3/28/2024 0 Comments Listening eudora welty![]() I might have missed it if it hadn’t been for the strong signal in the title. ![]() If it seems unbelievable today, this was possible to do in 1930 in Mississippi, when I was young, reading at my own will and as pleasure led me. ![]() “As it happened,” Welty’s foreword begins, “I came to discover To the Lighthouse for myself. I didn’t realize the bonus I was getting until I opened the book. The copy I bought had the words “with a foreword by Eudora Welty” at the top of the front cover in tiny white letters that all but disappeared into the skyline above the name Virginia Woolf. So many years had passed since I’d first picked it up that I remembered nothing but Mrs. ![]() Not long ago, I decided it was time to reread To the Lighthouse, or I should say it was time to read it. We’re delighted to share that introduction on Musing today. Today marks the publication of the new edition of The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty, with an introduction by Ann Patchett. ![]()
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