The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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Web sites

The Carson McCullers Project
A site devoted to McCullers, including a biography, bibliography, photographs, chronology of her life, and a synopsis of many of her works.

Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians
Columbus State University’s Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians is located in McCullers’ hometown of Columbus, Georgia. The Center operates a museum in McCullers’ childhood home and provides residencies and fellowships for writers and musicians. The Web site has photographs, a detailed biography, and a complete bibliography of McCullers’ work.

The Original Old Time Radio
Information about the development of radio programs, as well as comments on the socio-political environment of the age.

Documenting America - Photogrpahs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945
Part of the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congress, these photographs were created by a group of U.S. government photographers. The images show Americans in every part of the nation. In the early years, the project emphasized rural life and the impact of the Great Depression.

Books

Carr, Virginia Spencer. The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers. 1975. New York: Carol & Graf, 1985.

Savigneau, Josyane. Carson McCullers: A Life. Translated by Joan E. Howard. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001.

Egerton, John. Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South. New York: Knopf, 1994.

Other Resources:

Carson McCullers Collection
This collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Center, University of Texas at Austin, includes manuscripts, correspondence, and photographs reflecting the life and literary career of McCullers.