This is a recording of Flannery O’Connor reading “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” in 1959. A friend sent it to me years ago (when I still lived in Texas), and my first listen was during a late night drive from Austin to San Antonio.

I was terrified, thrilled, and completely in love with her voice.

Source: SoundCloud / ryknight

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    I’m almost finished “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” and I’m pretty certain Flannery O’Connor is one of my favorite writers.
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    If you’d like to read along
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    I will spend the rest of this day speaking like this.
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    THE MASTER
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    Oh Flannery O’Connor!
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