South by Southwest: Katherine Anne Porter and the Burden of Texas History

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South by Southwest South by Southwest Katherine Anne Porter and the Burden of Texas History Janis P. Stout The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa Copyright © 2013 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-­ 0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeface: Granjon ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of Ameri­ can National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-­ 1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stout, Janis P. South by Southwest : Katherine Anne Porter and the burden of Texas history / Janis P. Stout. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8173-1782-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8173-8649-8 (ebook) 1. Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980—Knowledge—Texas. 2. Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980—Knowledge—Mexico. 3. Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980— Political and social views. 4. Texas—In literature. 5. Mexico—In literature. 6. Women in literature. 7. War in literature. 8. Ambivalence in literature. 9. Women and literature. 10. Authors, American—20th century—Biography. I. Title. II. Title: Katherine Anne Porter and the burden of Texas history. PS3531.O752Z816 2013 813'.52—dc23 2012031750 Cover photograph: Katherine Anne Porter at fifty-­ four, in the garden of Marcella Comés Winslow’s house, 3106 P Street, in Georgetown, Wash­ ing­ ton, D.C. Photo taken on July 9, 1944, possibly by Sgt. Charles Shannon. Katherine Anne Porter Papers, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries, College Park. Author photograph: Courtesy Loren Lutes Cover design: Todd Lape/Lape Designs In memory of two literary women of Texas, Lou Rodenberger and Nancy Chinn, and for Beth Alvarez, Porter scholar and longtime curator of the Porter papers, and my dear friend Once you are from somewhere there is not a whole Hell of a lot you can do about it. —Craig Edward Clifford, In the Deep Heart’s Core ...