Flannery O'Connor's Andalusia: The Georgia Dairy Farm and Its Influence in Her Fiction

At the age of 25, Flannery O'Connor was diagnosed with lupus, the same autoimmune disease that had taken her father's life, and was forced to return to her family's farm, Andalusia, in Milledgeville, Georgia. Though her illness limited her physical mobility and social engagements, O'Connor remained productive, drawing creative energy from daily life in rural Georgia, the political and cultural climate of the South, and her correspondences with peers. Through letters, newspapers, and radio b...