26 November 2009

Hendersonville, North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe: Literary Landmarks of the Southern United States, #18

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I wasn't even aware of this street marker – or the existence of the angel, for that matter – until I noticed it on a map of Hendersonvil...

Asheville, North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe<: Literary Landmarks of the Southern United States, #17

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Thomas Wolfe (1900–38) was born at 92 Woodfin Street, Asheville, North Carolina, the youngest of eight children. His father William Oliver (...
25 November 2009

Clayton, Georgia: Lillian Smith: Literary Landmarks of the Southern United States, #16

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The Lillian E. Smith Center for Creative Arts is not too easy to find if you're coming from Clayton town, as it's on the other si...
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Clifton, Tennessee: T. S. Stribling: Literary Landmarks of the Southern United States, #15

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T. S. Stribling (1888–1965) was born in Clifton, Tennessee, and after short and unsucessful (because half-hearted) attempts at being a teach...
24 November 2009

Ripley, Mississippi: Colonel William Falkner: Literary Landmarks of the Southern United States, #14

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Ripley, Mississippi, at midday Saturday is so dead that you can probably drive round the center in your sleep and come to no harm nor cause ...
23 November 2009

New Albany, Mississippi: William Faulkner: Literary Landmarks of the Southern United States, #13

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'William Faulkner. Here, September 25, 1897, was born the distinguished author, member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, winn...

Oxford, Mississippi: William Faulkner: Literary Landmarks of the Southern United States, #12

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'The Falkner House. Built in 1931 as the home of Murry and Maud Falkner, the parents of Nobel Prize winning author William Faulkner. [Wi...