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Spring 1954 • Vol. XVI No. 2 • Fiction |

A Circle in the Fire

By Flannery O’Connor

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Flannery O’Connor was the three-time winner of the O. Henry Award and the posthumous winner of the 1972 National Book Award for Fiction. In 2015, she was honored with a postage stamp from the United States Postal Service. Her childhood home and family's farm, Andalusia, are both historic landmarks and museums today.

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