A Modern Story Inspired by The Sound and the FuryEvery family has a story they tell the world.Then there is the story they tell themselves.And somewhere between those two stories...is the truth.For nearly ninety years, Vale & Sons stood at the center of a small Midwestern town. Children bought their first school shoes there. Couples opened wedding … [Read more...] about The Last Store on Main Street: Inspired by The Sound and the Fury
American literature
The Sound and the Fury Explained by Top William Faulkner Scholars
Six Great Scholars. One Masterpiece. Nearly a Century of QuestionsThere are books people enjoy.There are books people admire.Then there are books that seem to become larger every generation.The Sound and the Fury belongs to that final group.Nearly one hundred years after its publication, scholars still return to it—not because they cannot explain it, but because … [Read more...] about The Sound and the Fury Explained by Top William Faulkner Scholars
The Grapes of Wrath Explained: Top Steinbeck Scholars
What if the world's leading John Steinbeck scholars sat at one table to debate The Grapes of Wrath? People often remember The Grapes of Wrath as a story about dust, hunger, migration, and one family’s journey west.John Steinbeck’s scholars remember something more difficult.They remember a novel that still refuses to stay safely in 1939.(A brief pause.)The … [Read more...] about The Grapes of Wrath Explained: Top Steinbeck Scholars