"Mary Webb: Neglected Genius"
On show January 27-March 13, 2010

From the January 28 New York Times: "Mary Webb, a British novelist, deprecated herself despite having published six books and dozens of poems set in her native Shropshire. Known in the 1920s for her evocative descriptions of the countryside and racy plots involving abortion, patricide and premarital sex, she nonetheless called herself “wholly un-gifted” and sometimes felt “whelmed in remorse & terror” over her perceived literary mistakes" .... read more