L2L Katherine Anne Porter

The Collected Stories

Katherine Anne Porter

Her early life was tumultuous — including frequent moves, serious illness, and scant education — but Katherine Anne Porter established herself first as a journalist and then in fiction, using her history as background for her stories. She loved Mexico, visiting there frequently, but loved Texas even more. Her stories of the Southwest paint a portrait of the people and the land. This week, Leigh, P. T., and Dr. C look at the writing of Katherine Anne Porter, focusing on three short stories: “Holiday,” “Theft,” and “The Future Is Now.”