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Truth And Fiction

July 2024
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I was pleased to see Faulkner’s work mentioned so often. Reading him inspired my first real appreciation for history, and for the importance of history in understanding life’s deeper problems and mysteries. Faulkner is the chief reason why today I am a history, rather than an English, teacher.

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