Astrology Moon in Virgo Nov 17, 2009
Astrology Moon in Virgo. Astrology Moon in Virgo. (Suite101.com)
The Stubborn, Impatient, Self-Centered, and Absolutely Essential Rajon Rondo Nov 14, 2009
He s still the future of a team with a considerable past that, as William Faulkner once said, is not even past. It s still there as Garnett rouses the crowd or Allen drains a jump shot or Pierce battles his way to the basket. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Donald Harington, novelist of surrealism in the Ozarks Nov 14, 2009
Mr. Harington, who never achieved popular success but attracted a devoted cult following, blended myth, dreamscape, and sharply observed Ozark speech and manners to depict a rural society whose richness and eccentricity drew inevitable comparisons to William Faulkner s fictional Yoknapatawpha County. He rebuffed attempts to classify him as a regional writer, telling The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in 2000: Regionalism is a term of opprobrium, condescension, or contempt. (Boston Globe)
•2009 Spirit and Place Festival schedule Nov 5, 2009
Saturday: 7 to 8:30 p.m., "Caddy! Caddy! Caddy!," a cross-cultural performance that draws on modern Japanese art and the place-based writings of William Faulkner; Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 N. Michigan Road. Admission $10 for the public and $7 for museum members. (The Daily Journal)
Apology to wards of the state reflects our collective regret Oct 29, 2009
Fifty years ago, Nobel laureate William Faulkner wrote: ''The past is never dead; it's not even past. This sentiment is central to understanding those who suffered the effects of institutionalisation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Hilton Als: Horton Foote’s three acts. Oct 19, 2009
Tells about movies made from Foote s scripts, including To Kill a Mockingbird and Tomorrow, which was adapted from a short story by William Faulkner. Foote, who rebelled against the fire and brimstone of the Methodist preaching he grew up with, became a Christian Scientist. (New Yorker)
Book group, Sisco celebrate 30 years Oct 17, 2009
This year s theme, Pulitzer with a Southern Accent, explores the works of award-winning Southern authors like Harper Lee, William Faulkner, and Tennessee Williams, among others. Book group member and Library Trustee Diana Abrashkin said the themes are helpful in providing context for the discussion, which only builds with every subsequent book. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Tycoon tales and Darwin get award nominations Oct 15, 2009
The choices include Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man," Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" and story collections by Cheever, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty. "I think that the tension between commerce and art exists in any cultural industry," says Harold Augenbraum, executive director of the National Book Foundation, which sponsors the awards. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
What Kind of Action in the World Justifies a Nobel Peace Prize? Oct 14, 2009
Literary laureate William Faulkner made that point in his 1949 Nobel acceptance speech: "I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work -- a life's work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit, not for glory and least of all for profit, but to create out of the materials of the human spirit something which did not exist before.". Embarrassed Norwegians and stand-up comics now suggesting the insta-creation of a Nobel Prize for Inspiring Speeches still confront the troubling... (Townhall.com)
Author to read works at Palmer Oct 14, 2009
Pancake has a writing style similar to that of William Faulkner, she said, and uses internal monologue to produce thoughts with a "marvelous voracity.". "She's very observant and able to comment in a valuable way about poverty, and there's so much related to poverty that she focuses on in her novel," she said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
High schools diversify their literature Oct 11, 2009
Stephen Bussey, 17, discusses his thoughts on "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner. Michael Bupp/The Sentinel. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
FYI, the latest in As the Birthers Turn Oct 6, 2009
We also read Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, Richard Wright and Tennessee Williams so we d be able to throw it in the faces of those who d badmouth our native state. Paul. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Unique Baby Names from Films and Li... Oct 1, 2009
Literary greats like William Faulkner and Vladimir Nabokov would compile lists of unusual names so that they could choose perfect, distinctive names for their characters when writing a new story or novel ... Names from William Faulkner Novels ... One of the most important figures in American literature, and a Nobel Laureate, William Faulkner was a master of writing the South, and had an exceptional ear for a great Southern name. (Suite101.com)
* Hardcover: UK: Nick Caves Bunny Munro: all mouth and trousers Sep 20, 2009
Having long since written Flannery OConnor and William Faulkner out of his system, Caves prose, like his songs, has become more taut and tender in the intervening years, less in thrall to its influences and to his own dark and brooding onstage persona. Recently, he has been reading Bellow and Updike as well as, intriguingly, Bret Easton Ellis, another writer who, like Cave, has often been castigated for his supposed misogyny. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Long-awaited Brown thriller arrives Sep 16, 2009
