Although Eudora Welty has considered herself primarily a short-story writer, and although her earliest critical acclaim resulted from her brilliant experiments with form in that genre, it was not until the publication of her novel Losing Battles (1970) t...
Eudora Welty 's achievement in the short-story genre is primarily in the area of form. Several other writers could be said to have introduced the subject matter of the South to the American short story in the twentieth century. In fact, to look at Welty'...
Eudora Welty's importance lies in the fact that during the past four decades she has produced an original and enduring body of fiction. Independent of any specific literary group, clear even of the influence of her most illustrious fellow Mississippian,...
The Optimist's Daughter is a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning 1972 short novel by Eudora Welty. It concerns a character named Laurel, who returns to New Orleans to deal with dying father, and her father's new wife Fay. The conflict between the two...
Jesse optimistic on S. African trade mission In a telephone call-in from Johannesburg, S.A. on his weekly radio broadcast at Dr. King's Workshop, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. said he hopes his trip will stimulate trade between Africa and African American businesses...
Family Almanac Daughter, mom must cooperate as adults By MARGUERITE KELLY Friday, July 5, 2002 Q. How can we work out reasonable curfews for our 20-year-old daughter? She lived in an apartment at college for nine months and now that...
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