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Flannery O’Connor is an American author. During the years O’Connor lived at Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville, she completed two novels and 32 short stories centered around the American Southern gothic genre. CONTRIBUTED

Flannery O’Connor is an American author. During the years O’Connor lived at Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville, she completed two novels and 32 short stories centered around the American Southern gothic genre. CONTRIBUTED

GWM to present at GCSU O’Connor conference

News Staff
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
The Flannery O’Connor Institute for the Humanities will host Sept. 12-15, Flannery O’Connor’s Second Century: Looking Forward, Looking Back, a comprehensive conference at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville.
Jim Auchmutey will lead the annual workshop. (CONTRIBUTED)

Jim Auchmutey will lead the annual workshop. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM brings back non-fiction workshop

News Staff
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Are you a new or aspiring writer with a non-fiction story you’re eager to tell? Are you ready to finally birth that book you have been thinking about for years?Do you hear people say, “You oughta write a book?” Suppose you answer “yes” to any of these questions.
GWM’s Melissa Swindell (left) moderated a talk on banned books with Wanda S. Lloyd, Rev. Dr. Avis Williams, and Michael Thurmond. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM’s Melissa Swindell (left) moderated a talk on banned books with Wanda S. Lloyd, Rev. Dr. Avis Williams, and Michael Thurmond. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM exhibits at Black Writers Weekend

News Staff
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Georgia Writers Museum participated in Black Writers Weekend, a meeting held Aug. 1-3 in Austell that brought hundreds of writers from all over the U.S.
Dorothy Padgett

Dorothy Padgett

GWM interview with ‘Peanut Brigade’ author

Dorothy Padgett
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
The news world is heating up for another hotly contested presidential race. However, few elections for the U.S. presidency were more unique than the one involving a peanut farmer from Plains who beat the incumbent officeholder.
Writers Museum Book Review: The Rumor Game

Writers Museum Book Review: The Rumor Game

Writers Museum Book Review: The Rumor Game

News Staff
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
For some Americans, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor did not settle the question of whether the United States should enter World War II against all the Axis powers.
Georgia Writers Museum Q&A: Thomas Mullen

Georgia Writers Museum Q&A: Thomas Mullen

Georgia Writers Museum Q&A: Thomas Mullen

Thomas Mullen
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
We all enjoy a tense, cat-and-mouse, chase thriller to keep us on the edge of our seats. And even better, when set in familiar historical settings, it’s a front-row seat.
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