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Life Timeline (1942-1943)

1942		By mid-February recooperated enough to resume work on "The Bride" manuscript. Interrupts work to write short story, "A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud". "Correspondence", short story, published in February 7 New Yorker. Tells David Diamond in March that "Bride" manuscript is finished, but quickly realizes that it must undergo revision before publication. Reeves, now divorced, re-enlists in Army on March 19. Carson notified on March 24 of award of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Visits Georgia during spring. Returns to New York from Georgia, then to Yaddo i nlate June. Works at Yaddo from July 2 to January 17. Completes "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" in November. "A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud", published in Harper's Bazaar and selected by Herschel Brickell for annual anthology, O. Henry Memorial Prize Stories of 1942. Moves to Pine Tree studio at Yaddo on November 5. Reeves receives Army commission at Camp Upton, New York on November 29.
1943		Ill during January and February from an infection due to broken jaw bone (broken accidentally by dentist during molar extraction). In January "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" sold to Harper's Bazaar for publication in August. Leaves Yaddo on January 17 and moves back to 7 Middagh Street, Brooklyn Heights. Marguerite Smith travels from Columbus to Middagh Street in February to nurse daughter and accompany her back to Columbus. "Love's Not Time's Fool" published in April Mademoiselle. Learns on April 9 that she will receive a one-thousand-dollar Arts and Letters Grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Returns to Columbus on April 22. Reunites with Reeves in Atlanta on May 5. A week later he joins her in Columbus for a five-day leave. Carson returns briefly to 7 Middagh Street on June 1. Carson at Yaddo from June 8 to August 12. "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" published in August Harper's Bazaar. In mid-August spends a few days in New York City, visits David Diamond, returns to Columbus due to father's illness. Stays with Reeves at Fort Dix from October 21 to October 30. They consider remarriage, but decide against it. In Columbus during winter, begins to refer to manuscript of "The Bride" as "The Member of the Wedding".

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