Why Flannery?

12:00 – 1:00 pm Wednesday, January 8

As Savannah looks toward the centennial birthday of Flannery O’Connor, a panel of O’Connor experts and aficionados and experts convene to discuss her life and writing. In a conversation moderated by Mary Villeponteaux, GSU literature professor and president of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Museum, the scholars remind longtime Flannery fans of why they love the Georgia author, and share with newcomers to O’Connor’s odd life and mysterious fiction their own answers to the question: “Why Flannery?”

PARTICPANTS

• Janie Bragg: Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Museum Executive Director
• Lee Griffith: Creative Writing Professor at Savannah College of Art and Design
• Joni Saxon-Giusti: Independent Bookseller and O’Connor Aficionado
• Mary Villeponteaux: English Professor at Georgia Southern University
• Patricia Ann West: Writer, Gullah-Geechee Literary Researcher, O’Connor Scholar, and Retired English Professor at Savannah State University