Did you see this?!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/books/11faulkner.html?ref=arts

Exciting stuff. I actually know Sally Wolff, too. She must have been beside herself to have this material to work with.

Oh dear, I see this topic was already opened in the Plantation Diary thread. Sorry! got too excited!

A new Vintage paperback edition of Pylon is due to be published at the end of this month. That's encouraging. HOWEVER, the description of the book on Amazon, which I assume comes from the publisher, contains this line: "An unnamed reporter for a local newspaper tries to understand a very modern ménage a trois of flyers on the brainstorming circuit. " Really? What's a brainstorming circuit? Pardon me while I go beat my head against the wall, and then send off a slightly snarky note to Random House.

> 2. Beating your head against a wall makes it harder to brainstorm. It messes up your brainstorming circuits.

LOL! NOW I get it!

And...I got a very prompt response from the publicity peeps at Random House/Vintage, thanking me and saying "I will have this fixed." Don't I feel important, though!!!

HOT FLASH!!!! (of a literary sort): HBO has contracted with David Milch (creator of Deadwood and NYPD Blue to film Faulkner's works. Guardian story here. I will have to rethink my cable subscription if and when these begin to come out.

How can one film Absalom! Absalom!?

> 7. In 3-D with lots of CGI.

#8 YOU!! That just ain't funny.

This is a very helpful article. It doesn't suggest what to read but it does have some good suggestions as to how to read Faulkner."

Layton, when I click the link, it takes me to an empty topic on the Book Talk group.

#11 Sorry about that. One extra character in the HTML raises the devil! It's fixed now.

12> Thanks! Great article. I loved Faulkner's reply concerning re-reads!

Having chanced upon this group, I thought you may find this new Faulkner publication interesting (and perhaps, controversial) :
http://www.foliosociety.com/book/SAF/sound-and-the-fury

n.b. I have no connection to the Folio Society.

#14 All I can say about that is "Wow". Thanks for sharing.

Here is a link to a documentary film made in 1952, showing Faulkner in and around Oxford It's great to see the man moving and talking, even if it was all scripted. I do love to hear him reading his own stuff.

AND Faulkner makes an appearance at Cannes this year. Here is a link to the trailer for As I Lay Dying.

Interesting piece related to the current auction of some Faulkner memorabilia with an intriguing bit about the influence of the cubists (Picasso, Braques) on his writing in The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Go Down, Moses.

Rare manuscript from Faulkner's screenwriting days is going up for auction.

A day late (computer issues), but this article appeared in the LA Times yesterday for Faulkner's birthday.

Just for fun... State Department "Handling" Guidelines for William Faulkner

> Thanks for posting that, Linda. "Overserved", indeed!

hehehe...that one made me chuckle, too.

>24 Crypto-Willobie: That is really fascinating. Thanks for sharing!

This is very enlightening. The books I like have more commas and fewer periods than books I don't care for. I love sentences that are packed, like the Faulkner example. I like sentences that roll on, not short, choppy quick thoughts. Short and choppy has its place, mostly in action sequences, but action, while fun, and makes for a quick read, has not the depth I'm after.