A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty

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A Daring Life . A Daring Life A Biography of Eudora Welty Carolyn J. Brown university press of mississippi jackson www.upress.state.ms.us Publication is made possible in part by a grant from the Selby and Richard McRae Foundation. The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Copyright © 2012 by University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 2012 ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brown, Carolyn J. A daring life : a biography of Eudora Welty / Carolyn J. Brown. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61703-295-0 (hardback) — ISBN 978-1-61703-297-4 (ebook) 1. Welty, Eudora, 1909–2001. 2. Authors, American—20th century—Biography. I.Title. PS3545.E6Z59 2012 813’.52—dc23 [B] 2011051676 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available To Mary Alice, Liz, Patti, Suzanne, and Karen— and all others who keep Eudora’s candle burning bright This page intentionally left blank As you have seen, I am a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within. —Eudora Welty,“Finding a Voice,” One Writer’s Beginnings This page intentionally left blank ...