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On Good Writing · August 29 · 7 min

A Monstrous Reader - Flannery O'Connor

Become a member of our community and join the long conversation On Good Writing. This is a project of the Cypress Writers Workshop, a nonprofit literary art institute striving the preserve and advance our cultural tradition of writing. On Good Writing is a conversation on craft, art, and what makes for a meaningful life. This week, we share a quote in Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor by Brad Gooch. For more, subscribe to our Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cy.press.⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Bret Lott is the bestselling author of fifteen books, including the novels ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ancient Highway⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Hunt Club⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Song I Knew by Heart⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jewel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (an Oprah’s Book Club selection). Formerly editor of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Southern Review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Lott was appointed to the National Council on the Arts in 2006. He taught creative writing for nearly forty years at the College of Charleston. He and his wife, Melanie, live in the country outside Charleston, South Carolina. The music in this episode is "Where You Gonna Go" by Drew and Ellie Holcomb / Musicbed.com.

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Become a member of our community and join the long conversation On Good Writing. This is a project of the Cypress Writers Workshop, a nonprofit literary art institute striving the preserve and advance our cultural tradition of writing. On Good Writing is a conversation on craft, art, and what makes for a meaningful life. This week, we share a quote in Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor by Brad Gooch.

For more, subscribe to our Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cy.press.⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠


Bret Lott is the bestselling author of fifteen books, including the novels ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ancient Highway⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Hunt Club⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Song I Knew by Heart⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jewel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (an Oprah’s Book Club selection). Formerly editor of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Southern Review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Lott was appointed to the National Council on the Arts in 2006. He taught creative writing for nearly forty years at the College of Charleston. He and his wife, Melanie, live in the country outside Charleston, South Carolina.

The music in this episode is "Where You Gonna Go" by Drew and Ellie Holcomb / Musicbed.com.

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