Brown shrugs and says, "Some critics say I don't write like William Shakespeare or William Faulkner, and they're right. I write in a modern, efficient style that serves only the story.". Italics, he says, are "underrated," especially when conveying what characters are thinking: "The best part of a novel is the interior dialogue that you don't get in a movie or in actual life.". (AZCentral -- Business)
VICKERS/Historic photographs of Mississippi Sep 10, 2009
McKee, in her introduction, quotes William Faulkner. Faulkner wrote "To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi." This collection of photographs certainly gives a greater insight into what life was like in Mississippi before electric lines were strung like spider webs across the state, before paved roads began to run like ribbons of concrete north and south, east and west, before television and cell phones. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
Travelin down the road like a rollin stone Sep 5, 2009
When he was asked, he said that the two greatest influences on his writing were the novels of William Faulkner and Marvel Comics No wonder I consider him such an idol. josef nix. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Correcting Fused Sentences and Comm... Sep 5, 2009
In fact, in the novel, Absalom, Absalom, by the late-and-great Southern novelist William Faulkner, there is one sentence that is almost four and a half pages long; yet this sentence isn t a run-on because a run-on is a sentence that lacks punctuation between two or more independent clauses, and Faulkner s sentence not only contains punctuation but is also punctuated correctly. Another term for a run-on is fused sentence, for as the word fused implies, when a writer omits punctuation between... (Suite101.com)
William A. Emerson Jr., 86; journalist, editor covered civil rights flashpoints Aug 27, 2009
For a cover article about author William Faulkner, Mr. Emerson headed to the Nobel laureate s Mississippi home. Though a sign at the driveway told him to go away, Mr. Emerson knew Faulkner sometimes relented. (Boston Globe)
The ugly secret why tuition costs a fortune Aug 25, 2009
Here s Bauerlain again, explaining why: In the year 2007, literary scholars and critics published 85 studies of the life and writings of William Faulkner. Nearly all of them appeared in U.S. publications, and the total included 11 books and eight dissertations. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Richard Poirier; literary critic and writer who founded Library of America Aug 22, 2009
Nearly 200 volumes collecting the works of Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, James Baldwin, Philip Roth, and other writers have been published to date. Dr. Poirier joined the project in its planning stages in 1977 and served on its board of directors until 2006, when he stepped down as chairman. (Boston Globe)
Pat Conroy’s Southern Gothic ‘South of Broad’ has rusty patches Aug 16, 2009
Like the Southern Gothic masters, William Faulkner and Flannery O Connor, Conroy understands that a compelling sense of place will lend grace to his narrative, inhabiting the minds of his readers like the mournful strains of an old folk song. For Faulkner, it was the mythical Yoknapatawpha County in Mississippi, and for O Connor, the mean little towns and desolate rural stretches of Georgia. (Boston Globe)
Ruth Ford, 98, theater and movie actress and model Aug 15, 2009
NEW YORK - Actress Ruth Ford - who starred on Broadway in William Faulkner s Requiem for a Nun, a play he wrote with her in mind - has died. She was 98. (Boston Globe)
Beautiful Kate Aug 6, 2009
The script was adapted from a book by the American novelist Newton Thornburg, whose Cutter and Bone was filmed by the Czech director Ivan Passer as Cutter's Way in 1981, but I also found echoes of William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams two other writers who knew a lot about bullying patriarchs, recalcitrant sons and wayward daughters. The original story was set in America's midwest on the snowbound outskirts of Chicag 00004000 o. Ward has transported it to an equally bleak setting in the South... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Random House Publisher Profile Aug 1, 2009
Random House is home to world famous, contemporary authors such as John Grisham, Danielle Steel, Michael Crichton, Anne Rice, Dean Koontz and Dr. Seuss and literary legends like James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, William Faulkner and Sinclair Lewis. About Random House. (Suite101.com)
Ben Bernanke: Should he stay or should he go? Jul 28, 2009
William Faulkner on receiving the Nobel Prize: "I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.". To which I feel compelled to reply: Mr. Secretary, you still believe this after sitting through hostile questioning from Republican legislators who believe climate change is a hoax. (Salon)
Health care plan the change we asked for Jul 24, 2009
William Faulkner wrote, "a fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he's already got. He'll cling to the trouble he's used to before he'll risk a change." Change is the platform on which we elected President Obama -- change is what we were finally ready to see in November and change is what he is trying to deliver. Caitlin Sellers is a sophomore majoring in English and is The Daily Collegian's Friday columnist. (Daily Collegian, PA)
