Marge and Julia

“This brilliant epistolary conversation reveals the deep, forthright bond between Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and her publisher’s daughter, Julia Scribner Bigham—two remarkable women who sought to create and live meaningful lives, even in the shadow of a world war. Marge and Julia is a most welcome contribution to both American literary history and the literature of women’s friendships.”—Ann McCutchan, author of The Life She Wished to Live: A Biography of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of “The Yearling”

“These letters plumb depths of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’s inner life that her public writing, including her memoir Cross Creek, do not, in large part because Julia Scribner Bigham’s intelligence and insight make her the perfect correspondent for Rawlings. Scholars will find this new edition of great value, particularly the editors’ excellent introduction and copious footnotes, but these letters, engaging as a superb novel, should delight general readers as well.”—Ronald Rash, author of In the Valley

“A treasure trove of intimate, revealing letters. It is a joy to discover new facets of Rawlings’s life and re-enter her wondrous Cross Creek world.”—Anna Lillios, author of Crossing the Creek: The Literary Friendship of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings