Word: faulknerisms
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...kept to a minimum as we tour the study where she writes her novels; it's airy and messy--she and her boyfriend moved in last August, but there are still boxes on the floor. So far, you would never know that you were visiting the home of the Faulkner of awkwardness...
...best writers to have lived in New Orleans were William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams. But my other favorites were two who knew the neighborhoods better. Walker Percy wrote about the savory malaise emanating from middle-class enclaves such as Gentilly and Elysian Fields. And Lillian Hellman recalled wandering up Esplanade Avenue below the French Quarter...
...always had a voice that lingers like a train whistle. What she hasn't had is an album worthy of her talent. The lyrics on this collection of gothic outsider tales feel a little reductive (Star Witness and A Widow's Toast are like under-grad verse about Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County), but with excellent backing from Calexico and Garth Hudson of the Band and flawless singing, Case sells them as undeniably haunting and catchy mood pieces...
...literary genius, but we can often be too hasty in dismissing the mass paperback masters as bad storytellers and writers. We forget that successfully crafting a compelling plot—weaving together the twists and unleashing unexpected intersections—is a difficult task on par with understanding Faulkner...
...make their decisions, Undergraduate Council Vice President Clay T. Capp ‘06 and Molly M. Faulkner-Bond ‘06 methodically placed their food samples on a table, arranginng the items by variety...