Living And Writing In West Texas. Two Speeches By Elmer Kelton.

ELMER KELTON

Publication: TCU Press, 2026, Fort Worth

First edition thus. 8vo. Signed on the title page by Felton Cochran, who wrote the Afterword. This expanded edition was preceded by two earlier editions and is published with additional material in recognition of Kelton's 100th birth year. Maroon cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, gray front and rear endpapers, xii, 36 pp., frontispiece, foreword, introduction, afterword.

Includes the original Introduction by Al Lowman, plus a new Foreword by Patrick Dearen, and an Afterword by Felton Cochran. Two speeches by Kelton. “In each, Kelton blends storytelling and sage advice. He reflects on life in West Texas – its sky, its hardship, and its stubborn beauty – and on his craft as a writer. Kelton ‘wrote Texas as it was and is,’ readers will recall, and here he does so with an authentic ear for dialogue and phrase.” As new, unread copy without dust jacket, as issued.