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TUESDAY | MARCH 23 | 8 PM Born in 1925, Savannah, Georgia native Flannery O’Connor is considered one of the greatest short story writers of the 20th century. A devout Catholic who collected peacocks and walked with crutches (due to a diagnosis of lupus that would take her life before the age of 40), O’Connor’s provocative, award-winning fiction about southern prophets and girls with wooden legs was unlike anything published before. Flannery O’Connor Over the course of her short-lived but prolific writing career, O’Connor wrote two novels - Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away. In addition, she wrote 32 short stories, including “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” “Good Country People” and “Everything That Rises Must Converge.” She never shied away from examining timely themes of racism, religion, socio-economic disparity and more with her characteristic wit and irony. Her distinctive Southern Gothic style influenced generations of artists and activists.
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