When Flannery O’Connor’s letters were published in “The Habit of Being” in 1979, the exchanges between the Georgia writer and her many correspondents provided a startling window into O’Connor’s work.

“All my work was informed by my years in Catholic school. All that redemption, damnation. ... As I got older I stopped fighting against it. Now I draw on it and enjoy it. There’s no greater well to ...

Mention Flannery O’Connor’s fiction, and many people will shudder. After all, her stories feature disturbing events like a child drowning, a woman being gored by a bull and a family gunned down on the ...

The characters in these fictions find God’s grace only by being faced with acts of violence. They bounce off the page because O’Connor identifies with their prejudices, their faith, their humor. Two ...

The Met Goes Oceanic, Mayan, and Edo in the Reborn Rockefeller Wing A Case for Science as an Ally of Faith Blue Moon Eclipsed by Cynicism Audio By Carbonatix Newly released letters between the writers ...

DEAR REGINA: Flannery O’Connor’s Letters from Iowa. Edited by Monica Carol Miller. University of Georgia Press. 304 pages. $34.95. Before Flannery O’Connor became one of America’s most celebrated and ...

Ruby Turpin spends nearly all of Flannery O’Connor’s “Revelation,” telling herself and others what a good, God-fearing woman she is, how grateful she is that the Lord has made her so. The dark irony ...

Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor is seen in an undated photo. From March 21-23, 2025, a museum in Savannah, Ga., dedicated to her literary genius and fascinating personality is celebrating the ...

Oddballs and literature lovers rejoice! Flannery O’Connor’s Birthday Party is returning in full force after last year’s hiatus. While a good man may be hard to find, a good time can be found in every ...