#49: Parker's Back

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2017

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

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 "Parker's Back".

Topics include:

The differences between "Parkers' Back" and her other work
The theatrical nature of the story
Parker's awe
The deeper meaning of the characters' actions
Reading Sarah Ruth
Parker's image (and its all-seeing eye)
Why O'Connor chose to use a Byzantine icon

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0:00.0	Hey everybody and welcome to the Circe Podcast Network. This episode is brought to you by Roman
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1:01.5	So thanks to our friends over at Roman Roads Media for making this show and other ones like it
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1:06.3	And with that, let's get you to today's episode.
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1:17.7	Music that let's get you to today's episode enjoy hello and welcome to close reads here on the surcee institute podcast network i am david kern and as always on close reads i am joined by
1:23.4	angelina stanford and tim, welcome back to the show.
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