O’connor articles
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Rúaidhrí O’Connor: How Leinster can learn from the experience of their fallen stars
It is a trip down memory lane that no Leinster fan will ever want to take, yet there’s gain in putting yourself through the pain of 2019, 2022 and 2023.
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In the Flannery O’Connor Biopic Wildcat, Four Hawkes Are Not Better Than One
Four members of the Hawke family worked on Wildcat, a biopic about Southern gothic writer Flannery O’Connor. Ethan Hawke co-wrote and directed the film, his wife, Ryan, produced, his daughter, […]
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‘Acid humour was a big part’: the life and legacy of Flannery O’Connor
A new biopic, starring Maya Hawke, sheds more light on the short but impressive life of the American writerThe film American Fiction opens in a university classroom with Monk, played by Jeffrey Wright, teaching the literature of the American south. On a whiteboard is written “Flannery O’Connor” and the title of one of her short stories. A title that contains the N-word. When a white student objects, Monk, who is Black, tells her: “With all due respect, Brittany, I got over it, I’m pretty sure...