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Shirley Jackson

Arts

The Novelist Disguised as a Housewife

Shirley Jackson wrote 17 books while raising four children — and she couldn’t have had a successful career without them.

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An excerpt from Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

Ruth Franklin New York Sep 2016 15min Permalink

Arts

Nothing Like Being Scared

The life, work, and early death of writer Shirley Jackson.

Victoria Best Open Letters Monthly Jul 2013 Permalink

Fiction

What A Thought

A Hitchcockian meditation about everyday people's capacity for violence.

"An odd thought crossed her mind: She would pick up the heavy glass ashtray and smash her husband over the head with it."

Shirley Jackson Bold Type Jan 1996 Permalink