Question

the life of o. henry
use the biography to help you answer the question. when writing for the houston post, how did o. henry gather ideas for his column?

• listening and talking to people in hotel lobbies
• ideas from his wife
• reading the newspaper

Explanation:

To answer this, we refer to the biography of O. Henry. When writing for the Houston Post, O. Henry gathered ideas by loitering and talking to people in hotel lobbies (this aligns with his known practices of observing and interacting with people to get story ideas). The other options (ideas from his wife, reading the newspaper) are less accurate based on biographical accounts.

Answer:

A. loitering and talking to people in hotel lobbies