's epic novel. All of the early stuff is great, I think, and among the more recent stories, if somebody has not read James Crumley's "Whores," they're in for a treat, provided they like good writing..."
Postmarks
Columns August 29, 2003
Description: Our readers talk back.
"...James Crumley..."
Readings
Books Review August 29, 2003
by Jesse Sublett
Description: Jesse Sublett on Willeford anthologized
"...James Crumley once said of Willeford's reputation as a prankster, "Even when he's not kidding, he's kidding," a comment that'll be good to bear in mind when reading pieces like "Behind Him Goes His Dream," about a dedicated Depression hobo who realizes the American dream despite a lifetime of conscientiously avoiding its trappings like the plague...."
Missoula Mourns James Welch
Postmarks August 25, 2003
WWJD?
Books Story October 18, 2002
by Jesse Sublett
Description: Jesse Sublett's insider guide to Bouchercon.
"...My presence is also required at the next slot on my itinerary (4:30-5:30pm), when I interview Jon Jackson (Badger Games). Previously, Jackson's friend and fellow Missoula, Mont., resident James Crumley (The Last Good Kiss, The Final Country), was booked for this spot, but had to cancel due to a scary few weeks in the hospital with a heart condition..."
News/Print
Books Column October 4, 2002
by Shawn Badgley
"...James Crumley (The Last Good Kiss, The Final Country) won't be in attendance at Bouchercon 2002, the 33rd World Mystery Convention, which is taking place in Texas -- Austin, if you're going to insist on specificity -- for the first time, Oct. 17-20, at the Renaissance Hotel..."
Two for the Road
Books Story August 4, 2000
by Dick Holland
"...Second-guessing a collection of this sort is almost too easy to do, but here is a list of names that are not included, writers who in many ways define what we think about the modern West: William Kittredge, James Crumley, Denis Johnson, Frank Waters, Paul Horgan, Terry Southern, James Welch, Gary Soto, Rick DeMarinis, and Ken Kesey. Missing Texas writers whose voices are redolent with Western authority include John Graves, Sarah Bird, Carolyn Osborn, Pat Littledog, James Lee Burke, and Miles Wilson..."
Can Tom Zigal Really Say That?
Books Story September 17, 1999
by Dick Holland
Description: "The truth is, I didn't know a thing about the world of mystery writers and crime publishing," Tom Zigal, the author of three mystery novels, says. Chronicle writer Dick Holland discovers why Zigal might say such a thing and why it may not matter in light of Pariah, Zigal's new installment in the Kurt Muller mystery series.
"...Remaining in California, at times living with his brother Frank, Zigal rubbed shoulders with the country's literary elite and literary outlaws. The latter includes the Texas expatriate detective novelist James Crumley and S..."
Zigal Excerpted
Books Story September 17, 1999
by Dick Holland
"...On whether Zigal can take credit for James Crumley naming his characters out of a Seventies Austin phone book:..."
Making Lists
Books Story December 31, 1998
by Dick Holland
"...Frank Dobie, having gravely wounded him in his 1968 collection of essays In a Narrow Grave. Among those surviving his cold-eyed assessment were John Graves, whom McMurtry identified as much more than a rustic nature writer, Austin novelist Bud Shrake, and a group of McMurtry's bad-boy contemporaries: Max Crawford, James Crumley, Dave Hickey, and John Irsfeld..."
One of the Great Ones
Books Story November 6, 1998
by Jesse Sublett
"...We learn that Willeford was an irrepressible trickster, a lover of practical jokes. Commenting on Willeford's constant leg-pulling shenanigans, the author James Crumley once said, "He's kidding when he's not kidding." One of Willeford's recurrent sucker-jokes was about the difference between bananas and plantains..."
1997 Texas Book Festival Program
Books Story October 31, 1997
"...Marion Wilkinson 12:15pm Children's Author Reading: Angela Shelf Medearis 12:30pm Essay Reading: Von 12:30pm Reading: Bruce Sterling 12:30pm Reading: Daniel Quinn 12:45pm Women's Voices in Fiction Lisa Sandlin, Sandra Scofield 12:45pm Reading: Bob Phillips 1pm Reading: Kinky Friedman 1pm Gala Author Reading: Naomi Shihab Nye 1:15pm Reading: Mary Willis Walker 1:15pm Reaching Out to Teens: Writing Books for Young Adults Moderator: Barbara Thomas; Martha Moore, Beatriz de la Garza, Jackie Vivelo 1:45pm Outlaws & Lawmen: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Moderator: Bill O'Neal; Mike Cox, Suzann Ledbetter, Preston Lewis 2pm Reading: Michael Moorcock 2pm Along the Cactus Curtain: Lure of the Border Moderator: Richard Holland; Max Mártinez, George Rabasa, Bobby Byrd 2:15pm Reading: Tommy Tune 2:15pm Reading: Tom Grimes 2:30pm The Look of Love: Romance Readings Evelyn Palfrey, Anna Larence Nonfiction Reading: Jennifer K. Harbury 3pm New Voices in Fiction: Kyle Jarrard, Louise Redd 3pm Reading: John Erickson 3pm Yellow Dogs: Do They Still Hunt? Moderator: Paul Burka; Jim Hightower, Joe Holley, Garry Mauro 3:30pm Case Closed: Sleuths on Solving Crimes Moderator: TBA; Neal Barrett Jr., Nancy Bell, James Crumley 3:15pm Plucked From Obscurity: Writing Biographies of Not-So-Famous People Moderator: John Taliaserro; Raye Virginia Allen, Desley Deacon, Nolan Porterfield, Edward Simmen 4:15pm Warning: Writers at Work Panelists TBA...."
Booze, Bad Guys, and Bamboozlement
Books Story April 25, 1997
by Tom Aiken
"...The undisputed master of this sort of endeavor isn't someone like James Ellroy or James Crumley -- substance abuse seems ancillary and consequential in the work of both -- but the relatively mellow, and even genial, Lawrence Block, author of such "New Age" fare as Ariel and Random Walk...."
Top Books
Books Story January 10, 1997
by Jesse Sublett
"...* Bordersnakes by James Crumley. Another wild ride from the big guy...."
Postscripts
Books Column December 6, 1996
"...Ex-Austinite James Crumley will sign copies of
Bordersnakes: A Novel at Bookstop Central Park, 7-9pm...."
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