Podcasts about everything that rises must converge

You might be familiar with the American Catholic novelist, Flannery O'Connor. You might have read her short stories in a class, maybe “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” or “Everything That Rises Must Converge,” to name a few. You might have even read one of her novels, an essay or two or some of her letters. You might know that she spent much of her relatively short life in Georgia. And, if you know her work well, then you also know that she died in 1964. And so, you might be really surprised to learn that she published her third novel, “Why Do the Heathen Rage?” earlier this year. Well, to be clear, the renowned O'Connor scholar and Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University and today's guest, Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson did. Dr. Wilson has been working on this project—uncovering O'Connor's notes and drafts—for several years now. And the final result is quite stunning: While the book isn't really a full and final novel—O'Connor died before she could finish it—what Jessica Hooten Wilson gives us is a literary excavation of Flannery's life, legacy and the story that might have been. Now, if you are familiar with O'Connor, you likely are also familiar with recent discourse about her thoughts and writing on race. Dr. Wilson does not shy away from addressing this sordid legacy head-on. In reflecting on this final, unfinished novel, Dr. Wilson notes that we really see Flannery coming up against her own limitations in understanding race in the American South. And yet, we also see her struggling to reconcile the clear racism of her day with her own Catholic faith. It's not an easy conversation, but Dr. Wilson walks us through with care and grace. If you are interested in learning more about her work, visit jessicahootenwilson.com and be sure to pick up your copy of “Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heaten Rage? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress,” now available from Brazos Press.

Recording live from the inaugural Convergence conference in Washington, DC, co-hosted by UPCEA and AACRAO! Convergence brings together higher education professionals to discuss credential innovation. #Credovation! In this episode, Bob Hansen, CEO of UPCEA, shares the impetus for the Convergence conference, reflects on the state of credentials in higher education, and looks to the future of collaborations with AACRAO. And gives his favorite Flannery O'Connor book. Key Takeaways:There are echoes of reactions to online learning in the current conversations around microcredentials; they're an idea whose time has come, but we will continue to need to articulate the “why” even as administrators push into the “how.”The partnership between UPCEA and AACRAO in relation to microcredentials is mutually beneficial; UPCEA members have been on the cutting edge of developing microcredential programs, and AACRAO members remain grounded in the verification and certification of credentials. UPCEA continues to focus on the many and varied initiatives launched before and during the pandemic. And plans are already underway for next year's Convergence conference in October in New Orleans, LA. Host:Doug McKenna, University Registrar, George Mason Universitycmckenn@gmu.edu Guests:Bob Hansen, Ph.D.CEO, UPCEAwww.upcea.edu   References and Additional Information:https://conferences.upcea.edu/convergence2023/ https://www.aacrao.org/signature-initiatives/learning-mobility/digital-credentials https://upcea.edu/membership/ https://www.amazon.com/Everything-That-Rises-Must-Converge/dp/0374504644 

**SPOILER WARNING** The Lame Shall Enter First New books you should read! Today the table is diving into a wonderful book by Flannery O'Connor; a short book, under 200 pages, that we think everyone should read at least once. We especially love recommending short books that won't break your schedule in half.   "The Lame Shall Enter First" is a short story by Flannery O'Connor. It appeared first in The Sewanee Review in 1962 and was published in 1965 in her short story collection Everything That Rises Must Converge. Atleast give it a shot!   

Julie saw hundreds of people in NYC that she's glad she doesn't know. Scott didn't notice because he was reading The Humourous Tales of E. A. Poe. Episode 303: FlanneryCast 2023, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor.Download or listen via this link: |Episode #303| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE| Previous FlanneryCasts:Good Story 32: A Good Man is Hard to Find - Stories discussed: "A Good Man is Hard to Find", "The River", and "Good Country People".Good Story 99: Everything That Rises Must Converge - Stories discussed: "Everything That Rises Must Converge", "The Lame Shall Enter First", and "Revelation".Good Story 162: FlanneryCast 2017 - Stories discussed are "The Artificial N_", "Greenleaf", and "The Enduring Chill".Good Story 220: FlanneryCast 2019 - Stories discussed are "The Life You Save May Be Your Own", "A Temple of the Holy Ghost", and "The Displaced Person".

