Dr. Darlene H. Unrue specializes in the field of American Literature.
A Distinguished Professor of English at UNLV, she has published widely
on subjects in American literature and most notably on Katherine Anne Porter.
Her books include Truth and Vision in Katherine Anne
Porter's Fiction (1985),
Understanding Katherine Anne Porter (1988), "This Strange, Old World" and
Other Book Reviews By Katherine Anne Porter (1991), Katherine
Anne Porter's Poetry (1996), and Critical Essays on Katherine Anne
Porter (1997). Her
biography of Katherine Ann Porter: The Life of an
Artist (2005)
won the 2005 Eudora Welty Prize for Excellence in Modern Letters. Unrue
is the immediate past president of The Katherine Anne Porter Society, which
is housed at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Interested persons may
join the society by sending a check for $10, made payable to KAP Society/UNLV
Foundation, to the following address:
KAP Society
Department of English
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5011