revelation
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Paul Lisicky on Flannery O’Connor
Writing for the Atlantic, Paul Lisicky recalls two Flannery O’Connor short stories that taught him to love her work. Although critics often highlight O’Connor’s harshness toward her characters, Lisicky says these stories transcend the stereotyped image of her “little punishment…
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Chapman Commencement Speech (Shed That Skin)
When you want to turn your world upside down and see what falls out of it, shed that skin.