Letters to the Young Writer

Harriet Wolf's alleged letters to the once-fledgling author, Flannery O'Connor, have been discovered.

To receive the collection of letters, we, the Harriet Wolfians, grudgingly suggest you click here. 

This Week's Quote for Wolfians to Discuss

"As if joy needs sorrow to understand itself. And sorrow, without joy, has no bearings."

 - Harriet Wolf

from The Curator of Our Earthly Needs

Harriet Wolfians Denounce New Novel on Harriet Wolf

The Harriet Wolf Society has written a formal statement, written by the Board and unanimously approved by all Harriet Wolfians. It reads as follows:

We, the Harriet Wolfians of The Harriet Wolf Society, publicly denounce the new novel HARRIET WOLF'S SEVENTH BOOK OF WONDERS, written by novelist Julianna Baggott. The Harriet Wolf Society has worked diligently for decades to create a positive relationship with Harriet Wolf's living heirs in order to preserve and promote the literature of Harriet Wolf and have only been met with derision and hostility by her family.

We believe that Harriet Wolfians are the true and steadfast believers in the literary genius of Harriet Wolf and, due to years of scholarship and dedication, should have been the ones to bring forth her final manuscript to the public.

The uses of actual manuscript materials from Harriet Wolf's seventh book are unacceptable. These materials should not have been used for so-called literary fiction but should have resided solely with scholars and brought out in a critically accurate context.

In short, we denounce this publication.

-- The Harriet Wolf Society

New Photograph of Harriet Wolf with Unidentified Man Donated by the Isley Wesler Museum of Antiquities

The Isley Wesler Museum of Antiquities has also donated this photograph to The Harriet Wolf Society's collection. In this photograph, Wolf is perhaps in her late-twenties or early thirties. The man she is stand next to is unidentified, her relationship with him unknown. Some experts believe that the two are holding hands. Others have suggested that they are not holding hands but the unnecessary closeness of their bodies suggests intimacy. [The Wolf family has not identified the man in this photograph and refuses to comment.]

The photograph was taken on the grounds of Isley Wesler's home, which he made into a museum in his later years. The house is now private though it remains in the Wesler family and is situated outside of Baltimore.

Wesler himself was known, at this time, for his involvement in organized crime as well as his interaction with certain members of the Communist Party and some brushes with high society.

New Photograph of Harriet Wolf Discovered

It has been brought to our attention that this is a picture of Harriet Wolf, taken before she began writing and before her daughter, Eleanor, was born.

This photograph was given to us by The Isley Wesley Museum of Antiquities and seems to be valid.

As the general public knows, Harriet Wolf was not fond of having her photograph taken and, because her own family is bitterly and aggressively protective of her, very few photographs remain.

Isley Wesler himself has passed away and his relationship to Harriet Wolf is unknown. Wesler seemed to be highly connected in his era, and many photographs of Wesler with various celebrities exist in his collection.

Prepare for the Gala!

The Charles Bertmetz Estate has donated the work of illustrator Charles Bertmetz who created Mr. Brootimus for the first edition of Harriet Wolf's first novel, Tender Weeds. It was sketched at the 42nd Street Oyster Bar in Raleigh, North Carolina in the late 1940s.

This original sketch of our lion hero will be on display and available for auction at this year's

annual Harriet Wolf Society Gala. The bidding will be heated! Don't miss your chance to join in! Get your tickets now!