A selective bibliography of open access articles on Katherine Anne Porter, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association Guidelines for Web Pages
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Unrue, Darlene. An introduction to Katherine Anne Porter, from the Literary Encyclopedia, 04 February 2004 On The Old Order (1935); Old Mortality (1937); Pale Horse, Pale Rider (1939); Ship of Fools (1962)
A Teacher's Guide to Katherine Anne Porter, from textbook publisher Heath
Some biographical facts and photos cover Katherine Anne Porter's years in San Antonio, Texas. From the web site Literary San Antonio, by Paul McQuien and Kim G. Hochmeister, at San Antonio College
A short biography of Katherine Anne Porter from the PBS American Masters series
A biography of Katherine Anne Porter from the Texas State Historical Association
A list of Katherine Anne Porter's primary works and selected critical works on her, and discussion questions, from Dr. Paul Reuben's bibliography web site
Teaching notes from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, "Katherine Anne Porter’s Artistry and Vision in 'The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,' 'Flowering Judas,' and 'Pale Horse, Pale Rider,'" by Carol Altieri
A note on Katherine Anne Porter's Orientalism, from the Beinecke Library at Yale
A biography of Katherine Anne Porter and some information about preserving her papers at the University of Maryland, from the National Endowment for the Humanities web site (removed)
A list of the extensive Porter papers at the Library of the University of Maryland (removed)
"Katherine Anne Porter and the Southwest," by Joan Givner. A chapter in A Literary History of the American West, from the Western Literature Association (removed)
A Katherine Anne Porter web site with some commentaries on "Holiday," "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall," and Pale Horse, Pale Rider. NY University Medical School (removed)
(removed) An Atlantic Monthly article on the desire of readers to undersand the American South, and of writers to explain it. December 1997, by Benjamin Schwartz
(removed) Writer Tim Gautreaux on what is means to be a Southern author, from the Atlantic Monthly, March 14, 1997
The Newsletter of the Katherine Anne Porter Society, founded in 1994. Beginning with Vol. 3 (1997) it includes a useful summary discussion of the year's work on Katherine Anne Porter, contributed by Dr. Janis Stout and in later volumes by Dr. Christine Hait. The Year's Work 1994; The Year's Work 1995; The Year's Work 1996; The Year's Work 1997; The Year's Work 1998; The Year's Work 1999; The Year's Work 2000; The Year's Work 2001; The Year's Work 2004-2005
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