Remembering Julia Reed, Welty Foundation National Advisory Board Member, Who Died Friday, August 28
Julia Reed—author, editor, and raconteur—died of cancer Friday, August 28. She was a charismatic member of the Eudora Welty Foundation National Advisory Board and is shown above with Holmes Adams, Welty Foundation Board of Directors chairman. A tribute to her by historian and author Jon Meacham may be found at this link from Garden and […] Read more »
Margaret Walker’s Jubilee To Be Explored at Welty House and Garden Virtual Book Club beginning August 11
Margaret Walker’s acclaimed novel Jubilee will be the focus of the Welty House and Garden’s second Virtual Book Club #weltyathome beginning Tuesday, August 11. The class will be held from 12 noon until 1:00 p.m. CST for three consecutive Tuesdays. The Zoom class discussion will be led by Dr. Robert Luckett, associate professor of history, civil rights historian, […] Read more »
News Flash! Sign Up NOW for Welty On-Line Class with Suzanne Marrs and Michael Pickard Beginning July 13
It’s not too late to sign up for Welty and the House of Fiction, an on-line course about Eudora Welty’s writing, life, and home. Virtual classes, led by Welty scholars Suzanne Marrs and Michael Pickard, will be held Mondays and Wednesdays from 10-11:30 a.m. CDT from July 13-August 10. Offered through Millsaps, the course has […] Read more »
Welty House and Garden To Reopen July 7 with Guidelines for Safe Visitation
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has announced the reopening of the Eudora Welty House and Garden on Tuesday, July 7, after closure due to Covid-19. New hours are 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday with tours at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. The Welty House is located […] Read more »