July 30, 2009
Ed Park offers an appreciation of Charles Portis, author of Dog of the South & True Grit. (Many thanks, Jack.)
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![I’m grateful for this nice review in @publisherswkly, my first ever trade review. Link in bio!
[Screenshot image shows the cover of ANCESTOR TROUBLE above the beginning of the Publishers Weekly review: “Newton debuts with a masterful mix of memoir and cultural criticism that wrestles with America’s ancestry through her family’s complex past.”]](https://maudnewton.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)