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William A. Sessions
American poet
For other people named William Sessions, see William Sessions (disambiguation).
William A.
Sessions (August 4, 1928 – August 12, 2016)[1] was an American author, biographer and professor emeritus of English at Georgia State University, known for his writings about and relationship with Flannery O'Connor.
After meeting her when they were both working for the Archdiocese of Atlanta's newspaper,[2] Sessions corresponded with, and frequently visited, O'Connor, and is mentioned in many of her letters as the "absurd" or "breathless" Billy.[3] The two corresponded when O'Connor was between the ages of 20 and 22.[4] Sessions' articles on O'Connor have appeared in the Washington and Lee University Review, the National Catholic Reporter and Studies in Short Fiction.
He is also the founding editor of the Carolina Quarterly and Studies in the Literary Imagination. Awards Sessions has received include the Nikos