Patricia Hampl reads “Mother—concerning Elizabeth Willard”
From Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
“One evening in July, when the transient guests who made the New Willard House their temporary homes had become scarce, and the hallways, lighted only by kerosene lamps turned low, were plunged in gloom, Elizabeth Willard had an adventure.”
Patricia Hampl is the author of five memoirs—A Romantic Education, Virgin Time, I Could Tell You Stories, Blue Arabesque, and The Florist’s Daughter—and two collections of poetry. She has received a MacArthur “genius” fellowship, among many other awards. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