IN MY LIBRARY: BUCK HENRY Jul 20, 2009
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* [ SOFTCOVER: US ]: Cao Naiqians dark, raunchy vision of the Cultural Revolution Jul 12, 2009
Balcom makes comparisons with Sherwood Anderson, William Faulkner and Erskine Caldwell. All seemed set for a great read. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Stirring The Emotions Jul 8, 2009
He's interesting and charismatic, but you can't make yourself care about an athlete any more than you can make yourself love William Faulkner or Charlie Parker if their words and music don't speak to you. I've never wished him well or ill; he was background music for me. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Tennis)
Literary Boston neighborhoods Jul 5, 2009
"The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner (1929). "The car stopped [at Allston Station, now the Sports Depot] and I got off, into the middle of my shadow. A road crossed the track. There was a wooden marquee with an old man eating something out of a paper bag, and then the car was out of hearing too. The road went into trees, where it would be shady, but the June foliage in New England not much thicker than April at home, I could see a smoke stack. I turned my back to it, tramping my shadow... (Boston Globe)
The issue that's not going away Jul 4, 2009
As William Faulkner once wrote, 'The past isn't dead and buried. In fact, it isn't even past. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Fresh start for Franklin at Middle Tennessee Jul 2, 2009
Legendary authors Ole Miss: William Faulkner was a Noble Prize-winning author who wrote many classic novels, including "The Sound and the Fury." Syracuse: Stephen Crane, who wrote "The Red Badge of Courage." EDGE: Ole Miss. Crane was at Syracuse for just one semester and admitted to more interest in playing baseball than studying. (Notre Dame Sports -- Rivals.com)
Military Milestones from Pickett’s Charge to Roosevelt’s Rough Riders Jul 1, 2009
Nobel prize-winning author William Faulkner will write, For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it's still not yet two o clock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are laid and ready in the woods and the furled flags are already loosened to break out and Pickett himself with his long oiled ringlets and his hat in one hand probably and his sword in the other looking up the hill... (Human Events Online)
Author's story as compelling as those she wrote Jun 28, 2009
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Summer program focuses on improving reading skills Jun 19, 2009
The state that bore great writers like William Faulkner and Eudora Welty, is currently among the lowest in national reading proficiency rankings. The problem is particularly troubling among African Americans in the state. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Spurned auto dealers beg sympathy from Congress Jun 4, 2009
He said that the two greatest influences on his writing were Marvel Comics and the novels of William Faulkner. For those of y all posting on the Obama tour Check out Garcia Marquez Chronicle of a Death Foretold. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
'Thousands of Broadways,' 'Perforated Heart,' 'Blue Hour' reviewed May 31, 2009
Interspersed with his recollections are deft analyses of fictional small-town portrayals that expose the smug alongside the snug, from William Faulkner and Mark Twain (who applies "a soft, hand-rubbed sheen of misgiving" to the stereotypical setting) to Preston Sturges and Alfred Hitchcock. Despite some redundancy, Pinsky's eloquent reflections on collective memory and hypocrisy are well worth absorbing. (Boston Globe)
Review: 'The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story' May 23, 2009
"The Boys" is a loving tribute, but it's also like watching the plot of a William Faulkner novel played out in the middle of Disneyland. The directors tell the story roughly chronologically, and it's immediately apparent that they know what they're doing. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Education Letters to Editor May 5, 2009
William Faulkner would blog now. Bob Dylan had it right when he hollered those famous, almost cliche, words: The times they, they are a-changin. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
IN MY LIBRARY: ROBERT B. PARKER May 3, 2009
" Big Two-Hearted River by Ernest Hemingway A masterpiece of implication, which grows entirely out of concrete detail. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The complete dramatization of the American experience. Beautiful language. Go Down, Moses and other stories by William Faulkner Another take on the nature of American life. The best of Faulkner, which is to say, the best there is. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain All modern American literature, as Hemingway has suggested, comes from... (New York Post -- Opinions)
Museum discovers new world Apr 9, 2009
One small building created last year by an English literature class recreates the house described by William Faulkner in his novel "As I Lay Dying.". Visitors can also walk - or fly, in Second Life - to an area called a sandbox to create temporary structures that disappear overnight to make way for other building projects. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Celebrity readers read Seuss at Brown School Apr 7, 2009
