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Listen to the historic letters about William Faulkner’s tenure as postmaster at the University of Mississippi. While his notorious reputation as postmaster is no secret, the charges against him are worth exploring in greater depth with his subsequent letter of resignation.See and purchase William Faulkner’s postage stamps here: https://www.littlepostagehouse.com/vintage-postage-bluegreen/FaulknerSources:Webb, James W. And A. Wigfall Green. William Faulkner of Oxford. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1965The Falkners and the University, Mississippi, Post Office Author(s): Gerald W. WaltonSource: The Faulkner Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1 (FALL 1989), pp. 49-50 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press"Case No. 133733-C": The Inspector's Letter to Postmaster William Falkner Author(s): JOAN ST. C. CRANESource: The Mississippi Quarterly , Summer 1989, Vol. 42, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE: WILLIAM FAULKNER (Summer 1989), pp. 229-245Published by: The Johns Hopkins University PressThe New Yorker, NOVEMBER 21, 1970 ISSUETHE POSTMASTER By William Shawn, November 13, 1970

