Early 70's, UT Austin, my Eng lit instructor said she could swing it to allow me to audit the visiting author writing class next door that begin when our class ended. "He's writing in the Western genre," and I never bothered. I was pretentious about literature then and rather sniffed at the notion of anyone writing westerns. It was Larry McMurtry, and of course I curse my young arrogant self now. I'm still mad at him, furious with myself and the opportunity I missed.