Background
Kris Lee Lackey was born on October 26, 1953, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. He is the son of Loy Laverne Lackey and Frances Artene (Cocklin) Lackey.
Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States
Oklahoma Baptist University
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
University of New Mexico
280 La Entrada Rd, Los Lunas, NM 87031, United States
University of New Mexico
Austin, Texas, United States
University of Texas
Auburn, Alabama, United States
Auburn University
2000 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans, LA 70148, United States
University of New Orleans
(RoadFrames illuminates many of the grandiose myths and un...)
RoadFrames illuminates many of the grandiose myths and unsentimental realities that have shaped modern American life. Lackey examines—and debunks—the theme of rediscovering America, with drivers seeking to escape industrialized America and recover a mythic innocence and independence. He also traces the influence of Thoreau, Emerson, and Whitman in such automobile travelers as Steinbeck, Tom Wolfe, and Jack Kerouac. There is an insightful discussion of road books by African American writers who reverse the romantic assumptions of many white travelers, creating highway narratives in which escape and nostalgia are not possible. The book concludes with a discussion of seven novels, extending from Sinclair Lewis's Free Air to Stephen Wright's Going Native. RoadFrames illuminates many of the grandiose myths and unsentimental realities that have shaped modern American life. Lackey examines—and debunks—the theme of rediscovering America, with drivers seeking to escape industrialized America and recover a mythic innocence and independence. He also traces the influence of Thoreau, Emerson, and Whitman in such automobile travelers as Steinbeck, Tom Wolfe, and Jack Kerouac. There is an insightful discussion of road books by African American writers who reverse the romantic assumptions of many white travelers, creating highway narratives in which escape and nostalgia are not possible. The book concludes with a discussion of seven novels, extending from Sinclair Lewis's Free Air to Stephen Wright's Going Native.
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1997
(This debut mystery from a fresh voice in Southwestern fic...)
This debut mystery from a fresh voice in Southwestern fiction stakes out the common ground between Tony Hillerman, Elmore Leonard, and Cormac McCarthy. In a remote corner of the Chickasaw Nation, tribal Lighthorse policeman Bill Maytubby and county deputy Hannah Bond discover the buzzard-ravaged body of Majesty Tate, a young drifter with a blank past. They comb Oklahoma’s rock prairie, river bottoms, and hard-bitten small towns for traces of her last days. Tate was seen dancing with Austin Love, a violent local meth dealer fresh out of prison. An Oklahoma City motel clerk connects her with an aspiring politician. An oil-patch roustabout and a shady itinerant preacher provide dubious leads. Ne’er-do-wells start dying off. A fluke lead propels Maytubby deep into Louisiana’s bayou country, where a Cajun shrimper puts him on the scent of a bizarre conspiracy. He and Bond reunite in the Chickasaw Nation for the eventual face-off at Nail’s Crossing. “As fine a mystery series debut as I’ve read in a long time.”—Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire series “Thrilling…Lackey’s exciting story unwinds like a rattlesnake.”—Bill Loehfelm, author of The Devil’s Muse “A captivating look at a little-known corner of rural Oklahoma…rife with drug problems, yet peopled by tenacious, idiosyncratic characters you can’t help rooting for.”—Kirkus Reviews
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Kris Lee Lackey was born on October 26, 1953, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. He is the son of Loy Laverne Lackey and Frances Artene (Cocklin) Lackey.
Lackey received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Oklahoma Baptist University in 1975. He then obtained Master of Arts degree from the University of New Mexico in 1977, as well as Doctor of Philosophy degree from that university 5 years later.
Lackey began to work at the University of New Mexico at Valencia County as an instructor in English in 1982. Next year he moved to the University of Texas, becoming a visiting assistant professor of English there. From 1983 till 1986 Lackey served as an instructor at the Auburn University. The next educational institution where Lackey served was the University of New Orleans, he held the position of an assistant professor there, for 4 years from 1986, becoming an associate professor that year, he was also an associate chair of department at the University of New Orleans from 1990 to 1992.
Currently, Lackey works as a contributor of articles, stories and reviews to periodicals, including the Cimarron Review, the College Literature, the American Studies, the Studies in Short Fiction, the South Atlantic Review, the Victorian Poetry, the New Orleans Review, the Missouri Review and the Wisconsin Review.
(This debut mystery from a fresh voice in Southwestern fic...)
(RoadFrames illuminates many of the grandiose myths and un...)
1997Lackey is a member of the Modem Language Association of America, the American Studies Association, the American Culture Association, the Melville Society of America, the South Central Modern Language Association, the Phi Kappa Phi and the Omicron Delta Kappa.
Lackey married Karleene Smith on January 7, 1976. They have a child - Susan Clay.