Everything that Rises Must Converge poetry nor give too much of

nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or valley

Jeremy Begbie

Did you know that Michelangelo's David is covered in a dusting of human skin

Full of characters rich in heart

Though Israel's world was in the throes of upheaval

Everything that Rises Must Converge poetry nor give too much ofFlannery O'Connor was working on Everything That Rises Must Converge at the time of her death. This collection is an exquisite legacy from a genius of the American short story, in which she scrutinizes territory familiar to her readers: race, faith, and morality. The stories encompass the comic and the tragic, the beautiful and the grotesque; each carries her highly individual stamp and could have been written by no one else.