© 2024 KUAF
NPR Affiliate since 1985
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Author Interviews
Ozarks at Large

Exploring the work of Charles Portis in 'Haunted Man's Report'

By Daniel Caruth
Published April 24, 2024 at 4:44 PM CDT
Courtesy
/
University of Arkansas Press

University of Arkansas English professor Robert Cochran talks with us about his new book "Haunted Man's Report,"which traces the themes, style and literary influence of Arkansas novelist Charles Portis. Cochran looks at the novels, short fiction, essays and early journalism of Portis to reveal a compelling, funny and singular writer.

Tags
Ozarks at Large University of Arkansas PressBooksOzarks at Large
Stay Connected
Daniel Caruth
Daniel Caruth is KUAF's Morning Edition host and reporter for Ozarks at Large<i>.</i>
See stories by Daniel Caruth
Related Content
  • Author Interviews
    Keri Blakinger talks new memoir, life before and after incarceration
    Kyle Kellams
    Keri Blakinger's path to journalism contains several twists. In her memoir, “Corrections in Ink," Blakinger writes about the day in Ithaca when she was arrested. Throughout the rest of the book, she gives details about her incarceration in jail, then prison, and her life before and after incarceration. Blakinger will talk about the memoir at the Fayetteville Public Library on April 22. She spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the book and event.
  • Author Interviews
    Sarah McCammon speaks on exit from evangelical life in new book
    Kyle Kellams
    Sarah McCammon is a reporter for NPR. Her new book, “Exvangelicals: On Living, Loving and Leaving the White Evangelical Church,” documents her upbringing in an evangelical household and follows her egress from such a life, as well as those of others who grew up the same way and departed as well. McCammon spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the book and her transition out of an all-encompassing religious life.