>daddy, when will the dilettantes that make up the American literary establishment recognize that Charles Portis was our nation's finest 20th century novelist? Please don't tell me they're going to wait until he dies and then pretend like they were always huge fans.
>Calling me daddy when she's a teenager.
I would tackle this problem before answering her question.
Holy fuck I know this girl
>>8391784
Never, he used the word "nigger" in "dog of the south", and he will die alone and unloved, his bones strewn in various middens. I'm sorry, honey.
>>8391784
My kids arent allowed to call me daddy past the age of 8.
>>8391884
Tell us about her
>>8391784
good fun middlebrow but let's not get carried away
>>8393005
kinky
>>8392727
From California, was on the high school swim team all 4 years, she had a chubby bf but he got buff. Not sure if they're still together though.
>>8392729
If you can read Masters of Atlantis and not get "carried away" with tears streaming down your face when Squanto dies then I'm afraid you've been wasting your time with this whole literature thing.
>>8393621
I dont even have to read it now that I know squanto dies
>>8391784
I really should read Dog of the South, huh? I started it a few years ago on The War Nerd's recommendation but didn't get far.
>>8393630
Lemme guess, you also wade through 243 post DFW threads with a prim sneer on your face, thinking "good, I don't have to read IJ now that I know it sucks"?
>>8391784
Norwood is the Hank Hill of the 1950's. In the best possible sense.