The Dog of the South (1979)

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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