The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter

Katherine Anne Porter · 1890–1980 · United States

Why it matters

Porter's complete stories gathered into one volume (Texas ranches, Mexican revolution, and the fevered delirium of Pale Horse, Pale Rider) swept both the Pulitzer and National Book Award, the definitive measure of a writer prized more for precision than output.

At a glance

Varied registers, from plain regional realism to feverish interior delirium, span the whole collection.