The American writer O. Henry (pen name of William Sydney Porter 1862-1910) is considered a master of short story form with a prolific canon: eleven collections published during his lifetime, six ...
In his short story “A Service of Love,“ O. Henry claims, ”When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.” He further claims that this premise will be proven both true and false as he follows Joe ...
The press connects us to a community that we don’t often acknowledge. It enables us to look beyond our own individual lives to notice the lives and actions of those around us. O. Henry’s short story ...
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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 ...
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