Texas literary outlaws : six writers in the sixties and beyond
Davis makes extensive use of untapped literary archives to weave a fascinating portrait of six Texas writers, calling themselves the Mad Dogs, who came of age during a period of rapid social change: Bud Shrake, Larry L. King, Billy Lee Brammer, Gary Cartwright, Dan Jenkins, and Peter Gent
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xi, 511 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780875652856, 0875652859
52962813
Coming of age in Texas. A rebel in West Texas ; A Texas oasis ; The gay place ; Fort Worth's new journalism ; The Texas beats ; Big D meets the Flying Punzars ; A gathering force ; A long way from Beaumont ; Dallas, 1963
Too much ain't enough. A new beginning ; The doors of perception ; Literary Comanches ; These happy occasions ; The one-eyed man ; Cowboys and Indians ; Harper's on the rise ; Obscure famous Arthurs ; Absurdism in the Southwest ; Busted in the oasis ; Harvard's "white racist" ; Land of the permanent wave ; Mad Dog, Texas ; King's Road ; Outlaws ; Hack observations and literary feuds ; Redneck hippies ; Strange peaches ; Semi-tough
Texas ... chic? A new view of Texas ; The cowboy professor ; Live music capital ; North Dallas forty ; The regenerator erection laboratory ; Challenging Texas ; Changes at Sports illustrated ; Texas' gonzo journalist ; Texas brain fry ; LBJ, speed, and paranoia ; Hollywood vs. Sports illustrated ; Whorehouse ; A fraction of his talent ; Measures of success ; Hitting the wall ; A recovery ; "Ever a bridegroom" ; Third coast ; Faces in the fire
How time slips away. Jenkins ; King ; Cartwright ; Shrake ; "Doing indefinable services to mankind."