false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170355801m/48466.jpg 48466 4 Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Special Award "I have come to think that the true likeness of Flannery O'Connor will be painted by herself, a self-portrait in words, to be found in her letters . . . There she stands, a phoenix risen from her own words: calm, slow, funny, courteous, both modest and very sure of herself, intense, sharply penetrating, devout but never pietistic, downright, occasionally fierce, and honest in a way that restores honor to the word."—Sally Fitzgerald, from the Introduction. 1914794 1980 The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor total:381|5:210|4:109|3:52|2:10|1:0| 381 1662 622 44 5 1 false false Mon Nov 24 15:33:15 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 15:34:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 28 19:53:42 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 20:03:58 -0800 2008
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I hope you are finished with the grip and feel well again.
I didn’t get any Guggenheim.
Let me hear how you do.
They look like domesticated vultures.
My momma sends hers for the season..
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