tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698311519691984558.post740178667985475270..comments2023-11-25T02:48:21.966-07:00Comments on abcreads: Flannery O'Connor's Literary Resurgenceabcreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15827801722370240463noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698311519691984558.post-21624237245093019552013-12-20T15:14:38.288-07:002013-12-20T15:14:38.288-07:00The library doesn't have it, but The Province ...The library doesn't have it, but <i>The Province of Joy: Praying with Flannery O'Connor</i> by Angela Alaimo O'Donnell (Paraclete Press, 2012) is an excellent daily prayer guide, using excerpts and themes from Miss Flannery's writings.<br /><br />Another one we don't have, but which is excellent and well-written: Ralph Wood's, <i>Flannery O'Connor and the Christ-Haunted South</i> (Eerdmans, 2005).<br /><br />And another I like to consult, when I'm trying to grasp a particular story -- and what a great subtitle: <i>Flannery O'Connor: A Proper Scaring</i> by Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner. <br /><br />Living in or knowing the South can definitely help one to grasp O'Connor's grotesque, but these three books help readers to see the grace beneath.LWnoreply@blogger.com