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My Friend, Mary Flannery

Flannery O'Connor in the driveway at Andalusia, 1962. (Photo by Joe McTyre/ Atlanta Constitution).

I’ve always felt a kinship with Flannery O’Connor. I hope to meet her in heaven, but until then I’ll read what she wrote, and biographies that others have written about her.Continue readingMy Friend, Mary Flannery

Plutarch’s Lives: Instructive Biography

Detail of title page, Dutton edition

Comparing two modern editions of Plutarch’s Lives shows how the modern world has learned to scorn the value of moral character.Continue readingPlutarch’s Lives: Instructive Biography