New biography of Carson McCullers sketches a fated child and troubled adult
In Carson McCullers: A Life (Knopf, 2024), author Mary V. Dearborn renders a meticulous portrait of a brilliant but difficult artist who was raised, for better and for worse, to be a genius. This sensitive, energetic portrayal of the Georgia-born writer’s short, tumultuous life explores the effects of McCullers’ unusual upbringing on her career, psyche…
