We discuss "Pale Horse, Pale Rider," Katherine Anne Porter's work which covers the 1918 Spanish flu, along with a review of her long career with relatively sparse output, as spitefully described by Truman Capote. Porter's insights into people's behavior during a war or crisis offer a perspective for today, and her acerbic tongue is delightful as long as it isn't directed against you. She also reflected on how her own near-death experience changed her. As part of her participation with a leftist group, she protested the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and wrote a clear-eyed and biting essay near the end of her life about how bias can affect justice. A literary episode with a surprise.

Porter's essay we discuss:
https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/flashbks/oj/porterf.htm

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