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forest444

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14. And besides, Faulkner's now a folk hero in his home town.

Sat Jan 30, 2016, 12:26 PM

Jan 2016

His very talent turned all the local resentment against him into well-earned admiration.

If you're ever in Oxford, MS, in July, check out the annual Yoknapatawpha Conference in which academics sit down to discuss his work in a different context every year. I've only attended a couple; big sense of humor.

And definitely visit Square Books (facing the Reconstruction-era Courthouse). Although it was founded 17 years after Faulkner's death, I'd like to think it's exactly the kind of book shop he might have dreamed of in his day.

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