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07/20/08 - (3)
One Cap and One Period Two lively, riveting, provocative lectures, On the Ole Miss campus, this Sunday afternoon, One alluding to the negative criticism Faulkner's 1950 Nobel Prize speech initially elicited From skeptics who couldn't square its optimism With the cynicism of his early fictions, The other questioning Benjy's authenticity as an idiot, Throwing open the possibility That his voice belongs not to him but to his ventriloquist...
Two stimulating lectures, Delivered with authoritative respect for the complex nuances And profound ambiguities of the novelist's prose, Reminded me, all over, just how brilliant was his torch. Tonight, I wander about Rowan Oak, Listening for the scratching of his fountain pen, The rat-a-tat-tapping of his Underwood portable, Knowing he's still trying to capture the entire universe, Between one cap and one period.
07/20/08 - (3)
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