Authors study the influence of Andalusia on O’Connor’s works

  • During her time on the farm at Andalusia, Flannery O’Connor would complete the bulk of her literary work from the inspiration of the farm environment. FILE PHOTO
    During her time on the farm at Andalusia, Flannery O’Connor would complete the bulk of her literary work from the inspiration of the farm environment. FILE PHOTO
  • Brake’s present-day map of where 20th-century farm equipment dealers were located in Milledgeville. SCREENSHOT
    Brake’s present-day map of where 20th-century farm equipment dealers were located in Milledgeville. SCREENSHOT
  • Ashley Massey
    Ashley Massey
  • Timothy R. Vande Brake
    Timothy R. Vande Brake

    Last Thursday, two veterans of the 2023 Flannery O’Connor Summer Institute at Georgia College gave a Zoom presentation about Flannery O'Connor and Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville.

    The presenters were Ashley Massey and Timothy R. Vande Brake. According to her biography, Massey holds a Master of Arts in Literature and writes academically in the fields of Southern Gothic literature and Critical Prison…