The Sacred and Profane Love podcast on Flannery OβConnor was so amazing. I just made my son listen to it because he also read A Good Man is Hard to Find recently.
Iβd love to hear more of your Flannery thoughts. I read that collection of essays (are you teaching the essay or the whole book?) and I think by the end I understood more of what she was doing. I donβt really enjoy it, but itβs not because I find them shocking, I donβt think. Maybe that itβs too easy to believe them? I think by the end I could see the hope.
Thank you for the link to the OβConnor reading. I love her work and Shirley Jackson. They astound me with their ability to create an atmosphere that leaves you feeling the impending twist to what a straightforward, acceptable ending would be for the predictable type of story people assumed a woman would write.
The Sacred and Profane Love podcast on Flannery OβConnor was so amazing. I just made my son listen to it because he also read A Good Man is Hard to Find recently.
https://sacredandprofanelove.com/podcast-item/flannery-oconnor-on-redemptive-love/
Ooh, thank you!
Have you heard this reading by OβConnor herself?
https://youtu.be/sQT7y4L5aKU?si=pqLo8qzDLRLJ7J71
No! Thatβs amazing! That link brought up this deep dive on her work by the podcast host I mentioned. Also worth a spin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY-QjVHIVpo
Yes, thank you!
We too are traveling with the masses to your neck of the woods this weekend for the Eclipse!
Iβd love to hear more of your Flannery thoughts. I read that collection of essays (are you teaching the essay or the whole book?) and I think by the end I understood more of what she was doing. I donβt really enjoy it, but itβs not because I find them shocking, I donβt think. Maybe that itβs too easy to believe them? I think by the end I could see the hope.
Thank you for the link to the OβConnor reading. I love her work and Shirley Jackson. They astound me with their ability to create an atmosphere that leaves you feeling the impending twist to what a straightforward, acceptable ending would be for the predictable type of story people assumed a woman would write.