Matt is joined by Dallas songwriter, poet, multi-instrumentalist, Young Dean to talk Flannery O'Connor's short stories Everything That Rises Must Converge and The Partridge Festival, as well as Dean's songwriting process, influences, and his new album, Terror on Vacation (https://open.spotify.com/album/6Sv1LICDiPLZUqWbxtSEb8?si=e-fi-T-uRrCHbjZ1jLchOQ)Dean's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yearningprisonDean's insta: https://www.instagram.com/y0ung.dean/

Charles, Danny, and Heather discuss Flannery O'Connor's short story "Everything That Rises Must Converge" with an eye to O'Connor's role as a between-the-councils Catholic writer, an ear to the story's portrayal of envy and love, and a dash of Hans Urs von Balthasar to taste. External Links:“Everything That Rises Must Converge” by Flannery O'Connor“Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction” written and read by Flannery O'Connor

Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. Writing to a friend in the mid-1950s, O'Connor noted that we live in an age in which "the moral sense has been bred out of certain sections of the population, like the wings have been bred off certain chickens to produce more white meat on them....This is a Generation of wingless chickens, which I suppose is what Nietzsche meant when he said God was dead." In such a situation, she felt, subtlety could not work: "you have to make your vision apparent by shock---to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost blind you draw large and startling figures." Everything That Rises Must Converge is the main story in a collection of short stories written by Flannery O'Connor during the final decade of her life. The collection was published posthumously in 1965 and contains an introduction by Robert Fitzgerald. The short story that lends its name to the 1965 short story collection was first published in the 1961 issue of New World Writing. The story won O'Connor her second O. Henry Award in 1963.

Controversial Flannery O'Connor has entered the chat. A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor (1953) vs Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor (1962).

Highlights from the week of teaching -- this episode focuses on the short story Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor and the interactions I had with students as they unraveled the text's layers, from racism to politics to Pixar.   Support us!

What does it mean to pursue truth? What does it look like to be genuine and gracious in the face of greed and pride? Join the brothers this month as we take on these questions as addressed in the work of Flannery O' Connor. First, we discuss John Huston's film adaptation of her novel WISE BLOOD, then we mull over her short story "Everything That Rises Must Converge." Feedback? Shoot us a note at seehearbrother@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter @seehearbrother. Thanks for listening!

Married English teachers Adam and Whitney Diehl return with a new season, where they discuss why they picked Flannery O'Connor's short story collection EVERYTHING THAT RISES MUST CONVERGE.

On this episode of Summer Reading with the Diehls, English teacher spouses Adam & Whitney Diehl discuss "The Comforts of Home" and the title story "Everything That Rises Must Converge" from Flannery O'Connor's second and final short story collection.

On today's episode, Shaun and Sam discuss Flannery O'Connor's seminal work, Everything That Rises Must Converge. Make sure to listen folks, as this is the feel good book of the year!

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. World Fantasy Life Achievement winner John Crowley chats with Gary about his oddly prescient horror story “Spring Break” (which he says is his only horror story), the evocative prose of Graham Greene's thrillers, the terror of Flannery O'Connor's “Everything That Rises Must Converge, and his own recent collections of essays and stories. Books mentioned include: And Go Like This: Stories by John Crowley Reading Backwards: Essays and Reviews 2005-2018 by John Crowley This Gun for Hire (aka A Gun for Sale) by Graham Greene The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor The Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn The Invisible Valley by Su Wei (trans. by Austin Woerner)

Carl Marsh is behind the mic on the newest podcast! It's a scorcher! He talks extensively about a multitude of Shriekback songs. From idea, to creation, to re-imagination. He gives some great insight on several songs including 'Mercy Dash', 'Putting All the Lights Out', Everything That Rises (Must Converge), 'Hand On My Heart', as well as playing different versions. Listen to the end for a real treat. (make sure you have a shot of bourbon in your belly)If you're a fan of the band THIS is the podcast for you!

7. Joy at the End of the Tether6. Reformed Catholicity5. Evangelical, Sacramental, & Pentecostal4. A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories3. Everything That Rises Must Converge2. The Catholic Religion1. The Vision GloriousHonorable Mention (Should have been #1): Get Married and Save the WorldSaint Athanasius Podcast on YouTubeFeller of Trees: https://felleroftrees.wordpress.com/2019/12/31/top-7-books-of-2019/Saint Athanasius Church: https://www.saintathanasiusfc.com/

Join Timothy and Elizabeth Russell as they dive into Flannery O'Connor's short story, "Everything That Rises Must Converge"! Be ye warned: Contains spoilers. Link to the book on Goodreads Cover Art: Moby Dick by Culpeo-Fox. Used with permission. Theme Music: "Job Suite" by Michael Card. Used with permission.

Timothy & Elizabeth discuss "Parker's Back", another short story from Flannery O'Connor's final collection, Everything That Rises Must Converge. Be ye warned: Spoilers included (no extra charge) Link to the book on Goodreads Cover Art: Moby Dick by Culpeo-Fox. Used with permission. Theme Music: "Job Suite" by Michael Card. Used with permission.

