"Memory lived not in initial possession but in the freed hands, pardoned and freed, and in the heart that can empty but fill again, in the patterns restored by dreams."Eudora WeltyEudora Welty won the Pulitzer Prize for this book in 1973. It was written much later than the bulk of the rest of her w...
"Listening," "Learning to See" and "Finding a Voice," Eudora Welty entitled the three chapters of her autobiography "One Writer's Beginnings." And while these may be steps that most writers will undergo at some point, Welty's compact memoir is notable both because it allows a rare glimpse into the c...
The year before Eudora Welty began writing this book, her mother and last remaining brother died (her other brother had died six years previously). Before that, Welty had spent years caring for her mother in declining health, and their relationship had always been difficult and guilt-laden. The Opti...
Edna Earle Ponder, the narrator of this story, runs the Beulah Hotel, a surprising career for someone as xenophobic as she is. But then, she didn’t choose the hotel; her Uncle Daniel gave it to her. Uncle Daniel has two simple goals in his head: to be the center of attention, and to get people to li...
If you've never heard Eudora Welty speak, well then my friend, you've never heard Eudora Welty speak. I found an audiobook copy of this at the library and, liking to hear authors read their own work or talk about their experiences, I picked up this aptly named title. One Writer's Beginnings is of We...
I was introduced to this book by a smooth-talking, cool, British professor, who mentioned it was his favorite . . . collection of short stories? Book? It’s difficult to remember now. That was years ago. And it wasn’t the first time I had heard of the collection. I think in college I even record...
My very first novel by Virginia Woolf. I was terrified to read it and now I'm terrified to write a review, but I shall overcome all that and just do my best.I took this book to be about nothing in particular. This was a novel of human behavior. We saw how people reacted to what another person said o...
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