Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’ConnorBy Brad Gooch (Little Brown, 416 pages, $30) A semi-invalid stricken young with lupus who lived with her mother in a small Georgia town and attended Mass every morning, Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) is the most famous…
Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories and Writings (Library of America, 1093 pages, $40) “SHE SIGHED WITH A HUMUROUS BITTERNESS. The humor seemed momentary, but the bitterness was a constant state of mind.” So Cousin Eva, a Texas schoolmistress, suffragette, and…