Eudora Welty: Writers' Reflections Upon First Reading Welty - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1892514168 ISBN 13: 9781892514165

Publisher: Hill Street Press,US, 1999

Synopsis

Collects tributes to the noted author written by those who have been influenced by her life and work, including, Richard Bausch, Fred Chappell, Ellen Gilchrist, Barry Hannah, Alice Munro, Lee Smith, and Richard Wilbur

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Review:

From her home in inconspicuous Jackson, Mississippi, Eudora Welty has written some of the funniest and most moving stuff of [the last] century, with solid and elegant prose. . . . Eudora Welty: Writers' Reflections brings together a roster of twenty-two writers, editors, scholars, and friends to describe their first encounters with Welty's work. . . . Several credit their encounters with Welty for the realization that the southern vernacular could be legitimately literary. . . . All are unflagging in their appreciation.
Bookpage

The collection reminds one that which is the most important enters our lives in humble packages; each contributor alludes to the quiet and unexpected way Welty influenced them. . . . The greatness of Welty's life and work has inspired a plethora of beautiful, sharp, and cunning writings; a small portion of which has been captured in this collection.
ForeWord Reviews

A must-read for all Welty fans.
Southern Living

A box of literary truffles for the nightstand.
Washington Post

These heartfelt essays are especially welcome at a time when the celebration of literature seems like an endangered species.
Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer

From the Publisher:

HSPPY BIRTHDAY MISS WELTY
"I am a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within."-Eudora Welty

PRAISE FOR Eudora Welty

"A must-read for all Welty fans." —SOUTHERN LIVING

"A delightful tribute to Miss Welty." —Jan Gretland, COLUMBIA STATE

"A lovely, genteel flower of a book, appreciative, proud and perceptive." —BOOK READER

"Beautiful, sharp, and cunning.... A testament to the written word."

—Jennifer Sperry, FOREWORD

SYNOPSIS:

Simply put, Eudora Welty is the greatest living writer of Southern fiction. On the occasion of her ninetieth birthday, many important writers have come together to offer their deeply personal tributes in honor of her importance as the "first lady of American letters.".

Born in Jackson, Mississippi in April 13, 1909, the first child of Christian and Chestina Andrews Welty, Eudora Welty spent a good part of her childhood with books and fondly recollects her trips to the library and being read to by her parents. After college in Wisconsin and New York City, she faced the limited job market of the Great Depression and the news of her father's leukemia, and she returned to Jackson. The early death of her father was a great personal loss to her, but she soon put his typewriter to use and began writing short stories, and also began working for area newspapers. As a "junior publicity agent" for the Works Progress Administration she traveled across Mississippi documenting and photographing the people of her home state. Her first published short story, "Death of a Traveling Salesman," appeared in 1936, and so began the luminous career of one of the most important writers of the century. While she is recognized as a master of the short story form, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her novel, The Optimist's Daughter. Other honors include numerous O. Henry Prize Awards, the Gold Medal for Fiction given by the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the Legion d'Honneur, among the most prestigious awards in the world. She is the author of over thirty-two books.

Pearl Amelia McHaney is assistant professor of English literature at Georgia State University and editor of the Eudora Welty Newsletter.

Includes tributes to Eudora Welty by: Richard Bausch, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, Ellen Douglas, Tony Earley, Clyde Edgerton, George Garrett, Ellen Gilchrist, Anthony Grooms, Barry Hannah, Mary Hood, Greg Johnson, William Maxwell, Willie Morris, Alice Munro, Daniele Pitavy-Souques, Reynolds Price, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., Lee Smith, William Jay Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, and Richard Wilbur

About this edition

• Publisher: Hill Street Press,US
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1892514168
• ISBN 13: 9781892514165
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 118
• Editor: McHaney Pearl Amelia