{"product_id":"literary-austin-9780875653426","title":"Literary Austin","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Don Graham\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Texas Christian University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Texas Christian University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - State \u0026amp; Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Graham brings together the history, color, and character of Texas's capital city since 1839 when it was selected, on the advice of Mirabeau B. Lamar, as the site for a new capital of the then-Republic of Texas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEssays, fiction, and poetry reveal the variety of literary responses to Austin through the decades and are organized in a roughly chronological fashion to reveal the themes, places, and personalities that have defined the life of the city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAustin was always about three things--natural beauty, government, and education--and thus many of the pieces in this volume dwell upon one and sometimes all of these themes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBesides O. Henry, the other most important figures in the city's history were J. Frank Dobie, Roy Bedichek, and Walter P. Webb: folklorist, naturalist, historian. During their heyday, from the 1930s through the early 1960s, they were the face of literary culture in the city. They remain a source of interest, pride, and sometimes controversy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAustin is a well-known haven of liberal political activism, represented by such well-known figures as Lyndon B. Johnson, Ralph Yarborough, Ann and David Richards, Liz Carpenter, Willie Morris, John Henry Faulk, and Molly Ivins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe city is also a haven for literary writers, many of whom appear in these pages: Carolyn Osborn, Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Dagoberto Gilb, Stephen Harrigan, and Lawrence Wright, to name a few. Among the poets, Thomas Whitbread, Dave Oliphant, David Wevill, and Christopher Middleton have long been on the scene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCertain sites recur--the University Tower, Barton Springs, various watering holes of another kind--so that for anybody who has ever spent time in Austin will experience twinges of nostalgia for vanished icons, closed-down venues, long-gone sites of pleasure brought to life once again, in these pages.","brand":"Texas Christian University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45115416510615,"sku":"9780875653426","price":2335.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780875653426.webp?v=1767270653","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/literary-austin-9780875653426","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}