My Generation (64 page)

I am grateful to Rose Styron for permission to assemble this collection and to Robert Loomis and Noah Eaker for suggestions about its form and arrangement. Michael V. Carlisle provided valuable assistance and advice throughout.

I thank the curators at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University; the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress; and the Irwin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina, for their expertise and courteous service.

Bryant Mangum located an important reference to
The New Yorker
. Ethan Mannon and Bethany Ober Mannon, my research assistants, were most helpful with transcriptions, annotations, and other editorial labors.

J.L.W.W. III

A: BOOKS

First American editions:

This Quiet Dust and Other Writings
. New York: Random House, 1982. xii, 308 pp. Expanded edition, New York: Vintage, 1993. xiv, 354 pp. The expanded edition adds six items and substitutes a later memoir of James Jones for the memoir that appears in the 1982 edition. See Section C below.

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
. New York: Random House, 1990. x, 86 pp.

Havanas in Camelot: Personal Essays
. New York: Random House, 2008. x, 166 pp.

B: FIRST-APPEARANCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS

Best Short Stories from The Paris Review
. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1959. Introduction by Styron. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982), but cited there incorrectly as the article
“The Paris Review”
from the August 1953 issue of
Harper's Bazaar
, the fourth item in Section C below.

The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook
, ed. Beryl Barr and Barbara Turner Sachs. Sausalito, Calif.: Contact Editions, 1961. Styron's recipe “Southern Fried Chicken (with Giblet Gravy).”

Under Twenty-five: Duke Narrative and Verse, 1945–1962
, ed. William Blackburn. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1963. Introduction by Styron.

The Four Seasons
. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1965. Boxed set of four etchings by Harold Altman. Introduction by Styron.

Double Exposure
. New York: Delacorte, 1966. Photographs by Roddy McDowall. Styron's prose sketch “Lillian Hellman.”

Authors Take Sides on Vietnam
, ed. Cecil Woolf and John Bagguley. London: Peter Owen, 1967. A statement by Styron appears on p. 70.

Encyclopaedia Britannica
. Chicago: William Benton, 1972. Vol. 22 contains Styron's entry for Nat Turner, p. 413.

A Death in Canaan
, by Joan Barthel. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1976. Introduction by Styron. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as
“A Death in Canaan.”

William Styron: A Descriptive Bibliography
, by James L. W. West III. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1977. Preface by Styron.

Duke Encounters
, ed. Elizabeth H. Locke. Durham: Duke University Office of Publications, 1977. Styron's untitled memoir of William Blackburn, pp. 77–80. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as “William Blackburn.”

Peter Matthiessen: A Bibliography, 1951–1979
. Compiled by D. Nicholas. Canoga Park, Calif.: Orirana Press, 1979. Introduction by Styron. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as “Peter Matthiessen.”

The Wheat and the Chaff
, by François Mitterrand. New York: Seaver Books, 1982. Introduction by Styron. Collected in the expanded edition of
This Quiet Dust
(1993) as “François Mitterrand.”

Conversations with William Styron
. Compiled by James L. W. West III and W. Pierre Jacoebee. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1985. Foreword by Styron.

Donald S. Klopfer: An Appreciation
. New York: Random House, 1987. Styron's memoir of Klopfer. Privately printed.

The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography, 1962–1972
, by Ron Schick and Julia Van Haaften. New York: C. N. Potter, 1988. Foreword by Styron.

The Human Experience: Contemporary American and Soviet Fiction and Poetry
. New York: Knopf, 1989. Foreword by Styron.

William Styron's Sophie's Choice: Crime and Self-Punishment
, by Rhoda Sirlin. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1990. Foreword by Styron.

To Reach Eternity: The Letters of James Jones
, ed. George Hendrick. New York: Random House, 1989. Foreword by Styron. Collected in the expanded edition of
This Quiet Dust
(1993), where it replaces an earlier memoir of Jones from
New York
, June 6, 1977, which is listed in Section C below.

Doing Justice: A Trial Judge at Work
, by Robert Satter. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Introduction by Styron.

