Monday, April 09, 2012

Flannery O'Connor

A formal photograph of Flannery O'Connor and her mother.  The caretaker and guide who lives on the top floor of the house gives a fact-filled and interesting tour of the home where O'Connor spent much of her early childhood. I loved the artifacts and the anecdotes almost as much as I enjoyed her short stories.  One of my favorite college memories involves participating in a dramatic group presentation of one of her weird short stories for a theatre class.  What a loss for literature in general and Southern literature in particular when she died at age 39 of lupus, as did her own father.


17 comments:

  1. Ohh, are you down South, Kate? I have the author's complete book of short stories, although I have yet to read them all. Love the photo of the photo.

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  2. Thats a beautiful looking home. She died young.

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  3. Great loss indeed! Beautiful portrait.

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  4. Indeed !!
    wonderful that bloggers remind us of her !
    greetings from brussels,
    anni

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  5. A very nice post. I'm familiar with the name but have not read any of her books. Perhaps I should.

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  6. thank you for bringing us along on this tour with you.

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  7. Awesome post Kate.

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  8. Sounds like a most interesting tour. Wonderful to have been able to walk through her childhood home Kate.

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  9. it is a very cool home. :)

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  10. How fun, to enjoy and witness these historic sites.

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  11. what a great house. Nice post!

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  12. Very interesting post!

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  13. Flannery O'Connor is a name I know, but I suspect that I have never read any of her books. It would be fun to create a list of writers who we toss around in conversation but have never actually read. Proust would also be on my list.

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  14. I love the portrait! I don't think I've read her since college. . .and let's not talk about how long ago THAT was! How nice to see meaningful sights!

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  15. Why is it that so many of the best writers and artists die young?

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  16. Sounds like a tour I would enjoy taking. Thanks!

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  17. Love this old photograph, Kate. I envy your visiting this house. am appalled that I didn't know she died so young. What a waste, as you say.

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