I recently tried to turn on a friend to the magnificent Flannery O’Connor, by giving him a copy of “Good Country People,” my favorite short story of all time. One of the O’Connor “trademarks” I like best is her use of clichés and sayings as story titles. Here are some of my personal favorites:
“The Life You Save May Be Your Own”
“You Can’t Be Any Poorer Than Dead”
“Everything That Rises Must Converge”
“The Lame Shall Enter First”
“Why Do The Heathen Rage?”
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Thanks very much for mentioning Flannery O'Connor and listing your favorites! I've never read anything by her, but I've been wanting to for a long time. Now I have a good list to start with!
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