I’ve been getting into the music of Townes Van Zandt for a while now. I quickly began to look at him as the Warren Zevon of country. The two had a lot in common – – Both men died in…
Author: Brad Shorr
Book Review: A Declaration of Dependence, by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen A telling feature of all the Catholic social and moral commentary I’ve ever read is that it all could have been written yesterday. Whether 10 years old, 100 or…
The Viper’s Tangle, a novel by Francois Mauriac, was a favorite of Flannery O’Connor’s, which is why I wanted to read it. My hope that the novel would clarify O’Connor’s religious perspective and way of thinking was fulfilled. (Spoilers follow.)…
The Habit of Being – The Letters of Flannery O’Connor, Selected and Edited by Sally Fitzgerald. Flannery O’Connor was a fascinating, complex woman. She wrote some of the best fiction ever produced by an American, and couldn’t spell worth a…
Book Review: The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor When I decided to read Flannery O’Connor’s short stories, I went in cold, as I often do when exploring unpopular culture. On the one hand I was eager to read O’Connor, because…