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 "Revelation."

Topics include:

Whether this is a good story to use to introduce stuents to O'Connor
The racism of characters in the story
Mrs. Turpin's gradual openness
Mrs. Turpin's Christ-haunted-ness
Seeing ourselves in Mrs. Turpin
Judging Mrs. Turpin
Mrs. Turpin's avenging angel of judgment
Mrs. Turpin's mystical vision

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#48: "Revelation"