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Flannery O'Connor

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Invitation, not coercion

On Books & Writing

Invitation, not coercion

James P. Carse, from Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility: Storytellers do not convert their listeners; they do not move them into the territory of a superior truth. Ignoring the issue of truth and falsehood altogether, they offer only vision. Storytelling is therefore not

On Books & Writing

Raise a Glass to Today's Birthday Girl!

Our response to life is different if we have been taught only a definition of faith than if we have trembled with Abraham as he held a knife over Isaac. Who said that? Flannery O’Connor, whose 86th birthday would have been today. Happy birthday, Saint Flannery!

On Movies & Media

Flannery O'Connor in the Criterion Collection

Here's a new essay at Criterion about their latest release: Wise Blood. I've heard very mixed things about this film, insofar as it represents (or fails to) the story O'Connor wrote. Will you be picking up this DVD? Have you seen the film? I&

On Movies & Media

"Wise Blood" is Coming to Criterion

This may be the only thrilling opportunity I have to tag a post with both "Flannery O'Connor" and "The Criterion Collection." So here goes... The Criterion Collection is already wondrous beyond all measure, but do they really have to show off like this? They&

Reader Mail - 6/4: Pocorn is evil; Cyndere's cover art; Derrickson on gradual bedazzlement; Bob on the iTunes lecture

from Julie: What do you eat at the movies? MY RESPONSE: I try not to eat while I'm watching. I don't like popcorn. It gets stuck in my teeth, and then I'm annoyed throughout the movie. Plus, it's noisy. I especially don&

Flannery O'Connor

The Browser, 5/8: O'Connor; Berryman; Joe Henry; Elvis Costello; Ron Burgundy; Image on Lumet's latest

Do you have the equipment? Flannery O'Connor blogged twice this week. That's always worth a look. And what great quotes. * The Badge of Shame This is why I read Jeff Berryman's blog. His anecdotes and observations interrupt my scattered, frivolous thoughts with sobering insights.

Flannery O'Connor

The Browser: Dobson and the election. Another Top Ten List. O'Connor.

Whitman on this election year's Dobson¬†factor Some writers make me nod off. Andy Whitmanmakes me nod on, and on, and on.¬† * A Lively List VJ Morton has one of the most interesting¬†Best of 2007 lists I've¬†seen, and a thoughtful trip through the¬†acting

On Books & Writing

Saturdays are Better with a Dash of Flannery O'Connor

I'm taking a break from my four-day editing marathon to give the editor in my head some rest. In the meantime, I'm meditating on a few quotations from Flannery O'Connor. The Christian writer does not decide what would be good for the world and

Long-title Specials: Fibbs on "Assassination"; a Wedding for Hurst; Flannery on the Church

The Brandon Fibbs Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. That was fun to type out. I think I'll share some more news in the same style... * The Proposal of Josh Hurst to Kati Ferst Resulting in Their Engagement Congratulations to one of

On Books & Writing

Your Daily Dose of Flannery

WARNING: Yesterday's blog entry by Abraham Piper (on John Piper's blog) is wired to explode and shake up the sensibilities of Christians in the arts everywhere. He's armed with combustible quotes from Flannery O'Connor... the kind of truth that can start fires.

On Books & Writing

Comparing Robert Bresson and Flannery O'Connor

The new issue of Senses of Cinema sounds is a feast of thought-provoking essays. Not only does it have a feature on the long, slow emergence of Blade Runner as a classic, but it features four essays on Robert Bresson... including one that asks us to consider the correlation of

On Movies & Media

Adam Walter on violent movies, scary movies, and Flannery O'Connor

The most interesting thing I read all day was Adam Walter's post on the difference between "disturbing" films and "scary" films. He ends up talking about the effect of violence in art, and quoting a lot of Flannery O'Connor, which is always

I Dreamed I Interviewed Flannery O'Connor

I Dreamed I Interviewed Flannery O'Connor

I love doing interviews with thoughtful artists. It's one of the greatest thrills of my work. I've had the privilege of interviewing writers like Scott Cairns and Dana Gioia, musicians like Linford Detweiler and Don and Karen Peris, and filmmakers like Patrice Leconte, Spike Jonze, Kevin