Escape Velocity: Collected Nonfiction, Short Stories & Drama

Escape Velocity: Collected Nonfiction, Short Stories & Drama

<p><strong>Though Charles Portis is best known for his fiction writing, he is also a prolific essayist, travel writer, and newspaper reporter.</strong></p> Collected here in <em>Escape Velocity</em>, edited by Jay Jennings, is his "miscellany" –– journalism, short fiction, memoir, and even the play <em>Delray's New Moon</em>, published for the first time in this volume.  Portis covers topics as varied as the civil rights movement, road tripping in Baja, and Elvis' s visits to his aging mother for publications such as the <em>New York Herald Tribune</em> and <em>Saturday Evening Post</em>.  Fans of Portis’s droll Southern humor and quirky characters will be thrilled at this new addition to his library, and those not yet familiar with his work will find a great introduction to him here.  Also included are tributes by accomplished authors including Donna Tartt and Ron Rosenbaum.