If you're like most suburbanites, you're likely gearing up to make a pilgrimage in the next several weeks, probably to a place you've been year after year. The people of Israel, too, had a ritual of travel – three times every year from wherever they were to the Holy City of Jerusalem, to celebrate God's primary festivals at the Temple there. Jerusalem is on the highest peak in Palestine, so wherever you were coming from, the journey was pretty much ascent the whole way. This was and is a wonderfully obvious metaphor for God's people: life is a Godward journey, uphill, without an SUV.Throughout those years of regular pilgrimage, Israel's inspired artists put together their ultimate road trip mix tape. The Psalms of Ascents are a collection of 15 songs that set the mood and capture the experience – maybe not completely, but faithfully – of what it's like to journey upward and upward and upward again. Several months ago, Jim and I decided it might be meaningful to time a summer series on those Psalms of Ascents to begin on Ascension Sunday (when we celebrate Jesus' return to the Father, 40 days after his resurrection). What we didn't realize at the time was that our cycle of Psalm readings in the Soul Room would also have us starting the Psalms of Ascents (120-134) this past Monday. I guess Flannery O'Connor was right: Everything That Rises Must Converge.O'Connor actually borrowed that line from the French philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, who rightly encourages us to “move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit, you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge.” There's some popular “wisdom” out there that might take this to mean that all lifestyles or religions lead to the same destination. That's not the testimony of Scripture, though. There's only one greater consciousness; only one True Love; only one Temple of the Living God. The road is narrow, and many are those who miss Him. Yet part of the mystery of our holy pilgrimage is that to His people, Jesus is both our final destination and our faithful travel companion. To follow Christ as a pilgrim-disciple is to have already arrived and yet continue to ascend, further up and further in, into a profound intimacy with the Way, the Truth, and the Life. I can get on board with that road trip, especially with a playlist this good.

Episode 18! This week we talk literary tropes, ones we hate but also ones we just recognize from book to book - Trevor presents Anton Chekhov's short story "The Black Monk" and Marc tells us about Flannery O'Connor's collection "Everything That Rises Must Converge"

Dokumentarfilminstruktør Maya Albana lyttede som teenager flittigt til rockmusik skrevet og spillet af mænd – nok primært fordi, der ikke var så mange kvinder at vælge imellem på pladehylderne. Men på Sort Sols ’A Knife For The Ladies’ hørte hun en kvindestemme i koret, hvis feminine og tilbagelænede udtryk hun kunne identificere sig med. Stemmen tilhørte Elisabeth Gjerluff Nielsen, der blev et musikalsk idol for Maya. I musiktimerne i gymnasiet var tidens toner til gengæld fraværende. Ifølge Mayas lærer stoppede den rytmiske musikhistorie ved The Beatles, og eleverne blev sat til at terpe koralharmonisering. Men en dag præsenterede han alligevel klassen for et miniforløb om samtidsmusik, og her strøg lyden af Mayas teenageværelse pludselig ind i det støvede musiklokale. Læreren havde nemlig inviteret en gæst til at fortælle klassen om livet som professionel musiker… Varighed: 7:16

