A few years ago on Ebay, I bought the 1961 edition of Holiday magazine with Flannery O’Connor’s essay “Living with a Peacock” to donate to the library collection of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home here in Savannah. Today I noticed…
In her essay “King of the Birdsâ€, primarily about life with peacocks, O’Connor begins by talking about a bit of childhood fame.
After three years as president of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, I was kind of thrilled to give up the leadership reins to Helen Borrello earlier this summer. But I’m still on the board and will likely stay involve on…
An interesting piece on Sunday in the NYT: Poe Museum Is Threatened With ‘Nevermore’. (Since I started this draft, the title has changed: Fiscal Woe Haunting Baltimore Poe House). From the piece: For a second year city leaders have chosen…
Flannery O’Connor famously said: “There won’t be any biographies of me because, for only one reason, lives spent between the house and the chicken yard do not make exciting copy.” Well, a couple of years ago Brad Gooch proved that…
CSPAN’s Local Content Vehicle (LCV) came to Savannah recently for a weekend of literary and historical pursuits. I recently turned over the reins of the presidency of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home and am proud of some of the press…
Dancer — and in a sense historian — Vijayalakshmi was up first in this remarkable and beautiful night of traditional Indian arts at the Lucas Theatre. Dressed in white with gold accents, wearing stylized makeup, Vijayalakshmi gave a brief description…
As some of you may know, I’m currently the president of the board of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home. We’ve brought in some great speakers over the last few years: Brad Gooch launched his widely acclaimed Flannery: A Life of…
About a year ago, when I first heard that Patti Smith had written Just Kids, a book about her long friendship with Robert Mapplethorpe, I immediately flashed back to 1995. I was working at a Borders in Philadelphia when Patricia…
