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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, April 27, 2020

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“. . . you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.” —Flannery O’Conner   Photo:  Deborah Fagan Carpenter  

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I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.”

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

    I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.” — Flannery O’Connor                                     Photos:: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 25, 2019

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

There are two qualities that make fiction. One is the sense of mystery and the other is the sense of manners. You get the manners from the texture of existence that surrounds you. The great advantage of being a Southern … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, August 13, 2018

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.” — Flannery O’Connor,   Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose   Image: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 7, 2018

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence. — Flannery O’Connor   Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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