Arthur Miller and Company
, ed. Christopher Bigsby. Norwich, England: Arthur Miller Centre for American Studies, 1990. Styron's sketch of Miller. Collected in
My Generation
(2015) as “My Neighbor Arthur.”

Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, Ninth Series
, ed. George Plimpton. New York: Viking Press, 1992. Introduction by Styron.

Writers Dreaming: 25 Writers Talk About Their Dreams and the Creative Process
, ed. Naomi Epel. New York: Carol Southern Books, 1993. Styron's contribution is on pp. 270–79.

No Beast So Fierce
, by Edward Bunker. New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Books, 1993. Introduction by Styron.

The Face of Mercy: A Photographic History of Medicine at War
, by Matthew Naythons. New York: Random House, 1993. Prologue by Styron.

Fathers and Daughters
, by Mariana Cook. Photographs. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. Introduction by Styron. Collected in
My Generation
(2015) as “My Daughters.”

Dying Without God: François Mitterrand's Meditations on Living and Dying
, by Franz-Olivier Giesbert. New York: Arcade, 1998. Introduction by Styron.

Dead Run: The Untold Story of Dennis Stockton and America's Only Mass Escape from Death Row
, by Joe Jackson and William F. Burke, Jr. New York: Times Books, 1999. Introduction by Styron.

The Education of a Felon: A Memoir
, by Edward Bunker. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Introduction by Styron.

Novel History: Historians and Novelists Confront America's Past (and Each Other)
, ed. Marc C. Carnes. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Includes an exchange between Styron and Eugene D. Genovese. Styron's contribution is titled “More Confessions.”

Farewell, Godspeed: The Greatest Eulogies of Our Time
, ed. Cyrus M. Copeland. New York: Harmony Books, 2003. Includes Styron's eulogy for Lillian Hellman. Collected in
My Generation
(2015) as “Lillian's Bosom.”

C: NONFICTION IN PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS

“William Styron,”
New York Herald Tribune Book Review
, October 7, 1951, p. 26. Autobiographical sketch. Collected in
My Generation
(2015) as “Autobiographical.”

“Letter to an Editor,”
Paris Review
1 (Spring 1953), 9–13. Statement of purpose for the journal. Collected in
My Generation
(2015).

“The Prevalence of Wonders,”
Nation
, May 2, 1953, pp. 370–71. Contribution to a symposium on creativity. Collected in
My Generation
(2015).

“The Paris Review,” Harper's Bazaar
87 (August 1953), 122–23, 173. On the founding of the journal.

“Novel, Far From Dead, Is Very Much Alive,”
Richmond Times-Dispatch
, November 29, 1953, p. 14. On the future of novel-writing.

“If You Write for Television…,”
New Republic
140 (April 6, 1959), 16. On the TV version of
The Long March
. Collected in
My Generation
(2015).

“Mrs. Aadland's Little Girl, Beverly,”
Esquire
, November 1961, pp. 142, 189–91. On Florence Aadland and Tedd Thomey,
The Big Love
. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as
“The Big Love.”

“The Death-in-Life of Benjamin Reid,”
Esquire
, February 1962, pp. 114, 141–45. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982).

“As He Lay Dead, a Bitter Grief,”
Life
, July 20, 1962, pp. 39–42. On William Faulkner's funeral. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as “William Faulkner.”

“The Aftermath of Benjamin Reid,”
Esquire
, November 1962, p. 79 ff. On capital punishment. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as “Benjamin Reid: Aftermath.”

“New Editions,”
New York Review of Books
, Inaugural Issue, February 1963, p. 43. Review of Frank Tannenbaum,
Slave and Citizen: The Negro in the Americas
. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as
“Slave and Citizen.”

“Overcome,”
New York Review of Books
, September 26, 1963, pp. 18–19. Review of Herbert Aptheker,
American Negro Slave Revolts
. Collected in
My Generation
(2015).

“An Elegy for F. Scott Fitzgerald,”
New York Review of Books
, November 28, 1963, pp. 1–3. Review of Andrew Turnbull, ed.,
The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald
. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982).

“The Habit,”
New York Review of Books
, December 26, 1963, pp. 13–14. Review of
The Consumers Union Report on Smoking and the Public Interest
. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982).

