![]() This idea echoes throughout the anthology, especially in the autobiographical pieces (or comics that appear to be autobiographical). Kirby, in his introduction, describes Jackson not as a horror writer-as she’s sometimes known-but as a writer interested in psychological states and psychological flux. ![]() Many entries in the book are closer to meditations the pieces will appeal most to existing converts, but they’re also evidence that these converts abound. Kirby’s tribute anthology was produced under one major constraint: Jackson’s estate holds the rights to her stories, precluding any straightforward adaptations. ![]() But if the why of celebrating Shirley Jackson is easy, the how leads to more complicated questions, which Rob Kirby (a TCJ.com contributor) has navigated in compiling The Shirley Jackson Project. There is much to explore in The Haunting of Hill House, The Lottery and Other Stories, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and much to praise. Jackson moved expertly between comedies of manners and tragedies of all sorts, writing short stories of great wit as well as novels of great dread. ![]() Why celebrate Shirley Jackson? The question is an easy one, now-with the recent release of Ruth Franklin’s biography, A Rather Haunted Life-or any time. ![]()
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