<P> Everything That Rises Must Converge is a collection of short stories written by Flannery O'Connor during the final decade of her life . The collection 's eponymous story derives its name from the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin . The collection was published posthumously in 1965 and contains an introduction by Robert Fitzgerald . Of the volume 's nine stories , seven had been printed in magazines or literary journals prior to being collected . `` Judgment Day '' is a dramatically reworked version of `` The Geranium , '' which was one of O'Connor's earliest publications and appeared in her graduate thesis at the University of Iowa . `` Parker 's Back , '' the collection 's only completely new story , was a last - minute addition . </P>
<P> Everything That Rises Must Converge is a collection of short stories written by Flannery O'Connor during the final decade of her life . The collection 's eponymous story derives its name from the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin . The collection was published posthumously in 1965 and contains an introduction by Robert Fitzgerald . Of the volume 's nine stories , seven had been printed in magazines or literary journals prior to being collected . `` Judgment Day '' is a dramatically reworked version of `` The Geranium , '' which was one of O'Connor's earliest publications and appeared in her graduate thesis at the University of Iowa . `` Parker 's Back , '' the collection 's only completely new story , was a last - minute addition . </P>
when was everything that rises must converge written
when was everything that rises must converge written
1965
1965