Hmm…

… Confront the Facts on Flannery O’Connor | Commonweal Magazine. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

In the New Yorker essay, I describe the surging interest in O’Connor’s life, the elevation of her correspondence, and the ways scholars downplay those remarks. And I present the long-withheld remarks near the end of the essay.  

Well, it looks to me as if Elie may be overplaying them.