Mary Flannery O’Connor was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist whose work is often described as “Southern Gothic,” a style which has left many readers scratching their heads, as ...

Serendipity is not a term often associated with Flannery O’Connor. Most of her fictional characters suffer the consequences of misguided actions rather than benefit from the fruits of chance. However, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Author Flannery O’Connor would have turned 100 years old in March. To celebrate that milestone, the museum ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The Flannery O’Connor Childhood home is continuing its centennial celebration of the famous Savannah author by bringing back one of its most popular events. The Peacock Party ...

Mary Flannery O’Connor hadn’t heard of Faulkner until she was in her twenties and a student at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (around this time she dropped ‘Mary’ from her name, to avoid sounding like ‘an ...

In the summer of 2014, I traveled to the Deep South with two fellow faith writers. We northerners had embarked on this adventure to uncover the mystique behind a writer we admired, but who’d left many ...