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- Losing Battles (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
- The Robber Bridegroom (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
- The Optimist's Daughter (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
- The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (Identities & Issues in Literature)
- One Writer's Beginnings (Masterplots II: Juvenile & Young Adult Biography Series)
- Keela, the Outcast Indian Maiden (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
- A Memory (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
- No Place for You, My Love (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
- A Piece of News (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
- Powerhouse (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
- Shower of Gold (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
- Why I Live at the P.O. (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
- Where Is the Voice Coming From? (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
- A Worn Path (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
- One Writer's Beginnings (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
- The Golden Apples (Masterplots, Fourth Edition)
- The Ponder Heart (Masterplots, Fourth Edition)
- The Stories of Welty (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
- Theory of Short Fiction (Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Second Revised Edition)
- The Mid-Twentieth Century: 1920-1960 - Short Fiction (Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Second Revised Edition)
- The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (Masterplots II: Women's Literature Series)
- One Writer's Beginnings (Masterplots II: Women's Literature Series)
- The Golden Apples (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
- The Ponder Heart (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
- Death of a Traveling Salesman (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
- A Visit of Charity (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
- Delta Wedding (Masterplots, Fourth Edition)
- Delta Wedding (Masterplots II: Women's Literature Series)
- Delta Wedding (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
- Petrified Man (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
- The Wide Net (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
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- Author: Eudora Welty
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Eudora Welty attended Jackson State College for Women and the University of Wisconsin, where she was graduated in 1929. After a year at Columbia University’s school of advertising, she went back to Jackson, Mississippi, and worked for several newspapers and radio stations as well as the Works Progress Administration as a publicity agent. It was during this time that she began writing the magical short stories that have made her loved and respected.
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