Topic: William Faulkner

the past isn't a foreign place

Illustration: Marcia Mihotich . The modern mind is inclined to think of the past as gone. Archaeologists dig the ground for it; others try to hold...
There are many ways to examine the social worlds of fact and fiction, and whether or not they are similar. In an article for The Atlantic, I...
William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury is divided into four sections, each with its own narrator, and the third section is narrated by Jason, a...
At its mightiest, a play can alter the way you view yourself and the world.. "The Select (The Sun Also Rises)" — the latest production from the...
John Langley, the producer best known for creating and exec producing the long-running reality series Cops, has hired Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger...
The subtitle of Jonathan Yardley's collection of 60 literary essays, Second Reading: Notable and Neglected Books Revisited, is misleading. Most...

5 places for finding film noir

0 . The night is rainy, the streets are gritty, the hotels seedy, and everyone is a talking tough and drinking hard. This is the stuff of noir, the...
When a teenage me first expressed an interest in being a writer, my Aunt Ethel sat me down for a solemn conversation. Aunt Ethel was an English...
Audible.com is now offering Light in August as an audiobook download. The title, written by William Faulkner and narrated by Will Patton, has also...

William Faulkner

William Faulkner was a Southern American author who was born in New Albany, Mississippi. He was the eldest son of Maud Butler and Murry Falkner...