Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
Come see the childhood home of one of America's most important writers. It's also one of the few museum houses in the South that is restored to the depression area. This page is maintained by Bill Dawers (www.facebook.com/dawers).
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Location:
Savannah, GA, 31401
Phone:
912-233-6014
Mon - Wed:
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Fri - Sun:
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home

 
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home

Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home We will be closed on Christmas day and New Year's day, but we will be OPEN on Thurs., 12/24 and Thurs., 12/31, from 1 to 4 p.m. each day. So if you're in Savannah looking for something to do, please consider a visit to 207 East Charlton Street.

December 21, 2009 at 6:21pm
Kelly
Kelly
Hmmmmmmm . . .
December 21, 2009 at 6:26pm
Diane Norton
Diane Norton
nice. do you have a tree up?
December 21, 2009 at 9:08pm
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
Yes, a lovely tree with vintage ornaments . . .
December 21, 2009 at 10:25pm
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home

Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home We had a great crowd on Sunday for Bob Strozier's annual reading of Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory." Bob was one of the founders of the Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home in 1989 and has been reading this story almost every year since.

Margaret Schiller
Margaret Schiller
I wish I were there!
December 17, 2009 at 4:50pm
Delores
Delores
Oh gosh..I forgot...sounded nice. Maybe next time..
December 17, 2009 at 5:55pm
Daniel
Daniel
I would like to be there next year. Please let us know in advance. Merry Christmas y'all
December 17, 2009 at 9:25pm
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Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home Brad Gooch's "Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor" made the NYT's list of notable books of 2009.

www.nytimes.com
Mary Davidson
Mary Davidson
Well, that is great. It shows the enduring appeal of the great person who was Flannery. Cheers!
December 5, 2009 at 8:04am
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December 6, 2009 at 12:33pm
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
December 6, 2009 at 6:29pm
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home

Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home Nice piece in today's "Savannah Morning News" about the increased visiting to the O'Connor Childhood Home as well as her recent Nat'l Book Award honor.

savannahnow.com
Lindsey Howald
Lindsey Howald
I just stood still looking at her childhood home drowning in infatuation while my fiance laughed at me and took pictures.
November 30, 2009 at 4:37pm
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Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
Lindsey, that sounds like quite a scene! The Home is open from 1 to 4 p.m. on both Tuesday and Wednesday if you're still in town.
November 30, 2009 at 9:31pm
Katherine Knapp Keena
Katherine Knapp Keena
nice article in the paper
December 1, 2009 at 4:44pm
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Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home 207 East Charlton Street | Savannah, Georgia 31401 | 912.233.6014 | flanneryoconnorhome.org NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE N...
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Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home The new episode of Georgia Public Broadcasting's TV show "Georgia Traveler" features Flannery O'Connor.

georgiatravelergpb.blogspot.com
Our upcoming episode of Georgia Traveler that premieres this weekend is all about Georgia authors. It's called the "Book Tour of Georgia" and highlights only a few of Georgia's many, many talented authors. ...
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home

Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor just was named the winner of the Best of the National Book Awards for Fiction.

November 18, 2009 at 7:35pm
Lorraine Murray
Lorraine Murray
I'm delighted, of course, although Flannery would no doubt make some appropriate wisecrack. As she said about celebrity: "It's a comic distinction shared with Roy Rogers's horse and Miss Watermelon of 1955."
November 19, 2009 at 12:35pm
William H. Strong
William H. Strong
I love Flannery's stories. So much of the bizarro pops up in them. It's that grotesque Southern writer style like Faulkner.
Sometimes he could even get morbidly humorous as in As I Lay Dying.
November 19, 2009 at 1:55pm
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Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home If you're in Savannah, please join us on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. for Randy Malamud's talk on literary tourists and tourism. Should be interesting and provocative.

November 14, 2009 at 7:05am
Beverley
Beverley
Great idea, wish I could hear this exciting discussion.
November 14, 2009 at 9:49am
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Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home "Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor" by Brad Gooch made the list of the best books of 2009 at The Atlantic.

www.theatlantic.com
Atlantic literary editor Benjamin Schwarz picks the 25 best in a crowded field
Jake Jacobson

Jake Jacobson I spent some time at Andalusia this afternoon. Great space for reflection.

November 7, 2009 at 4:13pm · Report
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Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
It's an amazing spot -- I wish Savannah and Milledgeville were closer together so more folks could see both sites on one trip.

Here's the link to Andalusia's FB page, Jake: http://www.facebook.com/Andalusiafarmpage?ref=ts
November 8, 2009 at 5:30am
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Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home A couple of weeks ago, Pat West gave a talk about James Alan McPherson, a native Savannahian, current teacher at the Univ. of Iowa, and the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction (for "Elbow Room"). McPherson is all but unknown to Savannahians.

November 7, 2009 at 6:11am
Ann Hartzell
Ann Hartzell
I just reread "Crabcakes." James Alan McPherson is great.
November 7, 2009 at 3:26pm
Margaret Hall
Margaret Hall
The Peacock Guild has chosen his collection of short stories, Elbow Room, for its next title.
November 21, 2009 at 11:15am
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Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home If you're in Savannah, please join us on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 3 p.m. for the lecture "O'Connor's Hard Headed Women" by SCAD professor Mary Doll.

November 7, 2009 at 6:06am
Ann
Ann
If you were in the audience for lecture, how was it?
November 10, 2009 at 1:11pm
Joyce Lynne Crowder

Joyce Lynne Crowder Is the Peacock Guild still meeting?

November 2, 2009 at 5:58pm · Report
Elyzaveta Bateham
Elyzaveta Bateham
Where does the guild meet? One of my friends has researched O'Connor's work - he studies in Milledgeville, where she created most of her work - just curious!
November 2, 2009 at 6:10pm
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
Shoot me an email Joyce at billdawers@comcast.net and I'll forward it to Adrienn the coordinator.

Elyzaveta, the Peacock Guild is a reading and writing group that meets here in Savannah at the Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home. Look under our "Notes" for more info on it.

Thanks!
November 4, 2009 at 3:14pm
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home

Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home Please join us on Sunday, Oct. 18 at 3 p.m. for a talk and discussion on "Parker's Back" with Woody Belangia, philosophy professor at Augusta State University. Any points that our fans would make or questions that you would ask?

October 17, 2009 at 8:25am
JoAnn Risher
JoAnn Risher
I loved that story...oh well, I loved all her stories. I will try to be there.
October 17, 2009 at 2:45pm