Flannery O’Connor’s Lasting Impact Explored in New Book and Film
It’s no surprise that so many writers, critics and filmmakers are mining O’Connor’s writings for study and edification.
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Flannery O’Connor and the Devil’s Territory
COMMENTARY: Novelist of grace and grittiness said: ‘I write the way I do because and only because I am a Catholic.’
‘Night of the Hunter’ Is the Stuff of Nightmares: Movie’s Scary Sojourn Examines Good vs. Evil
FILM REVIEW: Classic film’s madman chases two little children across bleak black-and-white landscape.
Transformed by the Beauty and the Life of Christ: The Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination
COMMENTARY: Contemplating what constitutes ‘a good and beautiful work.’
Is Thomas Aquinas’ Philosophy for Everyone?
COMMENTARY: ‘How is it that the billions of stars live in such harmony,’ Aquinas asked, ‘when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds?’
Grace in Suffering: Flannery O’Connor and a Little Girl Named Mary Ann
Both found joy in the lives God had given them.
‘If It’s Just a Symbol To Hell With It’
COMMENTARY: Flannery O’Connor’s Stark Defense of the Eucharist Applies to Baptism Too
Who Was Flannery O’Connor and Why Is She Being Canceled?
By the time of her death in Georgia in 1964, O’Connor had come to express strong support for the civil rights movement and applauded the gains already made in racial relations. Today she’s being accused of racism.
Loyola University Maryland Renaming Dorm That Honored Flannery O’Connor
Flannery O'Connor's name will be replaced on the Loyola residence hall with that of Sr. Thea, whose cause for canonization was opened in 2018 by the Diocese of Jackson.
Why Scorsese and Springsteen Love Flannery O’Connor
O’Connor wrote about losers and misfits; Scorsese makes films about them; Springsteen sings of them.
