The Regional Writer, Eudora Welty & Garrison Keillor

The Regional Writer
An author is a regional writer when his or her body of work reflects a particular area or region. For instance, Eudora Welty is a Southern style writer because her stories are mostly set in the Deep South, and more specifically in Mississippi. They reflect the physical setting, language and culture of that area and time.
The physical setting is the most important aspect of determining a regional writer. In Eudora Welty's story, A Worn Path, the action takes place in a southern rural area. The main character walks from an isolated country farm to the nearest town to ge…