Conversations with Ellen Gilchrist by Tracy Carr PAPERBACK 9781496859693

University Press of Mississippi

Known for her short stories populated by a recurring cast of headstrong, honest, and sometimes outrageous Southern women characters, Ellen Gilchrist\u2019s (1935\u20132024) four decades of writing and twenty-six works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry solidly place her among the South\u2019s most enduring authors.\nAfter winning a National Book Award in 1984 for the short story collection Victory Over Japan, she was a weekly commentator on NPR\u2019s then-new Morning Edition. While she wrote six critically acclaimed novels, short stories were where she was truly at home, especially those featuring Rhoda Manning, her most famous and most autobiographical character. Of Rhoda, Gilchrist said, \""I can feel Rhoda. Of all my women characters or female characters, Rhoda\u2019s the one that I can feel and smell and\n\nConversations with Ellen Gilchrist\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease not;