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First Impressions - Flannery O'Connor - Episode 28

This summer, I've been getting to know Southern Gothic author Flannery O'Connor through a collection of her short stories. In this "First Impressions" episode, I chat about her life, her writing, and the themes in her stories which grabbed my attention. Sources / Further Reading: "This Lonesome Place: Flannery O’Connor on race and religion in the unreconstructed South." - The New Yorker article Flannery O'Connor biography - New Georgia Encyclopedia The Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews by Flannery O'Connor (Google Books page)

First Impressions - William Faulkner - Episode 10

In this episode, we meet William Faulkner through one of his most famous novels, The Sound and the Fury . Resources: Faulkner Pronouncing "Yoknapatawpha"