On this day in 1933: University of North Carolina freshman Walker Percy flunks the English placement test. “I had just finished reading Faulkner’s ‘The Sound and the Fury,’ ” Percy will recall half a century later, “and I wrote my placement theme in a Faulknerian style — no capitalization, no punctuation. They put me in […]
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Walker Percy picked bad time to channel Faulkner
Posted in On This Day, tagged walker percy, william faulkner on September 18, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
When Shelby Foote met Ambrose Burnside
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged ambrose burnside, battle of fredericksburg, shelby foote, the civil war: a narrative, unc chapel hill alumni, walker percy on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Work goes slow and well, particularly on little-known events, like Roanoke Island, whose neglect I cannot understand…. Loss of that island lost the Confederacy the whole NC coast, both Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds and Norfolk to the north. “Also it began the career of Ambrose Burnside — so perhaps it was a Southern gain after […]
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