Barry Hannah

About

Barry Hannah wrote eight novels and five short story collections, and taught well-known writers such as Larry Brown, Donna Tartt, and Wells Tower. He is one of the region's most acclaimed writers. He died in Oxford, Mississippi, in 2010.

Articles

Issue 1, Spring 1992

The Spy of Loog Root

...the country ghost, villain, peeping Tom free to fly anywhere at his vision‘s call. I said his name over and over. Do we really want people like that loose and free in the country?

By Barry Hannah

Issue 5, Spring 1995

I Taste Like a Sword

He was short, but he stood tall on that fact, and he stood tall in lots of places, Florida, Oregon, Delaware.

By Barry Hannah

Issue 20, Spring 1998

Why I Write

I write out of a greed for lives and language.

By Barry Hannah

Issue 26, Spring 1999

Women We Love: Eudora Welty

Ms. Welty taught me a lifelong lesson. Good things can come if you shut up, watch, and work.

By Barry Hannah

Summer’s Calling…

Barry Hannah

About

Articles

The Spy of Loog Root

I Taste Like a Sword

Why I Write

Women We Love: Eudora Welty