“We’re here for such a short period of time, and so often we’re asked to think that the point of our life is to accumulate a lot of stuff, or have other people think we’re fabulous, right? As if that’s gonna change anything. What I find so moving about Miss O’Connor is that because the reality of mortality hit her so young, she wrote about that mystery better than anyone else.” – WBUR’s Arts & Culture, 05/22/2024