Newsletter of the
Society
Volume 8; May 2001
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Inside...Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center Opens in KyleBibliography Porter Activities Shadows on the Page ALA 2000 Joseph Mayhew Marcella Winslow Porter, "Gringo" in Mexico KAP School Other short articles
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Shadows on the Pageby Lisa RoneyRepublished from Research/Penn State January 2000 An excerpt: For some years during the middle of this century, Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) reigned as Grand Dame of American letters. Her one and only novel, Ship of Fools, 20 years in the making, was eagerly awaited and garnered for her a Pulitzer Prize after it finally appeared in 1962. In her later years, Porter herself--with her striking appearance, her dark and soulful eyes, her long string of pearls and gargantuan emerald ring, and her apartment brimming with antiques--cultivated a mythology of self that included a Southern plantation kind of background and a convent education in New Orleans, the elements of which had only the barest connection to the reality of her poor Texas childhood in Texas. The complete article is archived at Online Research/Penn State. |