I’ve just finished reading True Grit, the 1968 novel by Charles Portis. Last year I read for the first time two of Portis’ books, Norwood and Dog of the South. I was really caught up in his writing during that time, but I avoided reading… Read More
This week I read Norwood, the first novel by Charles Portis. It was made into a film in 1970 starring Glen Campbell and Kim Darby. I haven’t seen the film. The novel, like Dog of the South, which I wrote about last week, is a… Read More
The Dog of the South by Charles Portis (1979) is a quest novel. Ray Midge’s wife Norma has run off with her ex-husband Dupree. They’ve taken Ray’s credit cards and his Grand Torino and they’ve headed south from Arkansas to Mexico and finally to Belize. … Read More
Most years I read several novels, but over the last year or so, not so much. Most of my reading has been of the non-fiction variety. Maybe this is because I’ve been making a feeble attempt at writing some fiction, I don’t know. I’m plodding… Read More
27th Street 