The Capers Papers

"When we read the collection here we want still more."-Eudora WeltyA pleasure jaunt through the irrepressibly funny world of a gifted raconteurAll who know Charlotte Capers treasure her wit and her charismatic storytelling.Here a selection of her amusing narratives moves from conversation to the page as she takes the ordinary and makes it refreshing and fascinating.Clever, sophisticated, and entertaining, she ranges over many subjects-dogs, tenants, travels, an operation, babies, a car wreck, and small-town life at its ordinary gait.Those who read these witty essays written by a fabulous raconteur will feel included in a close and special circle.Charlotte Capers, former director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, lives in Jackson, Mississippi.