RIP Charles Portis. Whom Jochen talked me into reading.

[Charles Albert]

Dog of The South was another strong MalignD recommendation.....and I second
the emotion on True Grit...gave away a copy a month ago.


Sad.



love,


cfa

On Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 5:36 PM David Mugmon <dmugmon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fuck!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Feb 17, 2020, at 1:55 PM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >>
> >>> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 8:21 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> https://twitter.com/RichardFausset/status/1229488600309477379?s=2
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>> https://twitter.com/petebeatty/status/1229495989427462145?s=20...
> >>>
> >>> harlesFinch
> >>> <https://mobile.twitter.com/CharlesFinch>
> >>> ·
> >>> 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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