"Sixteen essays first presented at a May 15, 1998 conference ... at Southwest Texas State University and held in San Marcos"--Introd. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Sylvia Grider. Memories that never were : Katherine Anne Porter and the family saga / Don Graham -- Writing home : Katherine Anne Porter, coming and going / Janis P. Stout -- Katherine Anne Porter's birthdays / Darlene Harbour Unrue -- Troubled innocent abroad : Katherine Anne Porter's colonial adventure / Jeraldine R. Kraver -- Porter and Dobie : the marriage from hell / James Ward Lee -- Katherine Anne Porter and the University of Texas : a map of misunderstanding / Richard Holland -- Trapped by the great white searchlight : Katherine Anne Porter and marital bliss / Larry Herold -- Hosting Miss Porter / Roger Brooks -- The prodigal daughter comes home / Lou Rodenberger -- Katherine Anne Porter and Texas : ambivalence deep as the bone / Mark Busby -- Knowing nature in Katherine Anne Porter's short fiction / Terrell F. Dixon -- Katherine Anne Porter and William Humphrey : a mentorship reconsidered / Bert Almon -- A "taste for the exotic" : revolutionary Mexico and the short stories of Katherine Anne Porter and Maria Cristina Mena / Bob Johnson -- Gender and creativity in Katherine Anne Porter's "The princess" / Christine H. Hait -- Cover-ups : Katherine Anne Porter and the economics of concealment / Robert K. Miller -- Memories that never were : Katherine Anne Porter and the family saga / Sylvia Grider.
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