Author: Charles Portis![]() Links: -STORY: "I Don't Talk Service No More." (Charles Portis, The Atlantic Monthly, May 1996) -STORY: Combinations of Jackson (Charles Portis, The Atlantic, 1995) -ESSAY: Masters of Atlantis by Charles Portis: How to Create an American Cult (Carl Scott, 2/01/12, First Things) -PROFILE: Charles Portis, the man who wrote True Grit: How an enigmatic and reclusive ex-marine created Rooster Cogburn and inspired the 10-time Oscar contender. (Martin Chilton, 1/28/11, The Telegraph) -Charles (McColl) Portis (Vered Kleinberger, Spring 1999, Postcolonial Studies at Emory) -PROFILE: LIKE CORMAC MCCARTHY, BUT FUNNY: CHARLES PORTIS, AUTHOR OF TRUE GRIT, GOT JOHN WAYNE HIS ONLY OSCAR. HE ONCE HAD KARL MARX’S OLD GIG (AS THE LONDON BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE). HE’S WRITTEN FOUR OTHER NOVELS, THREE OF THEM MASTERPIECES, THOUGH WHICH THREE IS UP FOR DEBATE. HERE’S 7,000 WORDS ABOUT A GUY YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF. BUT SHOULD, WE SAY. (Ed Park, March 2003, The Believer) -REVIEW: Rereadings: How Mattie got her man (Donna Tartt, January 8, 2005, The Guardian) Like Cormac McCarthy, but Funny: Charles Portis wrote five novels, four of them classics, one of them True Grit. How come you've never heard of him? (Ed Park, March 2003, The Believer) -ESSAY: Of Gnats and Men: A New Reading of Portis (Ron Rosenbaum, 5/24/99, The New York Observer) -INTERVIEW: with Ron Rosenbaum (Tim Cavanaugh, Feed Mag) -ESSAY: Portis' Head (Jesse Berrett, City Pages) -ESSAY: I want to be alone : J.D. Salinger isn't the only reclusive writer in America (JEFF BAKER, The Oregonian) -ARCHIVES: "charles portis" (Find Articles) -REVIEW: of Masters of Atlantis by Charles Portis (John McNally, Missouri Review) -REVIEW: of The Dog of the South (Ron Rosenbaum, NY Observer) -REVIEW: of Norwood by Charles Portis (Deal W. Hudson, The Crisis) -REVIEW: of Norwood by Charles Portis (Michael Swindle, The Denver Post) -REVIEW: of Norwood by Charles Portis (The Stranger) -REVIEW: of Norwood ( gnosticdogma) -BOOK LIST: Screened out : The author of "Motherless Brooklyn" spotlights five terrific novels overshadowed by their film versions. (Jonathan Lethem, Salon) -BOOK LIST: Funny pages : THE DEADLINE POET AND AUTHOR OF "THE TUMMY TRILOGY" PICKS FIVE BOOKS THAT MADE HIM LAUGH (Calvin Trillin, Salon) FILM: -BUY IT: True Grit (1969) (DVD)(amazon.com) -BUY IT: VHS (amazon.com) -INFO: True Grit (1969)(imdb) -ESSAY: Marguerite Roberts : A Woman with True Grit : She wrote. She rode. She fought the blacklist. (Joseph McBride, November '99 issue of "Written By") -REVIEW ESSAY: A Portis Reader: a great writer’s walking papers. (JULIE CLINE, 2nd Sep 2011, LA Review of Books) GENERAL: -ESSAY: Literary History of the American West - Lawmen and Outlaws (TCU) -ESSAY: Literary History of the American West - Contemporary Trends in Western American Fiction (TCU) The Dog of the South (1979) - Charles Portis (12/28/1933-) (Grade:B-)
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