Absolutely outrageous - no Tennessee Williams or James Baldwin, to name only two of countless world-leading American authors?! A travesty.

The Dark House: Absalom, Absalom! at 90 An online conference celebrating 90 years of Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!, organised by the Faulkner Studies in the UK Research Network.

We are honoured to share the programme and registration details for our conference, The Dark House: Absalom, Absalom! at 90.

Those wishing to attend can either offer a donation of their choice to our network via eventbrite or DM us to register interest!

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A reminder that our next colloquium, a celebration of Faulkner’s magisterial and perennial Absalom, Absalom!, takes place May 2nd and 3rd, 2026, online via Zoom.
Abstracts due March 31st! More details in the original post below.

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Happy birthday, Mr. Faulkner!

We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our next colloquium, celebrating the 90th anniversary of Absalom, Absalom!'s publication.

May 2nd and 3rd, 2026, online via Zoom (more info in the image below).

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On this day in 1910, Quentin Compson drowned in the odour of honeysuckle after leaping into the Charles River.

While Quentin's tragedy is fiction, over 700,000 people die by suicide each year. Consider donating to CALM and other mental health charities.

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THIS WEEKEND, we're going back to 1925! Two days celebrating Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and America! See the link below for your last chance for tickets!

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LAST CHANCE FOR TICKETS! Our next colloquium, on Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and America takes place THIS WEEKEND, May 10th and 11th, 2025! Schedule and registration information below!

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💡 Want to discuss your article or monograph ideas with top academic editors?

We are delighted to be joined at BAAS 2025 by Katie McGettigan & Will Norman (Journal of American Studies) & Michele Houston (University of Manchester Press) for 10-min consultations, 23-24 April.

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Amazing! Warmest congratulations!

If Absalom! was published today, Faulkner would have to add a content note decrying Sutpen's actions because heaven forbid readers think critically about the work they're encountering. Hypersensitivity towards "offence" in culture and the academy is excruciatingly infantilising.

We are thrilled to share the schedule and registration details for our upcoming Faulkner and Fitzgerald conference!

Those wishing to attend can either offer a donation of their choice to our network via eventbrite or DM us to register their interest!

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LAST CHANCE FOR ABSTRACTS! Submit yours by midnight TONIGHT!

Six years in the making, my second book *Tennessee Williams's America: Homes, Families, Exiles* will be released October 21st 2025 from @routledgelit.bsky.social!

Please order copies for your institutional libraries!

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How to... Engage the Public with your Research In this episode of the skills series, Dr Kathryn Napier Gray (University of Plymouth) discusses sharing your academic research with non-academic audiences.Th...

The latest episode of our 'How To...' skills series is out now 📺

In this episode, Dr Kathryn Napier Gray (University of Plymouth) discusses sharing academic research with non-academic audiences.

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💭 The annual conference for the Scottish Association for the Study of America (SASA) will take place at the University of Edinburgh on 1st March 2025.

Info/tickets here:

Quick reminder to UK academic staff: your university has a legal duty to promote freedom of speech. That applies to staff too. Disagreement is not grounds for formal or informal action against you. Talk to your union rep.

I'm Dr Ahmed Honeini - I specialize in William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, and Vladimir Nabokov. I'm currently writing a chapter on Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and its relation to Rockstar Games's Red Dead Redemption series!

A BAAS/US Embassy Small Grant was instrumental in helping us establish our humble network. To say we are disappointed would be an understatement, but well done @officialbaas.bsky.social!

Our next colloquium, on Faulkner and F. Scott Fitzgerald, takes place May 10th and 11th 2025 online via Zoom. While the deadline is March 3rd, we will consider submissions up to March 17th. You can focus on either Faulkner or Fitzgerald – comparative approaches are welcome but not essential.

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"It'll be there. It'll be there come Christmas, she says, shining on the track. She says he wont sell it to no town boys."

- As I Lay Dying.

Merry Christmas, one and all!

I read William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf for fun, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Dec. 15, 1924: The first book by William Faulkner, 27, is published: a collection of poetry, "The Marble Faun." The Mississippi writer's friend Phil Stone pays the publisher, Four Seas Co., $400 for a run of 500 copies. Faulkner poses for these photos to publicize the book. 1/2

Long Faulkner "Wild Palms" excerpt p 140

I'm re-reading William Faulkner's "The Wild Palms" for the first time since high school and apparently 16-year-old me really liked this section.

Anno Domini 2024 has a likewise feel...

Faulkner—>William Faulkner
Lt. Ellen Ripley (Ripley for short)—> Lt. Ellen Ripley

William Faulkner could write an exhaust pipe gag that would really make you think

As I Lay Dying. One of the greatest novels.

William Faulkner said he wrote the novel from midnight to 4:00 a.m. within six weeks. He claimed not having ever changed a word of it.