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David conclude their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge, by answering listener questions.  Topics include: How O'Connor's contemporaries viewed her work Angelina and Tim's Amazon-style reviews of O'Connor Anagogical/allegorical reading O'Connor's appeal to non-Christians Rapid-fire questions  and much more... *** This episode is brought to by our friends at Roman Roads Media, purveyors of the Old Western Culture series, featuring Wes Callihan.  ***  Click here to join the Close Reads Facebook group.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David conclude their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge, by answering listener questions.  Topics include: How O'Connor's contemporaries viewed her work Angelina and Tim's Amazon-style reviews of O'Connor Anagogical/allegorical reading O'Connor's appeal to non-Christians Rapid-fire questions  and much more... *** This episode is brought to by our friends at Roman Roads Media, purveyors of the Old Western Culture series, featuring Wes Callihan.  ***  Click here to join the Close Reads Facebook group.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David begin their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge, beginning with the titular story.  Topics include: The 2017 Close Reads literature bracket, first experiences with O'Connor (18:10), O'Connor's "metaphysical realism" (26:40), story summary (37:11), the real racist in the story (41:50), the effect of coming home in O'Connor's work (51:40), the coin (62:45), the ambiguity of the end (70:00).  ***  Click here to join the Close Reads Facebook group.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Homesick for Another World (Penguin Press) Ottessa Moshfegh's debut novel Eileen was one of the literary events of 2015. Garlanded with critical acclaim, it was named a book of the year by The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. But as many critics noted, Moshfegh is particularly held in awe for her short stories. Homesick for Another World is the rare case where an author's short story collection is if anything more anticipated than her novel.  And for good reason. There's something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous, while also being delightful, and even laugh-out-loud funny. Her characters are all unsteady on their feet in one way or another; they all yearn for connection and betterment, though each in very different ways, but they are often tripped up by their own baser impulses and existential insecurities. Homesick for Another World is a master class in the varieties of self-deception across the gamut of individuals representing the human condition. But part of the unique quality of her voice, the echt Moshfeghian experience, is the way the grotesque and the outrageous are infused with tenderness and compassion. Moshfegh is our Flannery O'Connor, and Homesick for Another World is her Everything That Rises Must Converge or A Good Man is Hard to Find. The flesh is weak; the timber is crooked; people are cruel to each other, and stupid, and hurtful. But beauty comes from strange sources. And the dark energy surging through these stories is powerfully invigorating. We're in the hands of an author with a big mind, a big heart, blazing chops, and a political acuity that is needle-sharp. The needle hits the vein before we even feel the prick. Praise for Eileen "Eileen is anything but generic. Eileen is as vivid and human as they come... Moshfegh, whose novella, ‘McGlue,' was published last year, writes beautiful sentences. One after the other they unwind--playful, shocking, wise, morbid, witty, searingly sharp. The beginning of this novel is so impressive, so controlled yet whimsical, fresh and thrilling, you feel she can do anything... There is that wonderful tension between wanting to slow down and bathe in the language and imagery, and the impulse to race to see what happens, how it happens.”  -New York Times Book Review “The attention that is now greeting Moshfegh’s first novel is not undeserved. Eileen is a remarkable piece of writing, always dark and surprising, sometimes ugly and occasionally hilarious. Its first-person narrator is one of the strangest, most messed-up, most pathetic—and yet, in her own inimitable way, endearing—misfits I’ve encountered in fiction. Trust me, you have never read anything remotely like Eileen.” -Washington Post  “Her best work yet . . . What makes Moshfegh an important writer—and I'd even say crucial—is that she is unlike any other author (male, female, Iranian, American, etc.). And this sui generis quality is cemented by the singular savage suburban noir of Eileen . . . Here is art that manages to reject artifice and yet be something wholly new and itself in sheer artistry.” - The Los Angeles Times  “Wonderfully unsettling first novel . . .  When the denouement comes, it’s as shocking as it is thrilling. Part of the pleasure of the book (besides the almost killing tension) is that Eileen is mordantly funny . . . this tale belongs to both the past and future Eileen, a truly original character who is gloriously unlikable, dirty, startling—and as ferociously human as the novel that bears her name.”-San Francisco Chronicle “Charmingly disturbing. Delightfully dour. Pleasingly perverse. These are some of the oxymorons that ran through my mind as I read Eileen, Ottessa Moshfegh's intense, flavorful, remarkable new novel. ‘Funny awful’ might be another one. I marveled at myself for enjoying the scenes I was witnessing, and wondered what dark magic the author had employed to make me smile at them.” -NPR.ORG Ottessa Moshfegh received the Plimpton Prize for her stories in the Paris Review, and was granted a creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts.  Her novella, McGlue, won the inaugural Fence Modern Prize in Prose and the Believer Book Award. Eileen won her the PEN Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Her newest collection of short-stories, Homesick for Another World, will be published by the Penguin Press in January 2017.  She currently lives in Los Angeles.   Kristine McKenna is a Los Angeles based writer. Her biography of David Lynch, Life & Work, will be published by Random House in 2017.

Flannery O'Connor is one of our absolute favorite authors of the 20th century, and we were recently honored to have O'Connor expert Daniel Wilkinson of Andalusia Farm join us as our first guest for a BiblioFiles conversation. A resident of O'Connor's hometown, Daniel has a unique and thought-provoking perspective on her work and continuing legacy. We hope you get as much enjoyment and laughter out of our conversation as we did! Referenced Works:–andalusiafarm.org–The work of Flannery O'Connor including "The Displaced Person," "Parker's Back," Mystery and Manners, "A Good Man is Hard to Find," Wise Blood, "Revelation," "Everything That Rises Must Converge," A Prayer Journal, and "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"–"To the hard of hearing you shout, and to the almost blind you draw large and startling figure." -Mystery and Manners–French theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin–Andalusia Wise Pod, the Andalusia Farm podcast We love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing adam@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.