A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty

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121 Index Page numbers in bold indicate illustrations. Alexander, Seta. See Sancton, Seta Andrews, Carl, 6 Andrews, Chestina. See Welty, Chestina Andrews, Edward Columbus (Bus), 6 Andrews, Eudora Carden, 6, 6–7 Andrews, John, 6 Andrews, Moses, 6 Andrews, William Augustus, 6 Basic Eight, The, 56 Belhaven College (later University), 20, 81, 87 Black, Patti Carr, 20, 23, 28–30, 43, 70, 82 Bowen, Elizabeth, 55–56, 56, 61, 70 Burger, Nash, 40–41, 41 Capers, Charlotte, 56–57, 57 Carnegie Library, 16–17 Clay, West Virginia, 6 clubhouse, 40–42, 42 Collected Stories of Eudora Welty, The, 59, 71 Columbia University, 28–29 Columbus, Mississippi. See Mississippi: Columbus Commercial Appeal, 20–21, 21, 31, 91 Creekmore, Hubert, 40, 41, 50, 56, 70 “Curtain of Green, A,” 38–40 Curtain of Green and Other Stories, A, 46–47 Daniel, Robert, 44 “Death of a Traveling Salesman,” 28, 33, 38, 40 “Delta Cousins, The,” 51 Delta Wedding, 51 “Doll, The,” 32 Early Escapades, 28 1119 Pinehurst Place, 22, 85 Engel, Lehman, 40 Eudora Welty: Complete Novels (Library of America), 82 Eudora Welty: Stories, Essays, and Memoir (Library of America), 82 Eudora Welty Day, 69 Eudora Welty House, 8, 86–87, 87, 89 122 Index Eudora Welty House Education and Visitor’s Center, 89, 93 Eudora Welty Photographs, 78 Europe, 50, 53–56, 70 Evers, Medgar, 62–63 Eye of the Story: Selected Essays and Reviews, The, 15 Farish Street Baptist Church, 35 “Flowers for Marjorie,” 32, 38 Forster, E. M., 65 French Legion of Honor, 75–76 gardens, 39, 41, 60–61, 85, 88–89 Golden Apples, The, 27, 57–58 Great Depression, 13, 31, 34, 39, 44, 52 Grenada, Mississippi. See Mississippi: Grenada Guggenheim Fellowship, 47, 50 Harmon, Margaret, 41 Heading for August, A, 18 “Hitch-Hikers, The,” 36, 38, 40 “In the Twilight,” 19 “Incident,” 26 Jackson, Mississippi. See Mississippi: Jackson Jackson High School, 20–21, 40 “Keela, the Outcast Indian Maiden,” 36, 66 Ku Klux Klan, 53, 64, 68 Lamar Life Insurance Company, 7, 14; Building, 22, 22 Lehrer, Jim, 71, 80 Library of America collection, 82 “Lily Daw and the Three Ladies,” 38 “Little Store, The,” 4–7, 16 “Little Triumph, A,” 51 “Looking Back at the First Story,” 38 Losing Battles, 67, 69 Lotterhos, Helen, 92 Lugene Opticians, Inc. 32–33 Lyell, Frank, 34, 40, 41, 44, 51, 54, 56, 58, 61, 63, 68 “Magic,” 33 Manuscript magazine, 33 Marrs, Suzanne, 27, 30, 38, 40, 43, 50, 52, 61, 66, 68, 70–72, 74, 77–78, 79, 81–82, 84 Maxwell, Bill, 66, 69, 71, 80 “Memory, A,” 38 Millsaps College, 22, 62, 64, 66, 74 Mississippi: Columbus, 23–25, 79; Grenada, 35; Jackson, 3–9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 22–23, 27–32, 34–35, 38, 40, 43, 47, 49–52, 54–56, 62, 64, 66, 69, 74–76, 78, 80, 82–85, 89, 93; Rankin County, 34; Rodney, 36; Vicksburg, 12, 14, 49; Yazoo City, 63–64 Mississippi State College for Women, 23–24, 26, 34 Mississippi State Fair, 93–94, 94 Mississippi University for Women, 75, 79 123 Index Morris, Ira, 55 Morrison, Ann, 56, 82 Morrison, Bill, 56 Morrison, Charlotte, 82 Mr. John Paul’s Boy, 36 “Must the Novelist Crusade?,” 65 National Medal of Literature, 71 National Medal of the Arts, 75 New York City, 23, 28, 30–32, 37, 40–41, 49, 57–58, 77, 82 New York Times, 69, 73, 77 New York Times Book Review, 71 New Yorker, 31, 57, 63, 66, 68–69, 71, 80 Night-Blooming Cereus Club, 40, 51, 56 night-blooming cereus flower, 42 O. Henry Award, 38, 47, 50 O’Faolain, Sean, 65 Oh, Lady!, 23–24, 24 Old Capitol Museum, 75, 83 “Old Mr. Grenada,” 38 “Old Mr. Marblehall,” 38 “Once Upon a Time,” 19 One Time, One Place, 34–35 One Writer’s Beginnings, 3, 8, 11, 15, 17, 25, 28–29, 67, 72–75 Optimist’s Daughter, The, 67–69 Our Wonder World, 8, 10, 16 Passage to India, A, 65 PBS Newshour, 71 Peters Sisters, 54 photography, 7, 13, 23, 32–38, 41, 43, 74, 77–78, 82, 85, 88–89 “Piece of News, A,” 38 “Players Club,” 77 Ponder Heart, The (novella), 57–58 Ponder Heart, The (play), 58, 98 Porter, Katherine Anne, 37, 46–47, 69 “Powerhouse,” 43, 47, 62 Prairie Schooner, 38 Presidential Medal of Freedom, 71 Price, Reynolds, 67, 69, 76, 77–78...