I’ve been reading a lot of new Southern fiction lately. Much of it has reminded me of overwrought Beasts of the Southern Wild emerging from our swamps and parading across the nation’s imagination. Now I love a good gothic grotesque character as much as the next person, but not every writer possesses the credentials of […]
Tag Archives: Flannery O’Connor
In Part One, I discussed Flannery O’Connor’s life and home. Here I will give a brief look at her work and ideas. Never heard of Flannery O’Connor? Or have you read a story by her and scratched your head? Barely remember her name from a distant high school class in American Literature? You’re probably not […]
Here in the South, we are blessed to have The Southern Literary Trail, the nation’s only tri-state literary trail, featuring writers’ homes in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi—three states said to be perennially at the bottom of US literacy rates. William Faulkner was once asked, Why don’t more Southerners read? He replied, Because they’re too busy writing. […]
Almost thirty-five years ago, a vacation trip to California provided the genesis of a hobby that is now a source of infinite pleasure for me and often for my friends and family as well. Bob, my first husband, was driving as I navigated. As I studied the map, the old-fashioned kind that I still prefer […]
Readers Unbound 