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7/24/2019 Harper Lee Letter to Mark Mayfield

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Monroeville,

Alabana

22

Febnlary

1996

Dear Mr. Mayf

ielci:

fhank

you

fcr

your

nost

kintl letter

of

15

Febrrrary. You

lorow

fu11

well

that

itrs a

great

tenptatj.on

to

write

for

Southern

Accents,

which

f think

is the best

magazine of its kinct

in the country.

Certainly lt's the

nost beautiful-.

But

I nust

dlecline.

If

you

bavenr

t

alreacly

wrj.tten

to her,

you

SHOIILD:

Miss

Euclora

Welty

is

the

obvious

choice

for this project.

Irm

sure

you

lcnow

that the First

Lacly

of American Letters

j.s

also a

superb

photo-

grapher.

Irve

heard that she.s

frail

in

body

but stiU

fierce

of

wi.t,

and

a

short

piece

night

just

be

what

shetd

like

to

ilo.

Get

ber

any

way

you

can--on

tape

you

can traEscribe

for

her

to

edit, if

she

d.oesnrt

feel

up to

writing.

But

get

her--lf

you

do

your11

be

serving

literature as well

as

photography.

If

you

are

unfaniliar

with

her

work,

1et

ne direct

you

to

Eutlora

lYelty

Pho t ographs

University

of Illississj.ppi Press

1989.

You

will

see

that

shets

the

lYalker

Evans of

the

Mid