A Flannery O’Connor biography reviewed on Salon.com

Over at Salon.com a new Flannery O’Connor biography was reviewed.  I was surprised to learn of the animosity between her and Carson McCullers.  Having studied Southern Gothic Literature in college I was happy to read this review of her biography. It mentions G. K. Chesterton in passing, relating his Catholic faith to Ms. O’Connor’s.  Here [...]

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The Autobiography of G. K. Chesterton

I have never read anything of Mr. Chesterton’s until this book. I read somewhere of his friendship with Hilaire Belloc and I thought I would give this one a try over anything else out there.  I was pleasantly suprised throughout.  Mr. Chesterton, in his grand manner, fought all the dipstick, penny philosphers of his day and he [...]

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