A writer I admire
O.Henry American short story writer O. Henry is another writer I wished to emulate if my wishes had come true. Like several writers of his time, he had problems with drink. To quote the Irish poet, Brendan Behan, "I'm not a writer with a drinking problem. I'm a drinker with a writing problem." Shortly before his popularity, O. Henry spent three years in prison for embezzling funds from the bank he was working in. He'd returned to Austin , Texas , at the time of his arrest as his wife was dying of tuberculosis . Last month, April 2023, I obtained a set of his short stories from eBay .