Diary
Elaine Showalter: On the Phi Beta Kappa Tour, 10 March 1994
“... construction (‘I might could go to the pictures with you’), and their shock at discovering Flannery O’Connor and Richard Ford. Unlike some small American colleges which aspire to be the Oxford of the Ozarks, plus royaliste que le roi, Birmingham-Southern has decided to take advantage of its region and its size. The lively young English faculty are ... ”
