Literary Compass: Flannery O'Connor and Amy Welborn

A book is a literary compass that has the potential to direct our thoughts and actions:

"Everything we read stimulates our mind to think, and what we think determines what we desire, and desires are the seedbed of our actions. Given this iron law of human nature--from reading to thinking, to desiring, to acting--we are shaping our destiny by the ideas we choose to have enter our minds through print." - Fr. John Hardon, S.J., The Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

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: Name: Nick Senger; Location: Spokane, Washington, United States

"Every soul that uplifts itself uplifts the world." --Elisabeth Leseur

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Thursday, August 03, 2006

Flannery O'Connor and Amy Welborn

You Flannery O'Connor fans may want to check out this post at Amy Welborn's Open Book blog. Today is the 42nd anniversary of O'Connor's death. Amy also has some great articles on Catholic writers here. Among other things, Amy is the general editor of Loyola Classics, reprints of 20th century Catholic novels, and is much more of an expert on Catholic literature than I will ever be. Be sure to check out her blog regularly.

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