Author Irwin H. Streight has penned "Flannery and the Grammys," which documents how O’Connor and her works have influenced popular musical artists. Within genres like folk, blues, rock, gospel ...

COMMENTARY: Miss O’Connor’s embrace of the challenging vocation of writing was shaped by the vocation of suffering.

The new documentary about Flannery O’Connor, a Southern author who died in 1964, uses archives and interviews with friends, family, and fans to provide an expansive view of her life.

Flannery O’Connor wrote these solemn words, weighty for a young woman of just 18, ... the diary is an illuminating document that offers a glimpse into the mind of the artist as a young woman.

“It says ‘Flannery O’Connor,’” I answered. ... She, and she alone, had access to the letters, documents, and even some of the people who could help clarify the questions.

Had Flannery O’Connor been on the scene, we can be sure, she would have reported it as some kind of freak-out, a dusty near-riot, not Woodstock but Altamont—scuffles, bad vibes, mic feedback.

There is something breathtaking in the hopes, dreams and faith of young Flannery O’Connor.What I am asking for is really very ridiculous. Oh, Lord, I am saying, at present I am a cheese, make me ...

An unfinished Flannery O’Connor novel hit shelves in 2024. In her lifetime, O’Connor published a number of short stories and two novels, Wise Blood (1952) and The Violent Bear It Away (1960) .