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While fans continue to revisit the late writer’s work, they now have something new to explore. A short story, “Adventure on a Bad Night,” was recently discovered by Jackson’s son, Laurence Hyman, among her papers at the Library of Congress. Published in The Strand, the tale involves a woman named Vivien who visits a corner shop and experiences an uncomfortable example of prejudice against an immigrant. The Strand is making the story available in their print edition, which can be ordered on their website for $9.99. Hyman told the Associated Press that both he and his sister, Sarah Hym...

Dec 18, 2020 NEW YORK (AP) — Laurence Hyman, son of the late Shirley Jackson, has been on a quest for more than 20 years. Jackson was just 48 when she died, in 1965, and left behind an extensive backlog of unreleased material. Her husband, the literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman, made little effort to organize her papers beyond giving them to the Library of Congress, so Hyman and his sister, Sarah Hyman DeWitt, took on the job. They have made several trips to Washington, sorting through boxes and sometimes finding sections of a given work in different piles, a process especially time consu...

Rarely seen Shirley Jackson story is finally published by Hillel Italie, The Associated Press Posted Dec 17, 2020 8:45 am EDT Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 8:58 am EDT NEW YORK — Laurence Hyman, son of the late Shirley Jackson, has been on a quest for more than 20 years. Jackson was just 48 when she died, in 1965, and left behind an extensive backlog of unreleased material. Her husband, the literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman, made little effort to organize her papers beyond giving them to the Library of Congress, so Hyman and his sister, Sarah Hyman DeWitt, took on the job. They have made s...

Hillel Italie December 17, 2020 - 2:48 PM NEW YORK - Laurence Hyman, son of the late Shirley Jackson, has been on a quest for more than 20 years. Jackson was just 48 when she died, in 1965, and left behind an extensive backlog of unreleased material. Her husband, the literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman, made little effort to organize her papers beyond giving them to the Library of Congress, so Hyman and his sister, Sarah Hyman DeWitt, took on the job. They have made several trips to Washington, sorting through boxes and sometimes finding sections of a given work in...

7:40 PM MYT Shirley Jackson resisted calling herself a feminist, but 'Adventure On A Bad Night' captures the ongoing tension of a woman coping in a male world. Photo: Handout Laurence Hyman, son of the late Shirley Jackson, has been on a quest for more than 20 years. Jackson was just 48 when she died, in 1965, and left behind an extensive backlog of unreleased material. Her husband, the literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman, made little effort to organise her papers beyond giving them to the Library of Congress, so Hyman and his sister, Sarah Hyman DeWitt, took on the job. They have made sever...