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Daniel Chacón (born 1962) is a Chicano short story writer, novelist, essayist, editor, professor, and radio host based in El Paso, Texas. [1] He chairs the University of Texas at El Paso creative writing graduate program, the country's only bilingual MFA program. [2]
Born in Indian Creek, Katherine Anne Porter is arguably the finest 20th century short-story writer from the state. [4] Her childhood home in Kyle was dedicated as a National Literary Landmark in 2002. [5] Post-World War II authors of fictional accounts of Texas include Elmer Kelton and Larry McMurtry. [1]
Brian Allen Carr (born 1979 in Austin, Texas) is an American writer. He is the author of the short story collection Short Bus (2011) and was the winner of the inaugural Texas Observer Story Prize as judged by Larry McMurtry in 2011. [1] Carr was also a finalist for the 2011 Texas Institute of Letters Steven Turner Award for First Fiction. [2]
John Crittenden Duval (1816–1897) was an American writer of Texas literature.He has been noted as being the first Texas man of letters [1] and was dubbed the "Father of Texas Literature" by J. Frank Dobie. [2]
Pecos Bill (/ ˈ p eɪ k ə s / PAY-kəs) [1] is a fictional cowboy and folk hero in stories set during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. These narratives were invented as short stories in a book by Tex O'Reilly in the early 20th century and are an example of American "fakelore".
A.C. Greene (born Alvin Carl Greene Jr.; 4 November 1923 – 5 April 2002) was an American writer – important in Texas literary matters as a memoirist, fiction writer, historian, poet, and influential book critic in Dallas.
Pages in category "Short stories set in Texas" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
(2003) is a modern-day thriller set in a small town in Texas. Future, Present, Past (2013) is a collection of three short stories set in different time periods. My Mother's Ghost (2013) is a collection of three autobiographical essays and a short story. A Bookish Bent (2013) is a collection of various essay and articles.