She’s a Maniac

Talking about Flannery O’Connor and The Violent Bear it Away, of course. Just finished it. This book will make you feel like you live inside a smoldering cavity of blind and remorseless insanity–like the sunset is flaying you alive and that’s just an everyday occurrence. And it’s all tied in with evangelical Christianity and shatteringly beautiful (but merciless) rural life. Oh, Flan, hon, if you did this for FUN, what did you do when you were stressed?! I suspect you were a literary genius. RIP. –Now I’ll need to meditate for a day or so in order to recover. 🤣