Bennington celebrates Shirley Jackson Day - P. 35-36

BENNINGTON — When folks mention the name of writer Shirley Jackson, what often comes to mind is "The Lottery" or "The Haunting of Hill House."

"Tie Lottery," published in 'Ihe New Yorker in 1948 and written while she was living with her family in North Bennington, tells the story ofa fiction- al small American community and a lottery the town holds each year. What is the winner's reward? Tie winner gets stoned to death to ensure a good har- vest and purge the town of bad omens.