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Miss. hometown marks half-century post-Faulkner
[July 05, 2012] OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -- Five decades after his death, William Faulkner still draws literary pilgrims to his Mississippi hometown, the "little postage stamp of native soil" he made famous through his novels.
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Oxford is commemorating the 50th anniversary of Faulkner's death Friday with several events, including a tag-team reading of his novel, "The Reivers," beginning about daybreak. Roughly 25,000 people a year visit Faulkner's antebellum home, Rowan Oak, where they can see his handwritten outline for the 1954 novel, "A Fable," on the office walls. A life-sized bronze statue of the 1949 Nobel laureate sits in front of Oxford City Hall, and it's a favorite spot for tourist photos. Faulkner and his wife are buried in St. Peter's Cemetery, north of the town square, and fans pay tribute by pouring bourbon on the gravesite. |
