". . .exotic fowls and the Catholic Church, would be with Flannery, as she preferred to be called, till her dying day. An additional irony lies in the three proscriptions that existed when Savannah was founded: the Georgia colony was to contain no rum, slaves or Catholics. It is ironic, I mean, that a Catholic, especially one who believed, and said in public, "the average Catholic reader is a Militant Moron," should become the state's greatest writer." HAPPY 100TH FLANNERY!
Flannery O'Connor and Madeleine L'Engle are my two favorite American authors. They shared a common no-nonsense view, a commitment to their faith regardless of how unorthodox they were perceived, and they both wrote stories that made people think more deeply. I taught O'Connor in my American Lit classes. That she was a Catholic woman in the 1950s Bible Belt makes her success all the more inspiring.
". . .exotic fowls and the Catholic Church, would be with Flannery, as she preferred to be called, till her dying day. An additional irony lies in the three proscriptions that existed when Savannah was founded: the Georgia colony was to contain no rum, slaves or Catholics. It is ironic, I mean, that a Catholic, especially one who believed, and said in public, "the average Catholic reader is a Militant Moron," should become the state's greatest writer." HAPPY 100TH FLANNERY!
Flannery O'Connor and Madeleine L'Engle are my two favorite American authors. They shared a common no-nonsense view, a commitment to their faith regardless of how unorthodox they were perceived, and they both wrote stories that made people think more deeply. I taught O'Connor in my American Lit classes. That she was a Catholic woman in the 1950s Bible Belt makes her success all the more inspiring.
Stephanie, checkout Flannery's personal library books:
https://lydwine.substack.com/p/beyond-the-bedside-summa