Trillin on Texas

A remarkably perceptive portrait of the Lone Star State, this collection of pieces from the New Yorker, the Nation, and other publications presents highlights of bestselling author Calvin Trillin's classic writing on Texas subjects.

List of contents

• Introduction
• By Meat Alone
• The Dynasticks
• Mystery Money
• Bad Language
• Scouting Sleepers
• Confessions of a Speechwriter/And Especially to Pickens, S.C.
• Knowing Johnny Jenkins
• If the Boot Fits . . .
• New Cheerleaders
• Whose Mines Are They?
• Not Super-Outrageous
• Three Texans in Six Lines
• Making Adjustments
• Presidential Ups and Downs: Washington Pundits Take Their Analytical Skills to the Ranch
• The Life and Times of Joe Bob Briggs, So Far
• One Texan in Eight Lines
• Reformer
• Molly Ivins, R.I.P.
• Credits

About the author

CALVIN TRILLIN has been a staff writer for the New Yorker since 1963. Since 1990, he has also been the Nation’s “deadline poet.” He is the author of twenty-seven books.

Summary

A remarkably perceptive portrait of the Lone Star State, this collection of pieces from the New Yorker, the Nation, and other publications presents highlights of bestselling author Calvin Trillin’s classic writing on Texas subjects.

Product details

• Authors: Calvin Trillin
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781477325773
• ISBN: 978-1-4773-2577-3
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Bridwell Texas History
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies