Was Welty a regional writer? Yes, ma'am. But she was also worldly. The major themes of her stories were not the traditional Southern self-flagellation motifs of guilt and oppression and racism and ...

On April 13, 1909, Eudora Alice Welty was born to Christian Webb and Chestina Andrews Welty. The young couple had been living in Jackson, Mississippi, since their marriage five years earlier. He ...

Salman Rushdie has been chosen to deliver the first Eudora Welty Lecture, which will carry a $20,000 honorarium.

Eudora Welty once said that people should read a writer’s creative work instead of a biographical account, adding that she did not think anyone would be interested in her private life. Perhaps ...

Louisiana Inspired Book Club next selection is The Optimist's Daughter by Southern novelist Eudora Welty. Pick up your copy today and read along with us!

Louisiana columnist Jan Risher contemplates how Eudora Welty's book The Optimist's Daughter connects to her life as she and her family mourned her uncle.

Welty was also noted for her photography of rural Mississippi during the Great Depression. The writers trail is planned to mark notable sites related to authors across Mississippi.

In 2009, the Eudora Welty Newsletter metamorphosed into the Eudora Welty Review, an annual journal, published each spring. The Eudora Welty Review publishes scholarly essays, book reviews, and regular ...

In 2009, the Eudora Welty Newsletter metamorphosed into the Eudora Welty Review, an annual journal, published each spring. The Eudora Welty Review publishes scholarly essays, book reviews, and regular ...

Welty Building Company, Ltd., and its Environments 4 Business subsidiary have signed on as the first office tenants in the former Sammy's in the Flats complex.