“A Southern Conscience,”
New York Review of Books
2 (April 2, 1964), p. 3. Book review of Lewis H. Blair,
A Southern Prophecy
. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982).

“MacArthur,”
New York Review of Books
, October 8, 1964, p. 305. Review of Douglas MacArthur,
Reminiscences
. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982).

“Tootsie Rolls,”
New York Review of Books
, May 14, 1964, pp. 8–9. Review of Terry

Southern and Mason Hoffenberg,
Candy
. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as
“Candy.”

“This Quiet Dust,”
Harper's Magazine
230 (April 1965), 135–46. On the Nat Turner Rebellion. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982).

“ ‘John Fitzgerald Kennedy…As We Remember Him,' ”
High Fidelity
16 (January 1966), 38, 40. Review of a book/record set,
John Fitzgerald Kennedy…As We Remember Him
, Columbia L2L 1017.

“The Vice That Has No Name,”
Harper's Magazine
236 (February 1968), 97–100. Review of B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols,
Light on Dark Corners
.

“The Shade of Thomas Wolfe,”
Harper's Magazine
236 (April 1968), 96, 98–104. Review of Andrew Turnbull,
Thomas Wolfe
. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as “ ‘O Lost!' Etc.”

“William Styron Replies,” Nation 206 (April 22, 1968), 544–47. Essay-length letter replying to charges by Herbert Aptheker relating to Nat Turner.

“The Oldest America,”
McCall's
95 (July 1968), 94, 123. On the Virginia Tidewater region. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982).

“In the Jungle,”
New York Review of Books
, September 26, 1968, pp. 11–13. On the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Chicago. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as “Chicago: 1968.”

“My Generation,”
Esquire
, October 1968, pp. 123–24. On writers of his generation. Collected in
My Generation
(2015).

“On Creativity,”
Playboy
15 (December 1968), 136–39. Symposium. Styron's contribution is on p. 138.

“Acceptance by Mr. Styron,”
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters
, 2nd series, no. 21 (1971), pp. 30–32. Styron's acceptance speech for the Howells Medal for Fiction, awarded May 26, 1970, for
The Confessions of Nat Turner
. Collected in
My Generation
(2015) as “Acceptance.”

Untitled review of James Blake,
The Joint, New York Times Book Review
, April 25, 1971, pp. 1, 10, 12. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as
“The Joint.”

Untitled review of two books: Richard Hammer,
The Court-Martial of Lt. Calley
, and John Sack,
Lieutenant Calley: His Own Story, New York Times Book Review
, September 12, 1971, pp. 1 ff. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as “Calley.”

“The Red Badge of Literature,”
Washington Monthly
4 (March 1972), 32–34. Review of Ronald J. Glasser,
365 Days
. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982).

Untitled review of Neil Sheehan,
The Arnheiter Affair, American Scholar
41 (Summer 1972), 487–90. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as “Arnheiter.”

Untitled review of Malcolm Cowley,
A Second Flowering: Works and Days of the Lost Generation, New York Times Book Review
, May 6, 1973, pp. 8 ff. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as “
A Second Flowering
.”

“The End of the World, in 20 Words or Less,”
Yale Daily News Magazine
, April 17, 1974, pp. 18–21. Facsimile of a Styron letter.

“Auschwitz's Message,”
New York Times
, June 25, 1974, p. 37. Op-ed. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as “Auschwitz.”

“William Styron's Afterword to
The Long March
,”
Mississippi Quarterly
28 (Spring 1975), 185–89. Afterword to the Norwegian edition of
The Long March
. Collected in
This Quiet Dust
(1982) as
“The Long March.”

“Presentation to Thomas Pynchon of the Howells Medal for Fiction of the Academy,”
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute
of Arts and Letters
, 2nd series, no. 26 (1976), pp. 43–46. Styron's speech on presenting the medal to Pynchon for
Gravity's Rainbow
.

“Fie on Bliss, and You Too, F.A.O. Schwarz,”
Potomac
, December 19, 1976, pp. 13, 44–45. On Christmas celebrations. Collected in
My Generation
(2015) as “Fie on Bliss.”