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<span> <span class="contributorNameTrigger"></span></span>Another
snippet picked up from the 90 percent unreliable internet:<br>
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Unlike many of the others, though, Faulkner liked to drink while
he was writing. In 1937 his French translator, Maurice Edgar
Coindreau, was trying to decipher one of Faulkner’s
idiosyncratically baroque sentences. He showed the passage to the
writer, who puzzled over it for a moment and then broke out
laughing. “I have absolutely no idea of what I meant,” Faulkner
told Coindreau. “You see, I usually write at night. I always keep
my whiskey within reach; so many ideas that I can’t remember in
the morning pop into my head.”<br>
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The source for the quotes is The Time of William Faulkner: a
French View of Modern American Fiction.<br>
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On 10/1/2012 12:14 PM, Keith Davis wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CABG1GN1uAae-25E=-zcPwFRTKmzK0y-VdAeLsAg_U33zCjwKRQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Maybe it was only before and after writing? As a
friend of mine used to say, "Being wasted is a terrible thing to
mind."<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Paul
Mackin <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mackin.paul@verizon.net" target="_blank">mackin.paul@verizon.net</a>></span>
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<div>On 10/1/2012 9:18 AM, Prashant Kumar wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Apparently he binged. Who knows I
guess. <span></span><br>
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I notice on the Wikipedia writeup it says he seldom drank
while writing. However the source is a FAQ sheet on a
Faulkner website that itself gives no source.<br>
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What are you gonna do?<br>
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On Monday, 1 October 2012, Paul Mackin wrote:<br>
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<div>On 9/30/2012 8:59 PM, Prashant Kumar wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">To chime in, Faulkner's
alcohol use was limited to periods when he wasn't
writing. Not sure about the other two. Can't
remember the source, probably some biography
somewhere.</blockquote>
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I thought he drank continuously. Always had that
bottle of Bourbon on his desk. Had rare talent for
being able to put words on the page when inebriated.
Could control his intake. There were stories about
his editor being unable to decipher his writing and
Bill in turn unable to remember writing the passage.
Sounds like Pynchon in Jules' rendition of events. No
doubt accounts vary. There's always a lot of myth
around these things. His niece recently wrote a family
memoir that might have her recollections.<br>
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<div> On 29 September 2012 02:18, Paul Mackin <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true">mackin.paul@verizon.net</a>></span>
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<div>On 9/28/2012 6:45 AM, Heikki Raudaskoski
wrote:<br>
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May you live long, Mark!<br>
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As to me and the 1st half of the 20th
century, I lost my heart in<br>
Yoknapatawpha County.<br>
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Me too.<br>
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The big three of the 30s and 40s, Fitzgerald,
Hemingway, and Faulkner were all heavy alcohol
users. Was this mainly to fight inner demons,
or was it integral to their creative powers?
Their writing was so different. What were the
common elements? Where was the "family
resemblance"? (Wittgenstein)
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Heikki<br>
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On Fri, 28 Sep 2012, Markekohut wrote:<br>
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solid;padding-left:1ex"> I agree
......I might have said that but Ann
seems,consistent to me w her two
choices. In her judgme nts, she gives
a lot of weight to a<br>
sustained stylistic breakthrough as
part of their greatness. In both
cases, they sorta asserted a new but
subtle plain style against the
prevailing<br>
Overly refined style of the times. She
sez.<br>
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I don't think Kerouac is best then
either if it isn't Pynchon and I'd
vote for him.<br>
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Sent from my iPad<br>
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On Sep 28, 2012, at 5:50 AM, jochen
stremmel <<a moz-do-not-send="true">jstremmel@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0
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solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hemingway
himself said F. Scott F. was the
greatest and I tend to agree.<br>
(and of course I hope you're not
dying anytime soon.)<br>
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2012/9/28 Markekohut <<a
moz-do-not-send="true">markekohut@yahoo.com</a>>:<br>
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solid;padding-left:1ex"> Speaking
of Kerouac, as some have
been---winking at you,
Alice---this woman,<br>
Ann Douglas, whose good book here
I recommend, was supposed to have
her<br>
sorta chronological sequel out<br>
By 2007 ( or earlier) has still
not published it but in it she
will<br>
supposedly argue that Jack K. Is
the best American writer of the
second half<br>
of the 20th Century as Ole Hem was
of the first.<br>
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It is a book I want to read so I
hope she is writing it faster than
I am<br>
dying.<br>
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Sent from my iPad<br>
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Date: September 27, 2012, 6:31:44
PM EDT<br>
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moz-do-not-send="true">markekohut@yahoo.com</a>><br>
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