Tag Archives: William Faulkner

Trip to New Orleans

♦ April 21, 2012 ♦ Leave a comment

I apologize for my hiatus. Last week I went to New Orleans for the American Copy Editor Society conference. I’ve never been to Louisiana or on a plane before. From top left clockwise: Klee by Donald Wigal; The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor; Collected Stories of Carson McCullers by Carson McCullers; Louisiana Folktales: Lupin, Bouki, …

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Books you need to read

♦ February 17, 2012 ♦ 1 Comment

I expect this list to grow as I continue reading, but as of right I now, I recommend reading these books. Which books do you recommend to others? Classics Winesburg, Ohio-Sherwood Anderson Persuasion-Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen The Canterbury Tales-Geoffrey Chaucer As I Lay Dying-William Faulkner The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald For Whom the …

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Prompt–Saturday, September 24

♦ September 24, 2011 ♦ Leave a comment

Make a list of your favorite short stories, poems, and/or novels, whatever you want. Add to it as you discover new ones. Short Stories: A Good Man is Hard to Find–Flannery O’Connor Porque no Tiene, Porque le Falta–Robert Stone The Oldest Story–Emilia Pardo Bazan Barn Burning–William Faulkner Poems: When I have fears–John Keats Fire and …

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Six Words

♦ August 10, 2011 ♦ Leave a comment

“Narrative” is holding a contest for a six-word story. They had this to say about the form. “William Faulkner famously said that a novelist is a failed short story writer, and a short story writer is a failed poet. Hemingway, with his creation of the six-word story, combined poetry and drama into a short form …

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