Lecture: A Writer's Take: How Flannery O'Connor Chose Words

Drawing on Flannery O'Connor's letters concerning a writer's ear as well as selections from her short stories, Diane Cantor will provide examples of why O’Connor’s precise and surprising use of descriptive words makes her writing authentic, original and enduring. Diane Cantor is the author of The Poisoned Table and When Nighttime Shadows Fall.