443: O'Connor - The blind, prophetical, unsentimental eye of acceptance, which is to say, of faith

Pretty Girls Make Graves. In this episode, we sit with Flannery O’Connor’s introduction to A Memoir of Mary Ann, A memoir of a little girl who lived for 12 years at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer Home in Atlanta, Georgia. Written by the nuns at the home, with a substantial introduction by Flannery O'Connor. This is a deeply moving meditation on pain, suffering, loss, and why the good hides himself behind the grotesque.

SHOW NOTES:

“Introduction to A Memoir of Mary Ann” https://polytropy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/oconnor-flannery-introduction-to-a-memoir-of-mary-ann.pdf

Flannery O'Connor via BB wiki https://bannedbooks1517.org/authors/flannery-oconnor

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