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| Named Person: | Charles Portis |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Charles Portis; Jay Jennings; Mike Reddy |
| ISBN: | 1935106503 9781935106500 |
| OCLC Number: | 793911008 |
| Description: | xxii, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Selected newspaper reporting and writing. Memphis commercial appeal (1958) -- Arkansas gazette (1959-1960) -- New York herald tribune (1960-1964): General assignment ; Civil rights reporting ; London bureau -- Travels. That new sound from Nashville -- An auto odyssey through darkest Baja -- The forgotten river -- Motel life, lower reaches -- Short stories. Your action line -- Nights can turn cool in Viborra -- I don't talk service no more -- The wind bloweth where it listeth -- Memoir. Combinations of Jacksons -- Drama. Delray's new moon -- Epilogue. interview[s] -- Gazette project interview (by Roy Reed) -- Tributes. Comedy in earnest (by Roy Blount Jr.) -- Like Cormac McCarthy, but funny (by Ed Park) -- Our least-known great novelist (by Ron Rosenbaum) -- On True grit (by Donna Tartt) -- The book that changed my life: Gringos (by Wells Tower). |
| Other Titles: | Selections. |
| Responsibility: | edited and with an introduction by Jay Jennings ; cover art and illustrations by Mike Reddy. |
Abstract:
Brings together Portis' writings other than his four novels, including journalism, travel stories, short fiction, memoir, and even a play.
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