The Faulkner Studies in the UK Research Network

Established in 2017 in collaboration with @RHULEnglish, @OfficialBAAS, and @USAinUK.

William Faulkner and Mortality @routledgebooks 2021.

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We are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for our *10th* online colloquium, on Faulkner and James Baldwin! May 1st and 2nd, 2027, via Zoom. Abstracts due March 1st, 2027! See the images below or DM us for more information!

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The next sentence of Baldwin's speech is just as devastating, I think: "It comes as a great shock to see Gary Cooper killing off the Indians and, although you are rooting for Gary Cooper, that the Indians are you."

https://t.co/lRlIjQw2xN (full Baldwin/Buckley debate)

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

“It comes with great shock, to discover that the flag to which you have pledged allegiance... has not pledged allegiance to you.”

—James Baldwin

[The Book Land @the_book_land]

'Through the fence...'

The Sound and the Fury is a masterpiece.

[The Book Land @the_book_land]

William Faulkner was born on this day in 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi.

I have only read The Sound and the Fury and a couple of short stories, but I can't wait to read more of his work. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century.

[Karun Pal @karunpal]

Intelligent people struggle with addiction. Their minds need more. More depth. More to disappear into. They have obsessions nobody around them shares. Philosophy. Literature. Astronomy. Documentaries. Quantum physics. Dostoevsky. Kant. Books, music, films, ideas they've gone so deep into that ordinary conversation starts to feel like small talk. And small talk feels like suffocation. So... they drink. Work until 2 am. Doomscroll until they feel nothing. Because there is a gap between who you are and the conversations available to you. And sometimes, that gap becomes unbearable. And it's one of the loneliest places a person can live.

[Mark W. @DurhamWASP]

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity.”

William Faulkner, born 25th September 1897

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Happy 129th birthday, Ole Bill! Wherever you are, I hope the tobacco and whiskey are plentiful! #WilliamFaulkner

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"I cited you."

[N 𐙚 @67409_so]

3 words better than “i love you"??

[Vonnetta L. West @VonnettaLWest]

Toni Morrison and James Baldwin. Brilliant minds. Literary giants. Bold hearts. We are better because they existed.

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We appreciate the Faulkner reference.

[Liza Libes @pensandpoison]

Normalize using words that send people to the dictionary.

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William Faulkner's fiction. Proud addict since 2011.

[boom @vsboomin]

name something more addictive than alcohol or drugs

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No surprises there.

[G. F. Allen @AuthorGFAllen]

Name a book you’d rate 10/10

But only one

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A masterclass in maximalism. Hemingway could never!

[Thorfinn🕊️ @DavidKairoT]

some of the greatest opening lines in literature

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Devastated to learn that Dr Lorie Watkins Massey, a brilliant academic and Faulknernian, passed away September 5th in New Orleans. She will be missed.

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“Don’t be ‘a writer.’ Be writing.”

— William Faulkner

[Louisa M Reid @LouisaReid27382]

@Faulkner_UK “Years ago we in the South made our women into ladies. Then the War came and made the ladies into ghosts.”— William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom.

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"Father said a man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired, but then time is your misfortune Father said" - Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury.

[tegaebi @tega_ebi]

readers, give me one line from a book you’ll never forget.

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@TFCHooligan69 I would actually recommend this short story, "A Rose for Emily," as your first Faulkner: https://t.co/QDHMTlJOjp

From there, you might like As I Lay Dying or Light in August as your first novel-length Faulkner. The former is modelled after Homer's Odyssey, the latter Dickens.

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The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Absalom, Absalom! Each of these novels is about the slow and steady destruction of a family *and* the individuals within those families. From madness and suicide to separation and yearning, Faulkner's novels define beautiful sadness.

[Greg Cwik @cwik_greg]

What are some beautiful sad stories and novels? I mean emotional, personal, intimate, not grand tragedy like war or stuff.

[Whatever @Whateve63092767]

@Faulkner_UK What a singular work The Sound and the Fury is. What a bold way to start a book. Not sure it’s even possible to like those first 50 pages on the first read. But once it clicks, you realize just how incredible it is and wins you over