I reread this, along with other O’Connor stories, while I was traveling recently. Bad decision. The nightmares are back! 🙂 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQT7y4L5aKU&w=560&h=315] ...
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Flannery O’Connor on the Lost Cause
Check out Peter Candler‘s piece at The Christian Century on a little-known Flannery O’Connor short story in which she wrestles with memory and history in the South. Here is a taste of his piece, “Flannery O’Connor’s challenge to the Lost Cause...
The Worst Book Reviews in American History?
Here are few snippets from these reviews as provided by Tracy O’Neill at the blog of the New York Public Library:Saturday Review review of Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood (1952)“Her story is built around a fanatic who believes that there is no Christ, no redemption,...
Bruce Springsteen, Flannery O’Connor, and the Common Good
Robert Loss, a literature professor at the Columbus College of Art Design, makes the connection between Springsteen and Flannery O’Connor: I’ve always found it interesting that beginning in the late ‘70s and especially close to the time he recorded Nebraska,...