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During the last decade of her life Jackson often delivered a prepared talk about her sudden notoriety as a writer of fiction. In honor of her centennial, we present that speech, “Biography of a Story,” as our Story of the Week selection. Read “Biography of a Story” by Shirley Jackson
Apr 2, 2014 · Shirley Jackson was an acclaimed American writer known for the short story 'The Lottery,' as well as longer works like 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle.'
From Shirley Jackson: Novels & Stories (Library of America, 2010 ), pages 787 –801 . Originally published in Come Along with Me (1968) . Copyright © 1968 by Stanley Edgar Hyman.
Oct 10, 2016 · Zoë Heller on Ruth Franklin’s biography of Shirley Jackson, “A Rather Haunted Life,” which explores one of the twentieth century’s most tortured writers.
Shirley Jackson was an American novelist and short-story writer best known for her story “The Lottery” (1948). Jackson graduated from Syracuse University in 1940 and married the American literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman.
Jackson, Hyman family [7] Jackson [7] by Erich Hartmann. Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels, two memoirs, and more than 200 short stories .
Biography of a Story. Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) From Shirley Jackson: Novels & Stories. Olive Dunbar as Tess Hutchinson in the 1969 dramatization of “The Lottery,” directed by Larry Yust as part of Encyclopaedia Britannica 's “Short Story Showcase” series.
