Escape Velosity. The Literary Genius of Charles Portis. Alex Heard. The New Republic.

Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany by Charles Portis | edited by Jay Jennings Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, 381 pp., $27.95 ONCE AT A party in New York, I met novelist Jonathan Lethem,” Jay Jennings, the editor of Escape Velocity, says in his introduction to this collection of lesser-known writings by and about Charles Portis, the […]

The World of Leslie and D.D. Tillett…

…opened last night at the  Museum of the City of New York  (1220 Fifth Ave., at 103rd St.; 212-534-1672).  Camilla and I were introduced to their work by Seth Tillett and Nicole Rauscher, who arranged the exhibition, a couple of years ago and have become great fans, joining ranks with Mrs. Vreeland, Jackie O, Albert Hadley […]

Books And Weapons

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