Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference

2024 is an anniversary year in Faulkner studies for many reasons: it marks the 100th anniversary of The Marble Faun, the author’s first book to see print publication; the 75th anniversary of Knight’s Gambit, his collection of mystery stories; the 50th anniversary of Joseph Blotner’s monumental biography of the author; and the 50th anniversary of the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference itself, the longest continuously running academic event devoted to the work of an American writer. These multiple milestones invite reflection not only about Faulkner’s career but about the career of Faulkner studies itself over the past half-century, at this conference and elsewhere across the profession. In addition to five keynote lectures, the conference program will include panel presentations, guided daylong tours of North Mississippi and the Delta, and our ever-popular sessions on “Teaching Faulkner.”