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The great Charles Portis

April 7, 2014Books, StoriesCharles Portis, essay, great writers, motels, travelAlex Murphy

Motel Life...

Most people know him as the author of True Grit, but Charles Portis started out as a newspaper reporter. Here’s a great piece by Portis about life on the road… Motel Life, Lower Reaches.

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