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 ...

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 ...

Nearly a quarter of a century after her death, Mississippi writer Eudora Welty remains as relevant as ever, as a new documentary and related book project make clear. Welty, who died at 92 in her ...

And while the comfort of the Welty home did not entirely unravel—as an insurance executive in Jackson, Christian Welty had known about anticipating calamities—Eudora was already moving beyond ...

The next Louisiana Inspired Book Club selection is Eudora Welty's "The Optimist's Daughter." It's a short book that won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature for Welty in 1973.

Fans of Mississippi short story writer, novelist and photographer Eudora Alice Welty (1909-2001) will gather Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13, for a celebratory weekend honoring the author ...

Nearly a quarter of a century after her death, Mississippi writer Eudora Welty remains as relevant as ever, as a new documentary and related book project make clear. Welty, who died at 92 in her ...