books. An overnight rain has left puddles on the cedar-lined walkway leading to the Greek-revival house where Faulkner did much of his writing, and even scrawled the outline of one novel, “The Fable,” on the wall of his study. While he lived in Oxford, Faulkner
always knew when Ole Miss was play- ing football. It would have been hard not to. The stadium is only a short walk from his back porch. In fact, there’s a football story about the author that his nephew Jimmy once told Eastland. After Faulkner won the Noble Prize
for Literature, he decided to celebrate by getting drunk for a few days. Jimmy was given strict instructions to sober him up the following Sunday so he could write his acceptance speech on Monday, then depart for Sweden the next morning. But Jimmy began think- ing about how important the speech would be and got his uncle sober a day
My favorite smell. Bourbon and Chanel No. 5,” Eastland says at a game-day party.
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earlier than he’d promised. When Faulkner walked into his back
yard and heard cheers coming from the stadium, he knew Ole Miss was playing. It couldn’t be Sunday. It was Saturday. He was so mad at his nephew that he got drunk all over again and didn’t have the time to compose his speech. “So he wrote it on the plane, produc-
ing one of the great Nobel acceptance speeches ever given,” says Eastland, re- citing his favorite part as we walk to the car: “I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal
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about his famous uncle that always gets a laugh around Oxford. Shortly after re- ceiving the Nobel Prize, Faulkner spoke at a meeting of the New York Literary Society. He enjoyed putting pretentious intellectuals in their place, and fresh from winning the world’s top literary award, he thought he’d have some fun. “Now I know you people up here in
New York think that Mississippians can’t even read,” Faulkner said. “But we sure can write.”
Bill Thomas, an author and journalist, is a regular contributor to the Magazine. His last story was on South African bush pilots. He can be reached at
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