Thread: If anyone is teaching Flannery O& #39;Connor this fall, the publication of @AODonnellAngela& #39;s important new book RADICAL AMBIVALENCE: RACE IN FLANNERY O& #39;CONNOR ( @FordhamPress) has basically laid the foundations for a #syllabus on O& #39;Connor and #racism. https://www.fordhampress.com/9780823287659/radical-ambivalence/">https://www.fordhampress.com/978082328...

@Paul_R_Elie kicked things off with a piece in the @NewYorker "How Racist Was Flannery O& #39;Connor?" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/22/how-racist-was-flannery-oconnor">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/...

Then @HootenWils, editor of O& #39;Connor& #39;s unfinished novel, wrote a rebuttal to Elie in @firstthingsmag https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/06/how-flannery-oconnor-fought-racism">https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclu...

Then @amyalznauer, author of the new children& #39;s book THE STRANGE BIRDS OF FLANNERY O& #39;CONNOR ( @EnchantedLion) wrote an even more trenchant rebuttal to @Paul_R_Elie for @BitterSouth https://bittersoutherner.com/southern-perspective/2020/on-flannery-o-connor-and-race-a-response-to-paul-elie-new-yorker">https://bittersoutherner.com/southern-...

Today I published an essay at @ChurchLifeND considering Elie& #39;s allegations and Hooten Wilson& #39;s rebuttal in an attempt to question what we talk about when we talk about fiction being racist, "fighting racism," or being anti-racist. https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/flannery-oconnor-didnt-care-if-you-liked-her-work/">https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/...

What other articles should we add to this thread? #FlanneryOConnor #racism #antiracism #syllabus #BlackCatholicsyllabus