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"As a piece of work it is just about perfect, and just about magical in the way it is done."

Eudora Welty Reviews 'Charlotte's Web' (October 19, 1952).

"In this invigorating selection of her reviews and essays, Eudora Welty constantly touches the painful place where literary critic and creative writer meet." a miracle of compression, the kind of book, small in scope but profound in its implications, that rewards a lifetime of work." The merit of the pictures, she says, lies in their subject matter."

But no apologies are in order, and Miss Welty offers none. "As purely technical performances the pictures are of uneven value. conclusive evidence of what many have long believed: that Eudora Welty possesses the surest comic sense of any American writer alive." a major work of the imagination and a gift to cause general rejoicing. have, however, suffered no adverse sea-change." concern journeys in latitudes where unfamiliar manners and have till now been found no farther than a whoop and a holler from Jackson.

' The Bride of the Innisfallen and Other Stories'.one of Miss Welty's lighter works, but there is not a mistake in it." has all the excellencies of her short stories with all the advantages of a wider pattern." "Instead of following the design that the critics had laid out for her, she took a big jump, left psychology, common sense and the short-story writer's good-will far behind to tell a most wonderful fairy tale." Her art is spontaneous, and of that poetic quality which values the necessity of form by instinct." "Few contemporary books have ever impressed me quite as deeply as this book of stories by Eudora Welty. To listen to the readings on our site, you need a copy of the RealAudio Player or the RealPlayer. Click here to listen to the entire event, or listen to selections, listed below. On January 22, 1953, Eudora Welty read three stories at the 92nd Street Y. Complete Story: 'Lily Daw and the Three Ladies'.James Olney Reviews 'Complete Novels' and 'Stories, Essays, & Memoir' (November 22, 1998).Reviews of Eudora Welty's Earlier Books.

Audio Special: Eudora Welty at the 92nd St.With News and Reviews From the Archives of The New York Times