Author and Agent. Eudora Welty & Diarmuid Russell.
New York: Farrar Straus & Co., (1991),
First Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. (viii), 216pp. Farrar Straus & Co., Very fine copy. Item #12193
"Dear Miss Welty: John Woodburn of Doubleday's has suggested that I write to you to se if you might need the services of an agent. I suppose you know the parasitic way an agent works taking 10% of the author's takings. He is rather a benevolent parasite ........ ." With this introduction, Diarmuid Russell opened a dialogue with Eudora Welty that lasted over thirty years. This book traces the subsequent flourishing of Welty's talent and reputation and the abiding, virtually unique commitment that Russell brought to his role.
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