We at the Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn

April 5, 2014 | 1 book mentioned

The Oxford American has made True Grit author Charles Portis’sMotel Life, Lower Reaches” available online for the first time. The piece first appeared in an OA issue from 2003, and it’s also available in Escape Velocity, but you should still read it because it’s Charles Portis, damn it, and you’ve only one life to live in this world. (Related: Hobart just published their “Hotel Culture” issue, which is also worth your time.)

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