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Bill Kauffman

This Might Be the Best Book of the 21st Century

This Might Be the Best Book of the 21st Century

Look Homeward, America. Bill Kauffman. ISI Books, 2006. Strong, deep, readable, desperate, fun. All those adjectives–even those that trip over one another–fit this book. It's such a good book, it made me want to quit writing. “If someone like Kauffman, with his erudition and talent, isn&

Faulkner, Foote, Percy, Percy, and Kauffman, P.C.

Faulkner, Foote, Percy, Percy, and Kauffman, P.C.

A snapshot of the southern literary tradition in the early 20th century I think Bill Kauffman knows more literary anecdotes than any man alive. I ran across this passage last night* while recovering from a migraine and just flipping through my random notes: Among my favorite interviewees was novelist and