вЂњI thought of you first, with the admirable short stories, wrote Katherine. Ford Madox Ford, head of the fiction department of Dial Press, asked for suggestions on new candidates for publication. On October 25, 1938, from 961 America Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Katherine Anne had written to Eudora. John and Eudora always remained friends.ДЄn acceptance arrived from author Katherine Anne Porter, a mentor and friend who had believed in EudoraвЂ™s work. It was to Bill that John Robinson had professed his love for Eudora, a love he clearly struggled with, a struggle that eventually led to its demise.

He also introduced her to Bill and Sonja, with whom John and Eudora enjoyed parties, dancing, and taking trips together. Childhood friend, World War II Veteran, and first true love interest, John Robinson, introduced Eudora to this exciting scene frequented by Ralph Ellison, Sinclair Lewis and John Steinbeck. Eudora met him in the 1950s while in Florence, Italy, when Florence was the Mecca for writers and artists. William, or Bill as friends called him, was a Rhodes Scholar. All were affiliated with the literary world, Joan being an editor for HarperвЂ™s Publishing House and Olivia being a reader for several publishers.ДЄnother вЂњyesвЂќ came from William Jay Smith, poetry consultant for the Library of Congress, and his wife Sonja.

Balakian argued that, as a writer, Eudora вЂњrecognized both the regionвЂ™s and human beingsвЂ™ complexities on her own terms.вЂќ Also attending were Artist Agnes Sims, John and Catherine Prince, and sisters Joan and Olivia Kahn. She trained Eudora at the New York Times Book Review during WeltyвЂ™s 1944 summer internship. Nona Balakian was also coming to celebrate her old friend. She had accepted вЂњThe Key,вЂќ the first of EudoraвЂ™s short stories to be published in the magazine. In 1941, after working with the Atlantic Monthly and ReaderвЂ™s Digest, Aswell became a fiction editor for HarperвЂ™s Bazaar. Reynolds Price immediately replied with a вЂњyes.вЂќ Also attending the festivities in Jackson was Literary Critic Mary Lou Aswell. She urged her friends not to be inconvenienced on her account because she knew they were terribly busy. As requested, she provided the organizers with her list of out-of-town friends to send invitations for an all-expense-paid visit to help celebrate вЂњEudora Welty Day.вЂќ However, before mailing the invitations, Eudora wrote a personal note on each one, explaining how she had given the committee their names and addresses. Upon Eudora WeltyвЂ™s return to Jackson from Mobile, she focused on the coming festival and working with the committee.

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