Reading Flannery

Reading Flannery

Wednesday Classes | Available

3025 Bull Street Savannah, GA 31405 United States
Room 134
4/2/2025-5/21/2025
10:30 AM-11:30 AM on Wed
$90.00
Member Discount Available

Reading Flannery

Wednesday Classes | Available

A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Bill Dawers

10:30 – 11:30 am | Wednesday, April 2

Bill Dawers wrote for the Savannah Morning News for many years and teaches writing at Georgia Southern University. He has served on

the board of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home.

Good Country People

Rena Patton

10:30 – 11:30 am | Wednesday, April 9

Rena Patton has retired from the English department at Savannah Country Day School. She is a past president of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home and a veteran of its restoration. She conducted an O’Connor program of the NEH at Brigham Young University.

The River

Roger Smith

10:30 – 11:30 am | Wednesday, April 16

Roger Smith directs The Learning Center. He began his career teaching American literature to eleventh graders at Savannah Christian Preparatory School.

The Displaced Person

Patricia Ann West

10:30 – 11:30 am | Wednesday, April 23

Pat West has retired from Savannah State University. She has recently begun to produce critical essays and sit on professional panels on topics related to Flannery O’Connor.

A Temple of the Holy Ghost

Mary Villeponteaux

10:30 – 11:30 am | Wednesday, April 30

Mary Villeponteaux is a professor of English at  Georgia Southern University and serves as president of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home board of directors.

The Artificial [N-word]*

Joni Saxon-Giusti

10:30 – 11:30 am | Wednesday, May 7

Joni Saxon-Giusti is the owner of The Book Lady, an independent bookseller in Savannah. She is a former president of the

Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home and currently serves on the advisory board.

The Life You Save May Be Your Own

Janie Bragg

10:30 – 11:30 am | Wednesday, May 14

Janie Bragg is executive director of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Museum.

A Late Encounter with the Enemy

Grace Barr

10:30 – 11:30 am | Wednesday, May 21

Grace Barr is a journalist and book editor who was a contributing writer for Southern Accents and Southern Living.


This series is offered in cooperation with the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Museum as part of the observance of 2025’s Flannery O’Connor Centennial Celebration.

*O’Connor’s racial slur is replaced with “N-word” in both the catalog and the class meeting.


  • Individual lectures are available $10/$15 at the door

    This program will be recorded and distributed electronically several days following the program.

  • Text for this course: A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O’Connor, any edition