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One Writer's Beginnings (The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization)
One Writer's Beginnings - The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization
Author: Eudora Welty
One Writer's Beginnings, Eudora Welty's memoir and meditation on the sources of her narrative art, began as a set of talks given at Harvard in April 1983. Here is the original spoken version of the engaging narration, which contains several extended readings from Welty's fiction not included in the published book: passages from "Why I Live at th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674639270
ISBN-10: 0674639278
Publication Date: 7/21/1998
Pages: 104
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio CD
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Among the most beloved of American writers, Eudora Welty's stories and novels have entertained us for over half a century. Here, in her memoirs, she writes with her usual candor and grace about how a writer's sensibilities are shaped. As compelling as her stories, as witty as her personality, as finely honed as her fiction, Welty's account of her life is a powerful and fulfilling read.


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