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 ...

In 1948, The New Yorker published a short story by Shirley Jackson that would turn out to be one of the most controversial pieces in the magazine's history. The plot of "The Lottery" centers on a ...

When Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" was first published in the New Yorker in 1948, it caused several hundred readers to cancel their subscriptions. Now a classroom classic ...

time has been less generous to Jackson, who is largely forgotten, except perhaps for her chilling short story “The Lottery.” "Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life" A biography Ruth Franklin ...

Shirley Jackson’s classic short story The Lottery, which centers on violence, inhumanity and judgment in a small New England town, is being adapted — for the first time — as a feature film ...

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 ...