Reviews for Katherine Anne Porter and Texas

The average rating for Katherine Anne Porter and Texas based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-11-12 00:00:00 Debra Dufek There is just sadly very little content here. The same facts are presented again and again, and the details of Porter's adolescence in Texas become even more elusive and vague with a perusal of these essays, which is probably how she would've wanted it. And the recollections of her as an adult make her sound like Auntie Mame or something. This book reminds us of how many female authors who were born in Texas had to leave it to write about it well. She presented herself as a Southern Belle from New Orleans, but she was actually a poor girl from Texas. A lot of used bookstores in Texas have shelves filled mostly with romance novels and Louis Lamour paperbacks. It gives you an idea of what most people there expect from fiction. The truth is most of her best work has nothing to do with Texas. Read her stories.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-06-01 00:00:00 Sean Carlisle Poor Joan Givner got so much grief for her biography of Porter, but it's really a very good biography. Givner may have been brutally honest about Porter's flaws, but she shows Porter to be all the more interesting for them. I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Porter because of how Givner told the story of her life.