Mississippians
In Fall 1999, the Department of Archives and Special Collections hosted an exhibit called Facets of Faulkner.
"Two Dollar Wife"
"Two Dollar Wife," College Life, XVII (Winter 1936) is Faulkner's rarest short-story appearance in a magazine. Only a few surviving copies are known. Faulkner may have been aware of "College Life's" $500.00 short-story contest. In the event, his story won no prize. "Two Dollar Wife" was not reprinted until 1979.
"Intruder in the Dust"
During the filming of "Intruder in the Dust" in Oxford and in nearby locations, Faulkner made himself uncharacteristically accessible, visiting sets, attending cast parties, and appearing at the film's premiere at the Lyric Theater in Oxford (1949).
[William Faulkner poses with his typewriter at the Lyric Theater. Photo from the Cofield Collection at the University of Mississippi.]
Cast signatures
This copy of Intruder in the Dust is signed by cast members opposite the roles they played in the film. Faulkner, while making no screen appearance, nonetheless obliges with his signature.
Also in eGrove:
As I Lay Dying, Georgian edition
Faulkner has been translated into countless foreign languages; few as exotic appearing as this Georgian edition published in Batuni in 1989.
"His Name Was Pete"
"Pete" is the subject of a sad and angry piece Faulkner sent unsolicited to the "Oxford Eagle" after a hit-and-run driver killed his dog. Magazine Digest later reprinted Faulkner's 600-word piece in its January 1953 issue.