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Tag Archives: Flannery O’Connor
July/August 2020 Viewing Diary
Let’s get to it. July and August have been very … extra. Movies are fine, but I am gravitating towards series, anything I can binge-watch. I get clicked into something that interests me, and then feel so relieved that I … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged biopic, Brad Pitt, comedy, coming of age, documentary, drama, Eminem, Flannery O'Connor, horror, Jackass, John Garfield, Leonardo DiCaprio, musicals, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, religious movies, romantic drama, sci-fi, Shelley Winters, women directors
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Review: Flannery (2020)
I reviewed the new documentary about Flannery O’Connor for Ebert.
Happy Birthday, Flannery O’Connor
“Everywhere I go, I’m asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them.” – Flannery O’Connor Flannery O’Connor was born today, in Savannah, Georgia in 1925. She is one of the … Continue reading
The Books: “Wise Blood” (Flannery O’Connor)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction:: Wise Blood, by Flannery O’Connor. Oh, Flannery, I love thee so. She’s another one I came to late – I didn’t have to read her in high school or college, which is how I was … Continue reading
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Jessa Crispin has an interesting interview with Peter Boxall, editor of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. I loved what Boxall said at the end: Having benefited from an extraordinary number of emails and letters as well as … Continue reading
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Happy birthday to Flannery O’Connor
She was born today, in Savannah, Georgia in 1925. Man, what to say, what to say … I think she’s one of our greatest American authors. Not just a great Southern writer, although she is that, one of the all-time … Continue reading
Book Thoughts
Okay, so I haven’t finished a book in … 4 weeks?? 5 weeks?? The last book I finished was, I think, At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien. After that, I started a couple of different books (I have different needs … … Continue reading