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Sexpert Susie Bright: The Novel I Read a Million Jillion Times

Susie Bright | Posted 11.08.2011 | Books
Read More: Classic Novels, Paul Zindel, Dashiell Hammett, Charles Portis, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lost in Translation, True Grit, Coen Brothers, Favorite Books, Eloise, Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss, Judy Blume, Harriet the Spy, Law and Order, The Big Lebowski, Books We Love, Books News
Susie Bright

How did reading get to be such a faster-pussycat-hurry-up activity? We listen to favorite songs over and over without apology or distraction. They make us feel good, no explanation necessary. But with books, there's this myth that it takes a "long time".

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True Grit and the Truth about Revenge

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Problems With the Legal System, Charles Portis, Rooster Cogburn, Revenge Films, Unforgiven Movie, Academy Awards, Failed Justice, Hamlet, Golden Globes, Kill Bill, True Grit, Coen Brothers, Braveheart, Sweeney Todd, Clint Eastwood, The Godfather, Vengeance, The Gladiator, V for Vendetta, Revenge, Neal Gabler, Oscars, A Time to Kill, Arts News
Thane Rosenbaum

The cultural moment where True Grit finds itself as one of America's most popular films is neither surprising nor necessarily of its own making.

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Sanitizing Twain -- to the Nth Degree

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: True Grit, Charles Portis, N-Word, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Huckleberry Finn Language Controversy, Huckleberry Finn Controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Books News
Laurence Hughes

Huckleberry Finn is a product of its time. Hate it, debate it, deplore it, ignore it, but don't take it upon yourself to change it to suit your own mores and values.

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'True Grit'? True Grace.

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Charles Portis, Josh Brolin, Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit, Carter Burwell, A Serious Man, Jeff Bridges, John Wayne, Coen Brothers, Religion in Coen Brothers Films, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Joel and Ethan Coen, Coen Brothers True Grit, Film, The Big Lebowski, Religion News
Cathleen Falsani

While many will argue that God's grace is notably absent elsewhere in the "Coeniverse," it is powerfully present in True Grit

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True Grit Is Truly Grittier Than the Original

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Charles Portis, Jeff Bridges, Coen Brothers, 1880's West, John Wayne, Hailee Steinfeld, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

As good as the new True Grit is, it still suffers in comparison to the original. Those who have seen the 1969 John Wayne version remember it as an epic western full of grandeur and glory.

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The Coen Brothers' True Grit Lacks Substance

Hunter Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Coen Bros, Rooster Cogburn, Charles Portis, Jeff Bridges, Ethan Coen, Hailee Steinfeld, Joel Coen, Maddie Ross, True Grit, Coen Brothers, Movies, Entertainment News
Hunter Stuart

True Grit is a unique, stylish, exciting movie, but there isn't enough substance to provide real insight into the characters.

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True Grit: Little Blackie Has it

Ruth Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Rooster Cogburn, Jeff Bridges, Stunt Animals, Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit, Horses, Matt Damon, Mattie Ross, Little Blackie, Hollywood, Cimarron, Charles Portis, Entertainment News
Ruth Starkman

In the new film True Grit, a reinterpretation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel, and a remake of Henry Hathaway's 1969 film, 14 year-old Mattie Ross goes in search of a man with "true grit."

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