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The first comprehensive biography of one of Texas's most important female writers-made complete with examples of her work, excerpts from her private papers, and eighteen previously unpublished letters from her mentor, H. L. Mencken.
List of contents
AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter One: The Story BeginsChapter Two: A Wonderful TimeChapter Three: Keeping HouseChapter Four: Difficult AdjustmentsChapter Five: The American Mercury AdventureChapter Six: Plans, Pressures, and ExpectationsChapter Seven: Unexpected InterruptionsChapter Eight: Pieces of the PuzzleChapter Nine: One Story Ends and Another BeginsConclusionA List of Winifred Sanford's PublicationsA List of Stories and Novels That Winifred Sanford Wrote but Never PublishedAppendix A: Letters Exchanged Between Winifred Sanford and the Editors of The American MercuryAppendix B: Lagniappe: Two Unpublished Stories by Winifred SanfordAppendix C: Two Nonfiction Articles for WritersBibliography
About the author
A native Texan, Betty Holland Wiesepape taught creative writing and literature at the University of Texas at Dallas for twenty years, retiring in 2020. She is the author of
Lone Star Chapters: The Story of Texas Literary Clubs, and contributed the title story to
Let’s Hear It: Stories by Texas Women Writers.
Summary
The first comprehensive biography of one of Texas’s most important female writers—made complete with examples of her work, excerpts from her private papers, and eighteen previously unpublished letters from her mentor, H. L. Mencken.
