King of the Birds: Flannery O’Connor’s Beloved Peacocks
At her Georgia farm, the celebrated Catholic writer raised an unruly flock whose beauty and noise became part of her imaginative world.
At her Georgia farm, the celebrated Catholic writer raised an unruly flock whose beauty and noise became part of her imaginative world.
COMMENTARY: ‘The Christian writer particularly will feel that whatever his initial gift is, it comes from God,’ the Catholic novelist and short-story writer wrote, believing her craft was indeed ‘God’s business.’
Flannery O’Connor did not merely depict hounds of heaven — she is herself a hound of heaven
COMMENTARY: Miss O’Connor’s embrace of the challenging vocation of writing was shaped by the vocation of suffering.
COMMENTARY: She knew how to make fun of herself, in a sincere way few of us do.
The writer has the uncanny ability to bring people of all stripes together in one place — saints and sinners alike.
COMMENTARY: Catholicism immersed her writing, but it was often covert to the uninitiated like me.
COMMENTARY: The Catholic writer’s faith shone through such suffering when she said, ‘I can with one eye squinted take it all as a blessing ...’
When my children are adults, I hope that they remember with fondness our family road trips, especially this one.
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