[inaudible] the lecture is made possible by generous contributions by martha dowd dowrimple in memory of her mother and grandmother and also by the family of eudora welty in her memory. In april 1983, eudora gave a series of lectures at Harvard University, and the lectures were collected as a volume of essays entitled one writers beginnings. Published by the Harvard University press, one writers beginnings stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for almost a year. The essays detailed the inescapable bond between eudoras childhood and her later career as a writer and how her Early Experiences contributed to her distinctive literary voice. Her novels include [inaudible] which was adapted for the stage in a tone awardwinning Tony Awardwinning musical. Delta wedding, losing battles and the optimists daughter for which she was awarded the pulitzer prize. Eudora is a master of the short story, and her stories are collected in many places but notably two, a curtain of green and the golde