A Book Lover in Texas

by Evelyn Oppenheimer

A personal and professional memoir of a major literary catalyst in the state--on radio and the lecture platform, as author, agent, teacher, and book collector. Her review broadcasts hold the national... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929398890
• ISBN13: 9780929398891
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Engaging and forthright

"A Book Lover In Texas" is an engaging and forthright memoir.Evelyn Oppenheimer pulls no punches as she chronicles her five decades as a poet, literary agent, essayist, book collector, and book reviewer (her radio reviews hold the record for forty-five years on the air).Oppenheimer writes about the books of and encounters with such literary figures as Louis L'Amor, Katherine Anne Porter, Larry McMurtry, and opera star Renata Scott, of whom Oppenheimer called "charming [and] utterly unpretentious" (doctor-novelist Frank Slaughter didn't fare as well).Book lovers everywhere will revel in this laudable work.