{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a8c87b47780d3580eaacd1e/5a8c87d77780d3580eaacd4c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#44: Ralph Wood Talks O'Connor","description":"<p>On this episode of Close Reads, David chats with Dr. Ralph Wood, author of <a href= \"https://www.amazon.com/Flannery-OConnor-Christ-Haunted-South-Ralph/dp/0802829996\"><em>Flannery O'Connor and the </em><em>Christ-Haunted</em><em> South</em></a>, about Flannery O'Connor's reputation for grimness. </p> <p>Topics include: When Dr. Wood heard O'Connor give a reading live in 1962, O'Connor's sense of humor, the scandalousness of the gospel in O'Connor's canon, Julian's mother in <em>Everything That Rises Must Converge</em>, <em>A View of the Woods</em>' lack of quality, and much, much more. </p>","author_name":"Goldberry Studios"}