Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories is a 1973 collection of short stories by Doris Betts. [1] The collection was nominated for a 1974 National Book Award. [2]
The story "The Ugliest Pilgrim" was adapted into the short film “Violet,” which won Best Live Action Short at the 54th Academy Awards. [3] It was later adapted into the musical Violet.
The title story "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was originally published in The Carolina Quarterly in 1973. [4] The title derives from the William Blake poem " The Little Black Boy." It is about an unhappily married woman named Carol who fantasizes she has been chosen as a concubine by Sam Porter, the provost of New African University. [5]
Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories is a 1973 collection of short stories by Doris Betts. [1] The collection was nominated for a 1974 National Book Award. [2]
The story "The Ugliest Pilgrim" was adapted into the short film “Violet,” which won Best Live Action Short at the 54th Academy Awards. [3] It was later adapted into the musical Violet.
The title story "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was originally published in The Carolina Quarterly in 1973. [4] The title derives from the William Blake poem " The Little Black Boy." It is about an unhappily married woman named Carol who fantasizes she has been chosen as a concubine by Sam Porter, the provost of New African University. [5]