Reading Faulkner Series

For teachers, students, and readers, supplements that penetrate Faulkner’s context, lore, and intentions in his major works. Recent titles include: Reading Faulkner: Absalom, Absalom!; Reading Faulkner: Collected Stories. Series editor: Noel Polk, Professor Emeritus of English at Mississippi State University.

Reading Faulkner: Absalom, Absalom!

Reading Faulkner: Collected Stories

Reading Faulkner: Light in August

Reading Faulkner: Sanctuary

Reading Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury

Reading Faulkner: The Unvanquished

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On the Horizon: Scotty and Elvis

When Elvis Presley first showed up at Sam Phillips’s Memphis-based Sun Records studio, he was a shy teenager in search of a sound. Phillips invited a local guitarist named Scotty Moore to stand in. Scotty listened carefully to the young singer and immediately realized that Elvis had something special.  Along with bass player Bill Black, the trio recorded an old blues number called “That’s All

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