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Emory unsealing Flannery O'Connor letters

ATLANTA -- After two decades of waiting, Emory University is unsealing its collection of hundreds of letters between author Flannery O’Connor and one of her longtime friends.

The collection was given to Emory by Elizabeth “Betty” Hester...in 1987 on condition that they remain sealed for 20 years.
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