Harris Downey (born May 12, 1907 Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 1979) was an American short story writer, and novelist.
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He graduated from Louisiana State University with a B.A. and M.A. He Served in the Air Force. He taught at Louisiana State University,[1] where he knew Lyle Saxon.[2]
His work appeared in Epoch,[3] Prairie Schooner.[4][5][6] Kenyon Review,[7]
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Thunder in the Room, by Harris Downey (205 pp.; Macmillan; $3), is a first novel which attempts a Joycean account of a day in the life of some citizens of a Southern capital, but often it seems more like a long afternoon spent in a botanical garden.[8]