Pat Jehlen, Maggie Fitzpatrick s first-graders talked about the message embedded in a tale from William Faulkner s The Days When the Animals Talked. After reading specialist Joyce Danis shared Seuss The Lorax with Helen Maloney s fourth-graders, they discussed its sobering environmental theme. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Masters gives chance to show off art Apr 2, 2009
Emmy Award-winning screen and stage actor Anthony Zerbe will present It's All Done With Mirrors , illuminating the poetry of e.e. cummings, in a show that has been called part P.T. Barnum, part William Faulkner, and an uncommon mix of theater and salon. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Etherredge Center on the University of South Carolina Aiken campus, and the cost is $15 for adults and $5 for students. (The Augusta Chronicle)
A Southeastern travel special Mar 28, 2009
Rowan Oak, home of William Faulkner ... William Faulkner (1897-1967), novelist, poet, screenwriter and short-story writer, called Rowan Oak home for 37 years. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
The Artist as a Kept Man Mar 25, 2009
So did William Faulkner, who turned down a gala at which President Kennedy was honoring Nobel Prize winners, explaining that the White House was too far to go for dinner. It still is. (The American Conservative)
On to Z! Quirky regional dictionary nears finish Mar 23, 2009
Further digging revealed that Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner had once used it in a novel, and it was used in the early 19th century by a colleague of former vice president and duelist Aaron Burr. The dictionary has occasionally been put to serious use. (AZCentral -- News)
“OMG!!!! cant wait till Sat. night. TWILIGHT on DVD!!!! :)”'>- Viewpoint: Twilight’ zone a popular place 0 Mar 20, 2009
No one s going to mistake Meyer s musings with Ernest Hemingway or William Faulkner, but it gives an older generation at least some proof that our teenagers brains haven t completely turned to soup from text messages and TiVo and that in this big bad world so dominated by television and the Internet, there s still hope for the written word, on actual printed paper, bound in book form. Now if only my co-worker would finish Breaking Dawn, I could stop obsessing about boring Bella and her... (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Riding his own route to literary acclaim - High school dropout, former stock trader finally finds his calling Mar 14, 2009
Meyer has drawn comparisons to such writers as John Steinbeck, Richard Russo and William Faulkner. In a review, The New York Times proclaimed. (Missoulian, MT)
LeRoy fallout still weighs on Laura Albert's mind Mar 13, 2009
A: "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner. The "Deadwood" book - I spent a year on the set (of the HBO series) when the reveal was going on and it saved my life. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Seuss remains classic Mar 11, 2009
It was one of the company's most prescient decisions, and former Random House President Bennett Cerf once remarked, I've published any number of great writers, from William Faulkner to John O'Hara, but there's only one genius on my authors' list. His name is Ted Geisel. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Local author's writing reflects her Southern past Mar 6, 2009
Krause grew up in New Albany Mississippi the hometown of William Faulkner during the Great Depression, and tries to capture the character of that era and place in her writing. The South was poverty-stricken, of course, and although my family was not poor I saw so much and we had so much violence in the South, Krause said. (Fulton Sun, MO)
Barn Burning by William Faulkner Mar 6, 2009
William Faulkner s Barn Burning is a tale about self-discovery, and acceptance. The protagonist of the story is ten-year-old, Colonel Sartoris or "Sarty" Snopes. (Suite101.com)
Playwright, screenwriter Horton Foote dies at 92 Mar 5, 2009
In 1997, he won an Emmy for best writing for a television miniseries or special for the CBS movie Old Man, based on a novella by William Faulkner. Many viewers knew Foote best for his first film credit, the screen adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about childhood and racial injustice in a Depression-era Alabama town. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* Humanities must justify their worth Mar 4, 2009
He does something academic humanists have not been doing well in recent years, Delbanco said of a president who invokes Shakespeare and William Faulkner, Abraham Lincoln and W.E.B. Du Bois. He makes people feel there is some kind of a common enterprise, that history, with its tragedies and travesties, belongs to all of us, that we have something in common as Americans. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Southern literature's strange bird Feb 25, 2009
A Savannah native and Milledgeville resident for many years, O'Connor produced 32 short stories and two novels, which many scholars categorize within the Southern Gothic tradition made infamous by writers such as William Faulkner. Her characters and their violent behaviors, often carried out before a backdrop of faith, boggle literary minds. (Athens Banner-Herald)
