I'm very surprised - but delighted - that this made the list.
She was a very devout Christian, and all her stories reflect this -- in a shocking, sometimes visceral way.
My favorite is "A Good Man is Hard to Find."
It is truly one of the most shocking short stories I have ever read in my life. She was a brilliant, original artist, and a true Southern lady.
>>It is truly one of the most shocking short stories I have ever read in my life. She was a brilliant, original artist, and a true Southern lady.
And she loved her peacocks.
I loved “Good Country People” but all of her stories show the contradictory nature of human beings.
Eudora Welty was a great author as well. I loved “Ponder Heart,” “Delta Wedding,” and “The Optimist’s Daughter.”
“She would have been a good woman, if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.”