There have been many biographies of Flannery O’Connor written in the last two decades and critical studies on her work continues to grow, especially concerning O’Connor’s life and her work around faith, race, gender, and disability. O’Connor was a devout and intellectually informed Roman Catholic; a person of white privilege during the dismantling of the Jim Crow South; a serious fiction writer in a predominantly male world of writers and publishers; and a person challenged by the autoimmune disease lupus erythematosus. Read More...
ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia runoff election Tuesday, ensuring Democrats an outright majority in the Senate for the rest of President Joe Biden’s current term and capping an underwhelming midterm cycle for the GOP in the last major vote of the year.
With Warnock’s second runoff victory in as many years, Democrats will have a 51-49 Senate majority, gaining a seat from the current 50-50 split with John Fetterman’s victory in Pennsylvania. Read More...
Julie Thompson was ready for the “Shark Tank Effect,” and made sure she had enough product on hand for viewers watching. She told Rob Merlino of the SharkTankBlog that she had “8000 PullyPalz in stock for the show and the whole family is on call to help fulfill orders. I’ve lined up my husband and kids, plus my mom, dad, sister and brother-in-law.” She also told Heavy that after the show aired, things were going well, and they “added around 100 new retailers,” as well as had interest from other countries. Read More...