1. Writing “The Lottery” was a snap for Shirley Jackson. Jackson, who lived in North Bennington, Vermont, wrote the story on a warm June day after running errands. She remembered later that ...

Shirley Jackson’s classic story “The Lottery,” which turned 75 this week, has left a rich legacy.Credit... Supported by By Scott Heller In its June 26, 1948, issue, The New Yorker published ...

Just as June 16 belongs to James Joyce, June 27 belongs to Shirley Jackson: It’s the day on which her classic story “The Lottery” is set. It could have been another day, but, as Jackson ...

Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery,” which first appeared in The New Yorker in the issue of June 26, 1948, is now so familiar as a cultural touchstone that it can be surprising to ...

The Lottery, written by a young writer named Shirley Jackson opens with a description of a deceptively idyllic rural community. It is a “clear and sunny” morning in June, and villagers ...

O’Hara was one of three in that category during the times in which he wrote (1930-1965), Shirley Jackson ... unforgettable “The Lottery,” gets all the attention. Jackson stretched her ...

Judy Oppenheimer, a writer and journalist best known for a biography exploring the brief, tortured life of author Shirley Jackson, whose short story “The Lottery” became one of the most widely ...

The people of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” didn’t gather in the square between the post office and the bank around ten o’clock on June 27th just for Awkwafina to bastardize their holy ...