Skip Navigation
Charles Portis
April 7, 2023
MagazineScott Bradfield
The Curse of True Grit
How Charles Portis’s greatest success overshadowed the rest of his work
October 8, 2012
Alex Heard
Portishead: The Literary Genius of Charles Portis
December 24, 2010
David Thomson
David Thomson on Films: True Grit
Why you can watch the Coen Brothers’ new movie with your eyes closed

Our Writers

Kate AronoffClimate & Energy
Matt FordLaw & The Courts
Melissa Gira GrantLGBTQ Rights
Jason LinkinsPower & Plutocracy
Timothy NoahPolitics & Economy
Tori OttenBreaking News
Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingBreaking News
Greg SargentPolitics & Democracy
Grace SegersCongress & Elections
Walter ShapiroPolitics & Campaigns
Alex ShephardPolitics & Media
Heather Souvaine HornClimate Change
Michael TomaskyPolitics & Ideas
About The New Republic’s history