This summer, I’ve been getting to know Southern Gothic author Flannery O’Connor through a collection of her short stories. In this “First Impressions” episode, I chat about her life, her writing, and the themes in her stories which grabbed my attention.

Sources / Further Reading:
“This Lonesome Place: Flannery O’Connor on race and religion in the unreconstructed South.” – The New Yorker article
Flannery O’Connor biography – New Georgia Encyclopedia
The Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews by Flannery O’Connor (Google Books page)