RIP Charles Portis. Whom Jochen talked me into reading.

Jochen Stremmel jstremmel at gmail.com
Mon Feb 17 21:54:57 UTC 2020


Yes, I think so, too. And thanks, Mark.

Am Mo., 17. Feb. 2020 um 22:40 Uhr schrieb Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com>:

> so sad. My favorite is The Dog of the South. Ray Midge is one of the all
> time great characters.
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> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 8:21 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > https://twitter.com/RichardFausset/status/1229488600309477379?s=2
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> > The conversations and actions in* Norwood* are as seriously, revealing
> > funny as our best, as Roth's Zuckerman.
> > Read him with  Roth's 60s essay on the surreal crazy America THEN in your
> > consciousness.
> > The way so many 'think' and talk and act.....Lebowski stuff, no
> coincidence
> > the Koens remade True Grit, anchored with that young woman's fierce
> vision.
> > I wish they
> > would do one of the others.
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> > https://twitter.com/petebeatty/status/1229495989427462145?s=20...
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> > harlesFinch
> > <https://mobile.twitter.com/CharlesFinch>
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> > 1m <https://mobile.twitter.com/CharlesFinch/status/1229497365708435458>
> > Bah, I just saw Charles Portis died. True Grit has just about as flawless
> > and human a voice as any American novel. One of the greats.
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