September 24, 2024—LOA LIVE returns with an evening dedicated to three revelatory short masterpieces by William Faulkner—the powerful “Barn Burning,” the comic “Shingles for the Lord,” and the dark and haunting “That Evening Sun”— that explore different facets of their author’s genius and the mythic world of Yoknapatawpha County. Funny and terrifying, tragic and hopeful, these unforgettable stories about the entangled lives of people Black and white, young and old, conjure themes of family, community, race, and common humanity to illuminate an America that is still unmistakably our own.
Join acclaimed writer W. Ralph Eubanks, critic Michael Gorra, and Professor Theresa M. Towner, editor of the recently published LOA edition of Faulkner’s stories, for a provocative conversation on the work of a visionary storyteller who, by richly imagining his own native ground, wrote about us all.
We thank our promotional partner: the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics & Writers.
