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Myra Williams Jarrell
1867–1937
A Kansas writer with a gift for both fiction and reflective prose, she is best remembered for the novel Meg, of Valencia and for Book of Ramblings, a collection of personal, conversational pieces. Her work reflects the literary culture of early 20th-century Kansas and a warm, thoughtful voice.
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Meg, of Valencia
by Myra Williams Jarrell
About the author
Born in 1867, Myra Williams Jarrell was an American author associated with Kansas literary life. Contemporary biographical material describes her as coming from a well-known Kansas family, and surviving library and public-domain records confirm her as the author of Meg, of Valencia and Book of Ramblings: Bits of Homely Philosophy Written for My Friends, the Public.
Her writing seems to have ranged from fiction to more intimate, reflective prose. Meg, of Valencia was published in the early 1900s, while Book of Ramblings presents shorter, personal pieces in a friendly, conversational style that suits her title well.
Jarrell died in 1937. Although she is not widely known today, digital archives and library catalogs have helped preserve her work, making her part of the record of American women writers and the literary history of Kansas.