Lemuria Books Invites Posts to “Knowing Miss Welty” Blog
Lemuria Books is featuring a series of personal stories about Eudora Welty on its blog with new entries posted regularly. The series, entitled “Knowing Miss Welty,” is running from August through December. Readers who knew Eudora are encouraged to submit a short recollection from personal experience. Those who did not know her are invited to […] Read more »
Welty House Welcomes Bridget Edwards as New Director
Bridget Edwards, Ph. D., became the third director of the Eudora Welty House on July 1. A cultural anthropologist, Edwards previously worked as curator of education at the Wylie House Museum, an historic home at Indiana University. Bridget’s title is Lead Historic Resources Specialist with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and she brings […] Read more »
Monica Miller Named 2012 Eudora Welty Foundation Research Fellow
Monica Miller, an advanced graduate student at Louisiana State University, received the 2012 Welty Research Fellowship. She worked in the Welty Collection at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History earlier this summer conducting research for her dissertation. Miller’s research focuses on the figure of the ugly woman in Southern literature. Having recently presented a […] Read more »