Carson McCullers - Is something missing from Stories, Plays & Other Writings?

Recently I got the second volume of McCullers work in the mail. Lovely volume, some writing I haven't seen before. I was look at the chronology and it mentions the short story 'Mick' from Literary Cavalcade 1957. Is that a short story that was re-titled? Or is it lost?

Pardon me, if I have overlooked something, but I can't find any reason why 'Mick' wasn't included...

What about “The Pestle" from Botteghe Oscure, (1953) and from Mademoiselle, (July 1953)? Is that a short story? Was it re-titled? Is it missing?

Also there is no reason given (maybe it's not necessary, not expected by most readers) why the collection of poems for children, Sweet as a Pickle, Clean as a Pig, is not included.

What about the article “The Devil’s Idlers,” a review of Commend the Devil by Howard Coxe. Saturday Review, 23 -- March 15, 1941? Why was that not included? Or is it somewhere in the volume?

I noticed some volumes for other authors include letters. Are there existing letters? If so, why were they not included? Not important?

Thanks for your assistance!

Asher

Asher:

I can address the provenance of the two stories:

"Mick" is little more than a slightly reworked adaptation of a section about Mick Kelly from The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.

In its original form, Clock Without Hands was titled "The Pestle," and the Mademoiselle piece was revised and incorporated into the novel.

David

Incidentally, you can read McCullers's review of the Coxe novel here:

http://www.unz.org/Pub/SaturdayRev-1941mar15-00015

The review is a mere four paragraphs and offers little more than a summary of the novel and a couple of lines conveying a (mostly) thumbs-down verdict. I can't speak with certainty regarding the editors' decision not to include the review, but I'm guessing the reason the review has never been reprinted anywhere is it doesn't add much to our understanding either of McCullers or of the long-forgotten work it discusses.

--David

LOA tweeted out a link to this great review by one of my current faves, author of Priestdaddy:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n20/patricia-lockwood/aviators-and-movie-stars

>4 kcshankd:

That review itself is artful and tightly wound, never mind whether its subject is compelling. I adore lines like: "The South does not move, does not move, does not move, and then it heaves into violence."

Patricia Lockwood is worth seeking out if you haven't read anything by her before.

For instance, here: https://newrepublic.com/article/131936/lost-trumplandia