Graphic image with text. Text reads "Eudora Welty House & Garden Presents Welty at Home A Virtual Book Club Reading of The Robber Bridegroom and The Ponder Heart." Image is of three books with the Welty House in the background. Two of the books are standing up, covers displayed. Left to right, The Ponder Heart cover is of a man in a white suit, and The Robber Bridegroom cover is of a woman in a green dress. One book, Welty's Complete Novels Library of America, is laying down, spine out.

October 14: The Ponder Heart, pp. 382-424

Starting Monday, September 9, we will spend several weeks reading and discussing Eudora Welty’s novels, The Robber Bridegroom and The Ponder Heart

Discussions will be led by Suzanne Marrs, professor emerita at Millsaps College and Welty's friend and biographer.

If you received emails for previous Welty at Home book clubs, you are already registered for this free event and will begin receiving emails for this series weekly on Fridays starting Friday, September 6. Otherwise, please email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com to request the sign-up link to receive the weekly emails with the Zoom links and recordings.

READING SCHEDULE:

Please note that we will be referencing page numbers in the Library of America edition of Welty’s novels; however, any text will do.

September 9: The Robber Bridegroom, pp. 3-43

September 16: The Robber Bridegroom, pp. 43-88

September 23 & 30: OFF

October 7: The Ponder Heart, pp. 339-381

October 14: The Ponder Heart, pp. 382-424

October 21: Intersections and Divergences of The Robber Bridegroom and The Ponder Heart

Mark Your Calendar

Enjoy wellness and creativity inspired by Eudora Welty’s connection to nature! 

Go on a ghostly scavenger hunt in the Welty Garden all month long, then join us for Storytime on October 22 at 3 p.m.

Enjoy wellness and creativity inspired by Eudora Welty’s connection to nature! 

Every Saturday in November | 1–4 p.m. 

Every Saturday in November | 1–4 p.m. 

Tours of the Eudora Welty House & Garden are FREE when the 13th of the month falls on a day we are open. 

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Every Saturday in November | 1–4 p.m. 

Every Saturday in November | 1–4 p.m. 

Every Saturday in November | 1–4 p.m. 

Did you know tours of the Welty House are free when the 13th of the month falls on a day we are open? 

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