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William Faulkner on What Sherwood Anderson Taught Him About Writing, the Artist’s Task, and Being an American
William Faulkner on What Sherwood Anderson Taught Him About Writing, the Artist’s Task, and Being an American

“To be a writer, one has first got to be what he is.”

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A Living Obituary: Faulkner’s Beautiful Epitaph for Himself
A Living Obituary: Faulkner’s Beautiful Epitaph for Himself

“He made the books and he died.”

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William Faulkner’s Beautiful Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech About How Artists Help Us Live
William Faulkner’s Beautiful Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech About How Artists Help Us Live

“The poet’s, the writer’s, duty is … to help man endure by lifting his heart.”

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William Faulkner’s Little-Known Jazz Age Drawings, with a Side of Literary Derision
William Faulkner’s Little-Known Jazz Age Drawings, with a Side of Literary Derision

From the sartorial to the satiric, or how the award-winning author’s youthful pretensions earned him a helping of high-brow mockery.

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William Faulkner on Creativity and the Power of Beginner’s Mind
William Faulkner on Creativity and the Power of Beginner’s Mind

“Now I realize for the first time what an amazing gift I had: uneducated in every formal sense, without even very literate, let alone literary, companions…”

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William Faulkner on Writing, the Human Dilemma, and Why We Create: A Rare 1958 Recording
William Faulkner on Writing, the Human Dilemma, and Why We Create: A Rare 1958 Recording

“It’s the most satisfying occupation man has discovered yet, because you never can quite do it as well as you want to, so there’s always something to wake up tomorrow morning to do.”

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William Faulkner on Writing, the Purpose of Art, Working in a Brothel, and the Meaning of Life
William Faulkner on Writing, the Purpose of Art, Working in a Brothel, and the Meaning of Life

“The only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost.”

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The Strange Story of William Faulkner’s Only Children’s Book
The Strange Story of William Faulkner’s Only Children’s Book

A rare vintage treasure, with stunning black-and-white illustrations and a side of controversy.

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