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		Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001.

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		Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983 -- Correspondence.
		Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
		Friendship -- Biography.
		Writer's block -- Biography.
		Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Biography.

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Meanwhile there are letters : the correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald / edited and with an introduction by Suzanne Marrs and Tom Nolan.

by Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001.

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Arcade Publishing, 2015.

Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001 -- Correspondence.

Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983 -- Correspondence.

Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.

Friendship -- Biography.

Writer's block -- Biography.

Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Biography.

9781628725278 (hc.)

1628725273 (hc.)

xix, 538 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [496]-517) and index.

"Eudora Alice Welty (1909 – 2001) was an American author of short stories and novels about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Ross Macdonald is the pseudonym used by the Canadian-born American crime fiction writer Kenneth Millar (1915 – 1983). Brought up in Kitchener, Ontario, in the early 1950s he settled for some thirty years in Santa Barbara, the area where most of his books were set. He attended the University of Michigan, where he received a PhD in literature. He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer. In 1970, Ross Macdonald wrote a letter to Eudora Welty, beginning a thirteen-year correspondence between fellow writers and kindred spirits. Though separated by background, geography, genre, and his marriage, the two authors shared their lives in witty, wry, tender, and at times profoundly romantic letters, each drawing on the other for inspiration, comfort, and strength. They brought their literary talents to bear on a wide range of topics, discussing each others' publications, the process of translating life into fiction, the nature of the writer's block each encountered, books they were reading, and friends and colleagues they cherished. They also discussed the world around them, the Vietnam War, the Nixon, Carter, and Reagan presidencies, and the environmental threats facing the nation. The letters reveal the impact each had on the other's work, and they show the personal support Welty provided when Alzheimer's destroyed Macdonald's ability to communicate and write. Also included is Welty's story fragment "Henry," which addresses Macdonald's disease. With its mixture of correspondence and narrative, Meanwhile There Are Letters provides a singular reading experience: a prose portrait of two remarkable artists and one unforgettable relationship"--Provided by publisher.

Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983.

Marrs, Suzanne.

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