Welty
Americannoun
noun
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Welty and Lyell were about the same age.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
The jacket photo of “To Absent Friends,” which features Welty and Lyell in a theatrical pose, as if they were matinee idols, hints at the kind of personal theater in which they indulged as 20-somethings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
Gilchrist married before completing her bachelor’s degree, and she said that as a young mother she took writing classes from Welty at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024
She said Welty would gently edit her students’ work, returning manuscripts with handwritten remarks.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024
They pushed open the door just in time to hear the customer say, “You said the Welty would be in! I came all the way across the city.”
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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