Websites:
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)
-Charles (McColl) Portis (Vered Kleinberger, Spring 1999, Postcolonial Studies at
Emory)
-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")
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)
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