"All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful."

~ Flannery O'Connor, born today, 1925.

#FlanneryO'Connor #Quote #Today

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

— Flannery O'Connor

#Stoic #Stoicism #FlanneryO'Connor

Just finished #ThePortableThoreau #JeffreyS.Cramer,ed. Again, no rating really needed from me but all the stars. This edition makes me grateful for footnotes and endnotes though. Would recommend. Would read again. Continuing with poetry by #EdnaStVincentMillay and stories by #FlanneryO'Connor

#ThePlotAgainstAmerica by #PhilipRoth remains in progress on my bedside table when it's not posing for photos elsewhere 🙃

Flannery O’Connor at 100: should we still read her?

She died before she was 40, leaving behind a body of blazingly original short fiction set in America’s segregated south. But her reputation has been tarnished by accusations of racism

The Guardian
Elogio dell’eccesso / 6: Flannery O’Connor e la rivelazione della fede in una Chiesa senza Cristo

di Sandro Moiso L’estate è stata molto arida quassù e il riuscire nuovamente ad andare [...]

Carmilla on line
‘Acid humour was a big part’: the life and legacy of Flannery O’Connor https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/08/flannery-oconnor-movie-maya-ethan-hawke #FlanneryO'Connor #Biopics #Culture #Books #Film
‘Acid humour was a big part’: the life and legacy of Flannery O’Connor

A new biopic, starring Maya Hawke, sheds more light on the short but impressive life of the American writer

The Guardian

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

— Flannery O'Connor

#Stoic #Stoicism #FlanneryO'Connor