/lit/ - Literature

>I never needed much money because living was cheap in New Orleans then, and all I wanted was a place to sleep, a little food, tobacco, and whiskey. There were many things I could do for two or three days and earn enough money to live on for the rest of the month.

>. . . an evening at Princeton in 1958 when Faulkner met J. Robert Oppenheimer. Both men were celebrated, Oppenheimer for building the first atomic bomb and Faulkner for writing the novels that won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1949.
>Oppenheimer, when in the mood, could talk to just about anybody about anything, but Faulkner found conversation difficult with strangers; a bare yes or no was often all he could manage. Oppenheimer said he had recently seen a television play based on a Faulkner story and asked what Faulkner thought of television as a medium for the artist.
>“Television is for niggers,” said Faulkner.

What a fucking hypocrite, he wrote screenplays

>introduction is literally just a synopsis of the story with spoilers
what the fuck is the point in this really, like why

he mogs everyone, no contest

this white boy kinda cute...

Haven't read anything by faulkner. Would like some recommendations. Is it important to read him chronologically?

The Nobel for William Faulkner was one of the best and most influential choices they made.

Did he really write chronicles about corn?