Carson Smith
, aged twenty and wearing white bobby-socks, married James Reeves McCullers, Jr
, aged twenty-four, whom she had met in summer 1935 and who entertained literary ambitions parallel to her own.
Dews, Carlos L., and Carson McCullers. “Chronology and Notes”. Complete Novels, Library of America, Literary Classics of the United States, 2001, pp. 807-27.
809
Lockwood, Patricia. “Aviators and Movie Stars”. London Review of Books, Vol.
39
, No. 20, 19 Oct. 2017, pp. 5-7.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Carson McCullers
CMC
remarried James Reeves McCullers
, after urgent pressure from him and protracted discussions about their future. It was five years since their divorce, and Reeves had rececently returned from fighting in Europe.
Dews, Carlos L., and Carson McCullers. “Chronology and Notes”. Complete Novels, Library of America, Literary Classics of the United States, 2001, pp. 807-27.
812
Lockwood, Patricia. “Aviators and Movie Stars”. London Review of Books, Vol.
39
, No. 20, 19 Oct. 2017, pp. 5-7.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Carson McCullers
Reeves McCullers
, who had repeatedly presssured his wife, CMC
, to undertake a suicide pact with him, killed himself alone with sleeping pills in a Paris hotel.
Dews, Carlos L., and Carson McCullers. “Chronology and Notes”. Complete Novels, Library of America, Literary Classics of the United States, 2001, pp. 807-27.
816
Lockwood, Patricia. “Aviators and Movie Stars”. London Review of Books, Vol.
39
, No. 20, 19 Oct. 2017, pp. 5-7.
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Material Conditions of Writing
Carson McCullers
The background to this piece was that Reeves McCullers
, divorced husband of Carson, received a commission in the US Army, and wrote her a dignified and heartfelt letter of apology and conciliation, which reminded...
Residence
Carson McCullers
She lived there, with some interruptions, during the 1940s and 50s, among a colony or commune of writers and artists (or a filthy, alcohol-soaked salon).
Lockwood, Patricia. “Aviators and Movie Stars”. London Review of Books, Vol.