In 1968, Charles Portis’ book True Grit was released. The book and two subsequent movies told the story of a young woman’s pursuit of justice in the American West circa the 1870s. But that plot was ...

There are now three True Grits. There is the 1968 Charles Portis novel. There is the 1969 feature film, which garnered John Wayne an Academy Award for his portrayal of the one-eyed fat man we know and ...

It would seem that the two most widely discussed films this summer are both going to be Westerns, The Wild Bunch and True Grit. “Widely” is the operative word because the Western is one kind of film ...

The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will host a symposium on writer Charles Portis' impact and legacy. The symposium, which is is scheduled Thursday-Saturday, will include academics, independent ...

Always a John Wayne fan, I became a bigger one after watching "True Grit" and associating it with the region in which I was raised. Set in the 1880s, Charles Portis' 1968 novel describes 14-year-old ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA) — Well-known novelist Charles Portis died Monday, Feb. 17, at a hospice facility in Little Rock. He was 86. He was born in El Dorado and raised in south Arkansas. He studied ...

For some, the idea of watching the Coen Brother's "True Grit" on anything less than a 20-foot screen is blasphemous. There's no way those gorgeous and lovingly-crafted shots of America's great wide ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - Charles Portis, the reclusive Arkansas writer known for the classic Western novel "True Grit" and the wry humor that filled his works, died on Monday at the age of 86 ...