Barbara R. (Crop4Fun) reviewed on 12/2/2006 + 1217 more book reviews

A transcript of the Massey Lectures delivered at Harvard in 1983, Eudora Welty's ONE WRITER'S BEGINNINGS describes her upbringing in Mississippi and the early years of her career as a writer. "Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories," Welty says, and her descriptions of doing just that--lying low, keeping her ears closely tuned to the conversations of the grownups around her--are priceless, providing insight into not only her methods but her subject matter: the rural Southerners, in all their colorful eccentricity, among whom she grew up. Welty's memoir of the writing life has become a classic of autobiography and an inspiration for writers everywhere.

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