Tim Blake Nelson accepts the Flannery O’Connor Award for Storytelling

Tim Black Nelson will accept the Flannery O’Connor Award for Storytelling at this year’s Rome International Film Festival. (Courtesy of Tim Blake Nelson)

You might know Tim Blake Nelson from his role as Delmar in the Coen Brothers’ modern classic “O Brother Where Art Thou” or any of his other many credits as a character actor.

Last year he published his debut novel “City of Blows,” and he’s now celebrating the release of his latest film, “Bang Bang,” in which he portrays an embittered retired fighter on a search for purpose.

Tim Blake Nelson is about to accept the Flannery O’Connor Award for Storytelling at this year’s Rome International Film Festival, coming up from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3 in Rome, Georgia, and he joined Lois Reitzes on “City Lights” to discuss this honor and his latest work.