From childhood cartoons to thoughtful self-portraits, the acclaimed Southern writer was always a keen observer of her ...

On Feb. 23, the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home starts the celebration by confronting the challenges with O’Connor’s writing head on. In partnership with the Beach Institute African ...

When it comes to violence, grotesque fiction, and a flair for irony, no Southern writer during the 20th century did it better ...

But just a few hours southeast of the city lived a 14-year-old named Flannery O’Connor, who thought the spectacle was ridiculous. O’Connor loathed the historical epic, though she and Mitchell ...

“For the writer of fiction,” Flannery O’Connor once reflected, “everything has its testing point in the eye.” Writing, to her, didn’t just call on emotion and thought; it required ...

Everyone, it seems, is talking about Flannery O’Connor. The Georgia-based late Catholic author of Wiseblood and a number of compelling short stories, is the subject of the recently released film ...

As my wife and I honeymooned in Charleston, South Carolina, three decades ago, I ducked into a local bookstore and bought a copy of Flannery O’Connor’s collected stories. O’Connor’s ...

Flannery O’Connor’s Manhattan; by Katheryn Krotzer Laborde; Fordham University; Press; 208 pp., $30.00 In Flannery O’Connor’s Manhattan, Katheryn Krotzer Laborde takes a closer look at her ...

A panel discussion on February 23 will feature O’Connor scholars Mark Bosco, Patricia West, and Angela Alaimo O'Donnell, who will discuss the themes of faith, race, and disability in O’Connor ...

When it comes to violence, grotesque fiction, and a flair for irony, no Southern writer during the 20th century did it better than Flannery O’Connor. During her career, O’Connor published two ...