by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 18, 2022 | Bobbie Conner, John Wayne, Marlon Brando, pope francis, Sacheen Littlefeather
From yesterday’s New York Times: “The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather, an Apache and Yaqui actress and activist who was booed onstage at the Oscars in 1973 after she refused the best actor award on behalf of Marlon...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 13, 2014 | Alvin Josephy, Big Read, bushwhackers, Charles Portis, Fishtrap, jayhawkers, John Wayne, Kansas, Lawrence, Quantrill, Rooster Cogburn, Sterling Price, True Grit
Fishtrap—the old literary non-profit that kept me going for over 20 years, is back with another National Endowment for the Arts sponsored “Big Read” this month. The book is Charles Portis’s True Grit—the tale of a 14 year-old girl named Mattie Ross avenging her...
