Her best weapon: humor.

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 ...

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 ...

Photo: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg News/Saul Loeb/Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Flannery O’Connor, arguably the best Catholic writer this country ever produced, was born 100 years ago March 25 in ...

A weeklong centennial celebration of author Flannery O’Connor is expected to attract scholars and fans to Milledgeville, Georgia.

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

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 Milledgeville alma mater isn’t letting the occasion pass by without a series of events ...