Reviewed by James E. Person Jr. “It is an outstanding characteristic of Miss Welty’s genius,” Joyce Carol Oates wrote on one occasion, “that she can write a story that seems to me, in a ...

Eudora Welty could surprise. Her 1941 short story "Powerhouse" was written after seeing a performance by the legendary jazz pianist Fats Waller. Her influence, like her stories, was quiet.

The Eudora Welty House & Garden is a recognized stop on the American Camellia Society’s Gulf Coast Camellia Trail. The flower’s season in the Welty garden runs from November to March, typically ...

Almost any intro-to-literature college textbook can give an overview of Eudora Welty's work, ... Welty became the first living author whose collected works were published by the Library of America.

In its first weekend, The Help grossed $2.5 million. But author W. Ralph Eubanks recommends Eudora Welty's "Where Is the Voice Coming From?", featured in The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty to ...

Master short-story writer and novelist Eudora Welty, noted for her use of imagery, dialogue and wit, died July 23 at a hospital near her home in Jackson, Miss. She had been plagued with various ...

The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts is hosting an exhibition of Welty’s photographs, “Eudora Welty: Southern Narratives,” Saturday, July 15, through Sunday, Oct. 22.

In 1981, Welty reviewed “The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen” for the New York Times Book Review. A master of time and place herself, Welty captured the force of Bowen's prose: “Time is ...

Eighty years ago Friday, young Eudora Welty sent a letter to the New Yorker seeking employment. This was four decades before she would win the Pulitzer Prize for her novel “The Optimist’s ...

(Courtesy Eudora Welty, LLC; Mississippi Department of Archives and History) Eudora Welty in Times Square, New York, ca. 1934, gelatin silver print. The photographer is unknown. LAUREL, Miss ...

Novelist and short story writer Eudora Welty, whose meticulous depictions of life in the South won her a Pulitzer Prize, died Monday. She was 92. Welty, who was also acclaimed for her heart ...