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79The Pity of Emily Grierson
As characterized by Faulkner, Emily Grierson alternately evoked pity and annoyance from her contemporaries, for just as Emily’s circumstances changed, so did society’s opinion of...
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75Famous Birthday Listings: September 25
Born on this day? Happy Birthday! Below are some very famous celebrities (83 names) past and present who have their birthday today. Some of them you will have heard of and others you may not have!...
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79Famous Mississippians: Who Is From Mississippi?
As a child growing up in Mississippi, home meant unbelievably hot summers spent by the pool, close proximity to New Orleans, homegrown tomatoes served on white bread with a bit of mayonnaise, thick Southern...
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76Describe about the city you live in?
I recently moved to New Albany, MS and I have learned a lot about this city since I came here that has been pretty amazing to me. I will begin with a brief history: Organized in 1840 at the site of a grist...
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57Climate Change Wildfires California
While working in my darkened study by the gleam of one small lamp today, I realized that for most of three hours sitting at my computer I had achieved exactly three hours of cat naps and knocked over a cold...
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68Classic Classy Insults
History has recorded some very classy and clever insults. Some of the classics come from people of the likes of Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, and Abraham Lincoln. President Obama's remark to England on...
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54How to win the Nobel Prize even if you can't sell a book, or the TRUE story of William Faulkner
When William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949, his works in the United States had been out of print for almost a decade. While writers like Steinbeck and Hemingway dominated the...
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50Best Book
In "A Rose for Emily," by William Faulkner, the use of thoroughly distributed symbolism reveals the plot of the whole action. The story speaks of the state of sociological transformation in the South. ...
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42WHEN NOVELISTS SOBER UP
Writers who drink are old hat. But what about writers who quit drinking? Tom Shone has been studying them for his new novel John Cheever was most unhappy to be picked up for vagrancy by the cops. “My...
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54Must-See Movie: Land of the Pharaohs
LAND OF THE PHARAOHS (1955). In the mood for lust in the dust? Check out LAND OF THE PHARAOHS! When you think of Howard Hawks, you think of screwball comedies (Bringing Up Baby), crime stories (Scarface) or...
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