Emma Weinheimer interviews Mary Johnson about Flannery O'Connor's "The Fiction Writer and His Country" and "The Life You Save May Be Your Own."

Prof. Johnson is a professor of English at Mount St. Mary's University.

0:00 Context

8:10 Message vs Story

13:30 The Fiction Writer and His Country

23:45 Parables

29:25 The Life You Save May Be Your Own

35:00 Disabled Characters

39:35 Lessons for Living Well

45:00 Parker's Back

47:40 Great Books