I think Katherine Anne Porter is consistently better than this piece would suggest. I rather suspect Capote ended his days wishing he had managed to become a perfected presence himself. But Porter was a lot tougher than he was, a lot tougher than most of us, probably.
Thank your for sharing the article on Katherine Anne Porter. Any fledgling writer who wishes to learn how to write effective short stories must spend time with Porter's work. With the possible exception of two other American women (Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty), there is no other better short story author.
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