Tess Taylor reviews Flannery O'Connor's A Prayer Journal written when the late author was in her early 20s. Every so often, as scholars sort through old papers, they find a rare and wonderful gem, ...

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 a ...

Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor is seen in a Sept. 22, 1959, photo, sitting on the steps of her home in Milledgeville, Ga. Elizabeth Coffman, an associate professor of film and digital media at ...

Flannery O’Connor was one of the greatest short-story writers of the 20th century. In spite of her burning need to be published, it seems obvious she never intended for “A Prayer Journal” to be ...

A review of A Prayer Journal by Flannery O’Connor. In 1945, at age nineteen, Flannery O’Connor left her home in Milledgeville, Georgia, to study journalism on scholarship at the University of Iowa.

Each month, the Columbia Public Library offers selections from its collection related to a current best-seller or hot topic. Library Associate Karena Tse compiled this month’s selections. “I keep ...