If you're not familiar with Portis's work other than True Grit, you should be. As things get grimmer in this country -- due to the current attempts to reinstitute the 17th century -- Portis will help to lighten the load.
Thanks for the reminder. I finally read True Grit after the Coen brothers' remake rescued the story from the horror that was John Wayne. I need to check out his other work.
I don't know how many of you here follow Greg Palast but he has a long history of reporting on vote fraud in that supposed democracy of yours but here is a link to an intro of his latest oeuvre:
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Charles Portis. Dog of the South.
ReplyDeleteIf you're not familiar with Portis's work other than True Grit, you should be. As things get grimmer in this country -- due to the current attempts to reinstitute the 17th century -- Portis will help to lighten the load.
Thanks for the reminder. I finally read True Grit after the Coen brothers' remake rescued the story from the horror that was John Wayne. I need to check out his other work.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how many of you here follow Greg Palast but he has a long history of reporting on vote fraud in that supposed democracy of yours but here is a link to an intro of his latest oeuvre:
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A very, very cool map.
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Potential really big news in the fight against malaria using a single shot (which Watts naturally uses for snark against Mike Mann):
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Cool dad.
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