Summary: Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964) lived a life that, in retrospect, looks almost like one of her short stories: sudden, impactful, and lastingly powerful. Deeply Catholic, O’Connor portrayed the American South as a place full of complex characters seeking redemption in unusual and often violent ways. She once said that she had found that violence was “strangely capable of returning my characters to reality and preparing them to accept their moment of grace,” and it is this confrontation – restless faith crashing into pain and evil – that energizes O’Connor’s best works. Possessed of almost supernatural writerly gifts, O’Connor’s insight and artistry place her in the uppermost echelon of American authors. Host Jacke Wilson tells the story of O’Connor’s life, her most famous works, and his own near-connection to the author…before concluding with some troubling recent discoveries and a preview of a deeper examination of O’Connor and her place in American letters.<br> Show Notes: <br> See the photo of the young Flannery O’Connor at the Amana Colonies at <a href="https://jackewilson.com/2014/08/08/writers-laughing-flannery-oconnor/">https://jackewilson.com/2014/08/08/writers-laughing-flannery-oconnor/</a>.<br> Brand new! Check out our Facebook page at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/historyofliterature/">facebook.com/historyofliterature</a>.<br> You can find more literary discussion at <a href="http://www.jackewilson.com/">jackewilson.com</a> and more episodes of the series at <a href="http://www.historyofliterature.com/">historyofliterature.com</a>.<br> Contact the host at jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com or by leaving a voicemail at 1-361-4WILSON (1-361-494-5766).<br> Music Credits:<br> “<a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Advent_Chamber_Orchestra/Selections_from_the_November_2006_Concert/Advent_Chamber_Orchestra_-_04_-_Handel_-_Entrance_to_the_Queen_of_Sheba_for_Two_Oboes_Strings_and_Continuo_allegro">Handel – Entrance to the Queen of Sheba</a>” by Advent Chamber Orchestra (From the <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/">Free Music Archive</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/">CC by SA</a>).<br> “Porch Blues” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)<br><br> Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0<br> <a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2F59-flannery-oconnor%2F&t=59%20Flannery%20O%E2%80%99Connor&s=100&p%5Burl%5D=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2F59-flannery-oconnor%2F&p%5Bimages%5D%5B0%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fi2.wp.com%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F09%2Fflannery.png%3Ffit%3D1200%252C628&p%5Btitle%5D=59%20Flannery%20O%E2%80%99Connor" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2F59-flannery-oconnor%2F&text=Hey%20check%20this%20out" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-google_plus nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Google+" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoryofliterature."></a>
