Georgia has produced some of the major figures of modern literature, including Carson McCullers, Erskine Caldwell
and, most notably, Flannery O'Connor. While such writers are firmly established in American literary history, all
too few readers are aware of how the state's tradition of literary excellence persists in the present day.
The thirty stories in After O'Connor were written during the past fifteen years by authors who were born in Georgia
or spent a significant part of their lives and careers in this state. Embracing the social, cultural, and ethnic
variety in today's Georgia, After O'Connor both advances and helps redefine the great southern storytelling tradition.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Willie Bea and Jaybird
Going Critical
The Road Leads Back
Four from That Summer: Atlanta, 1981
Nada
You're No Angel Yourself
Soon
The Lady of the Lake
Cv
New Jerusalem
Negro Progress
Rita's Mystery
Gifts
Virga
Too Late
Crazy Ladies
The Waiting Room
The Resurrection of George T. Sutton
Nervous Dancer
Chickamauga
The Light
The Widow's Mite
Flight Patterns
Park Diary
The Guide
Blaze
An Unsuitable Attachment
Comparative Religion
An Early Snow
An Independent Woman
Notes
Credits
