December 2010
29 posts
NOT THINKING OF SKINWALKERS.
My parent’s house should not be a scary place to sleep at. It’s in a comfortable, upper-middle class suburb. Think manicured lawns, friendly neighbors, lots of Camry’s.
However, there are two factors which make it scary as all get-out. First, the house creaks and pops horribly on my sister and I’s side. It’s not at all unusual to wake up to an explosive crack in the...
WatchI used to think that this was broad comedy, back when I was in high school. Finishing my undergraduate career, I now realize how painfully real it is.
Like Cormac McCarthy, But Funny →
CHARLES PORTIS, AUTHOR OF TRUE GRIT, GOT JOHN WAYNE HIS ONLY OSCAR. HE ONCE HAD KARL MARX’S OLD GIG (AS THE LONDON BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE). HE’S WRITTEN FOUR OTHER NOVELS, THREE OF THEM MASTERPIECES, THOUGH WHICH THREE IS UP FOR DEBATE. HERE’S 7,000 WORDS ABOUT A GUY YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF. BUT SHOULD, WE SAY.
(To those who have seen and loved True Grit, this is worth a...
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