On the Road with Flannery

Part Two in the travels of a literature-loving family to see the places made meaningful by association with Flannery O’Connor.

Family, Culture, Intellectual LifeNicki JohnstonJanuary 9, 2023Flannery O'Connor, Literature, travel, familyComment

Travels with Flannery

Community Life, Education, FamilyNicki JohnstonNovember 28, 2022travel, Flannery O'Connor, Literature, historyComment

Violence and Education

The Violent Bear it Away has some surprising insights for educators. Flannery knew, as she acknowledged in a letter, that her “modern reader will identify himself with the schoolteacher [George Rayber], but it is the old man [Mason Tarwater, the seemingly crazy backwoods prophet] who speaks for me.”

Intellectual Life, EducationNicki JohnstonMarch 18, 2022Flannery O'Connor, Education, Literature

A Reflection On The Theme Of Names In Wendell Berry’s Jayber Crow

To see the significance of names embodied in Jayber Crow helps us enter into the mystery that “the name one receives is a name for eternity. In the kingdom, the mysterious and unique character of each person marked with God’s name will shine forth in splendor” (CCC 2159).

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