The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Resources
Websites
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Leave it to Oprah to have the best Hunter site on the web. Here, you'll get a comprehensive reader's guide and some really detailed information on McCullers, including her historical context, her famous friends, and her literary influences. Plus, more pictures than you can shake a stick at. Be prepared to spend lots of time here.
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This is a fairly minimalist site with information on all of Carson's books, as well as lots of handy links.
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Here you can find some cool articles on McCullers, including the low-down on a dinner party she threw where Marilyn Monroe was a guest.
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Check out the official page for the Carson McCullers center at Columbus State University in Columbus, GA, Carson's hometown. The center features a museum and plenty of other cool Carson-related things.
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Here's a cool article about Carson's epic lunch with Marilyn Monroe and Isak Denisen (the author of Out of Africa), among other things. The author is a big Carson fan, like us, so this is a very fun read.
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Yep, there's a Texas-based band named after Carson's book. And they're on Facebook.
Movie or TV Productions
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This star-studded gem got numerous awards and nominations, including Oscar nods for Alan Arkin, who played Singer.
Historical Documents
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This is a great online archive with primary resources on Southern history, culture, and literature. Get to know the world of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter a little better.
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Here's an interesting Washington Post review of Hunter, published in 2004 as part of a series that takes another look at "forgotten" classics.
Video
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Check out this interview with theater guy Doug Hughes, who talks about <em>Hunter</em> as a stage play. Broadway musical, here we come!
Audio
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In our opinion, this Reba McEntire song sounds way too upbeat to share a title with McCullers's book, but we'll leave it up to you to decide.
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This awesome indie rock group borrows their song's title (with an added contraction) from McCullers' debut book.
Images
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She made the cover of her own book. Not too shabby.
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Looks like an old-school movie poster, don't you think?
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How's this for a headshot?
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Our author definitely knew how to have some fun.
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A young Carson sitting at her typewriter, and not looking overly thrilled at being interrupted.