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Close Reads #51: O'Connor Q&A
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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David conclude their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge, by answering listener questions.
Topics include:
- How O'Connor's contemporaries viewed her work
- Angelina and Tim's Amazon-style reviews of O'Connor
- Anagogical/allegorical reading
- O'Connor's appeal to non-Christians
- Rapid-fire questions
and much more...
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This episode is brought to by our friends at Roman Roads Media, purveyors of the Old Western Culture series, featuring Wes Callihan.
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