#49: Parker's Back

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge, with "Parker's Back".

Topics include:

• The differences between "Parkers' Back" and her other work
• The theatrical nature of the story
• Parker's awe
• The deeper meaning of the characters' actions
• Reading Sarah Ruth
• Parker's image (and its all-seeing eye)
• Why O'Connor chose to use a Byzantine icon

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