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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.
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.
O’Connor wrote about losers and misfits; Scorsese makes films about them; Springsteen sings of them.
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The "forever" stamp featuring the award-winning American author will be available June 5.
The ‘Catholic Literary Imagination’ conference in Los Angeles drew writers, scholars and students from across the country to discuss their craft.
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The author's prizewinning novel Resting Places recounts a woman’s cross-country search for meaning after her son’s accidental death.
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