Her best weapon: humor.

“The name of my dread disease is Lupus Erythematosus, or as we literary people prefer to call it, Red Wolf.” — Flannery O’Connor Flannery O’Connor, the mid-20th century Southern Gothic author, when in ...

In an old Georgia mansion, a team of the writer’s devotees found a dusty wooden box: inside were two dozen of her never-seen ...

When it comes to violence, grotesque fiction, and a flair for irony, no Southern writer during the 20th century did it better than Flannery O’Connor. During her career, O’Connor published two ...

Fans of Southern Gothic fiction are in for a rare surprise. As part of the extended 100th birthday celebration of ...

Flannery O’Connor’s 1952 self-portrait is the star of an exhibition in Milledgeville, Ga. She “stares at us with the deadpan of a Byzantine saint, a golden sun hat engulfing her head like a ...

When I first read stories by Flannery O’Connor in college, I was thoroughly horrified by the violence. The classic story most ...

L to R: Flannery O’Connor, shown in an archival photo; Father Drew Larkin of the Cathedral-Basilica of St. John the Baptist and writer Beverly Willett attend the 100th birthday bash for O ...

A painting in Blair Hobbs’s new exhibition features a cut-out drawing of Flannery O’Connor in a pearl choker and purple ...

MILLEDGEVILLE, GA — Georgia College and State University is celebrating the legacy of acclaimed author Flannery O’Connor on ...

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Next Tuesday marks the 100th birthday of Georgia literary legend Flannery O’Connor — and her ...

Colin Cutler and his Hot Pepper Jam Band headline the weekend-long centennial birthday celebration for Savannah-born author Flannery O'Connor.