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Oct 10, 2016 · Zoë Heller on Ruth Franklin’s biography of Shirley Jackson, “A Rather Haunted Life,” which explores one of the twentieth century’s most tortured writers.
Shirley Ann Jackson traces her education from elementary school to high school and comments on the changing demographics of her school from segregation to integration and back to a system of de-facto re-segregation.
Mar 3, 2017 · Secret Histories: On Shirley Jackson. by Heather Clark. On June 27, 1948, Shirley Jackson published “The Lottery” in The New Yorker. Savagery unfolds slowly in this strange, spare story about a ritual stoning in a New England village. Jackson opens with images of blossoming flowers and “richly green” grass.
FAST FACTS Author's Works and Themes: Shirley Jackson ““Author's Works and Themes: Shirley Jackson.” Gale, 2019, www.gale.com. Writings by Shirley Jackson • The Road through the Wall (novel) 1948 • The Lottery; or, The Adventures of James Harris (short stories) 1949 • Hangsaman (novel) 1951 • Life among the Savages (nonfiction ...
Shirley Ann Jackson (born August 5, 1946, Washington, D.C., U.S.) is an American scientist and educator and the first Black woman to receive a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Apr 2, 2014 · Birth date: December 14, 1916. Birth State: California. Birth City: San Francisco. Birth Country: United States. Gender: Female. Best Known For: Shirley Jackson was an acclaimed American writer...
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Sep 23, 2016 · Here are some surprising facts from my biography. 1. She was a California girl. Jackson is often associated with New England writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, her American Gothic...
