Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O’Connor on the Lost Cause

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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?

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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

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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,...