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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., June 29 (UPI) -- More than 40 years after his death William Faulkner is having a new heyday -- due largely to Oprah Winfrey's decision to feature him in her book club.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that fans of the Mississippi-born author of "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying" are thrilled that the Oprah seal of approval is helping bring Faulkner back to a wider readership. The paper said many scholars lament that the only people reading Faulkner in recent years have been college students doing it because it was assigned.
As part of Winfrey's book club, Southeast Missouri State University professor Robert Hamblin has been leading an online discussion of "As I Lay Dying," the club's June selection. Hamblin delivers videotaped lectures and answers questions that come into Winfrey's Web site.
Hamblin is director of the school's Center for Faulkner studies -- home to one of the four top collections of Faulkner material in the world, the paper reported.
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