“Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.”

— Flannery O'Connor

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About Flannery O'Connor

Author • American

Mary Flannery O'Connor was an influential American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. A prominent voice in American literature, she wrote two novels and thirty-two short stories in a style often described as...

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