With the need for goth girlfriends on the rise, we can bring you at least one of those things: the advent of the Southern Gothic.  While Flannery O'Connor was not the first to write in this style, she was definitely the greatest influence-- and possibly the greatest writer to contribute to-- the Southern Gothic genre.  Come listen to us discuss the beginning of her career with her novel "Wise Blood", before going on to absolutely demolish the expectations of what women "should" write.