(Williamson's article appeared in the Spectator, 5/17; Photo: Wise blood: Flannery O'Connor in 1952.) Was Flannery O'Connor a racist, or was she not? Since the racial riots last summer, Flannery O'Connor has been scrutinized by literary critics and activists for reasons wholly unrelated to her literary artistry and her formidable oeuvre, whose size, though not large, […]
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:14PM on May 21, 2021