Monday, April 23, 2012

Remembering Doris Betts

I was shocked to read this morning that North Carolina author Doris Betts passed away on Saturday. She was 79 and had lung cancer. The last book I read of hers was Souls Raised from the Dead, her 7th novel and winner of the Southern Book Award in 1995. I really enjoyed that and Beasts of the Southern Wild, her 1998 collection of short stories that contains her award-winning story, "The Ugliest Pilgrim."

Here's an article that talks a little about her life, but I'm sure much more will be published about her in the days and weeks to come.
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2 comments:

Marianne Wheelaghan said...

Thanks for the link, Louisa. What an interesting woman and greta writer. I like her comment:

“You have to want it a whole lot. There are lots of easier things to do,” she said in 1997. “I simply was more stubborn than some people.”

Absolutely!

May 1, 2012 at 1:51 AM
Louisa said...

Thanks, Marianne! How true...

May 8, 2012 at 5:27 PM

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