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Flannery O'Connor

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Posted inArts & Culture, Vantage Point

The Church and the Fiction Writer: From March 30, 1957

by Flannery O'Connor March 30, 1957

From 1957, a classic essay by Flannery O’Connor, who died 50 years ago on Sunday.

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