Faustus has a great post about Shirley Jackson. His is one of my favorite sites on the Internet. You never know what you will find there. On Shirley Jackson:
Unfortunately, the biography also informs me that Jackson was one year younger than I am now when she published “The Lottery,” so I will never be able to think of her again without a certain amount of bitterness and envy and gall.
Sophomore year in High School.
The part of Eleanor Vance in “The Haunting of Hill House.”
Drama teacher saying “we’re not putting you in a part like that again.”
I learned all I needed to know about Jackson from that play – I have been fascinatd since. Thank you for the link.