The New York Times

" O. HENRY" ON HIMSELF, LIFE, AND OTHER THINGS; For the First Time the Author of "The Four Million" Tells a Bit of the "Story of My Life."

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The famous author who stole money from an Austin bank

But Gillespie also explored the lesser-known and complicated chapters of Porter’s life. Before gaining literary fame, Porter ...
NOLA.com

We know the writer O. Henry got his pen name here, but where did the famed scribe live?

Last week in this space, we looked at O. Henry, the influential short-story writer who worked briefly for local newspapers and who — as legend has it — borrowed his pen name from a New Orleans ...
Wall Street Journal

‘O. Henry: 101 Stories’ Review: A Twist Comes at the End

Before he was known as O. Henry and the author of “The Gift of the Magi,” William Sidney Porter wrote another yarn about a husband and wife who miscommunicate. Instead of trading Christmas presents in ...
Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘O. Henry: 101 Stories’

Every Christmas season, I watch about a dozen or so favorite holiday films. One of them is “O. Henry’s Full House.” The 1952 film offers five adaptations of O. Henry’s great short stories with ...