In short, this is a book that anyone interested in William Faulkner will enjoy immensely. It is full of the man's insights, humor, and contradictions. Reading it is an opportunity to witness an entire life, laid out day by day, from the young man starting out, to the old man nearing the end of life.--Donna Meredith "Southern Literary Review" In Day by Day, Rollyson reapplies his wealth of knowledge to create a thorough book of days covering both the epic and minute details of Faulkner's life and work.--Laura Wilson "H-Net H-Biography Reviews" In William Faulkner Day by Day, Rollyson reapplies his wealth of knowledge to create a thorough book of days covering both the epic and minute details of Faulkner's life and work.--Laura Wilson "H-Net H-Biography Reviews" Few American writers have been so fascinated with the concept of time and time's passing as William Faulkner of Oxford, Mississippi. From Quentin Compson's anguished destruction of his watch in The Sound and the Fury to Garvin Steven's famous assertion that "the past is never dead, it's not even past" in Requiem for a Nun, Faulkner's fiction attests to his abiding obsession with time. Given this prevailing Faulkner theme, Carl Rollyson's latest book, William Faulkner Day by Day, is especially intriguing.

--C. D. Albin "Valley Voices" William Faulkner Day by Day is a welcome addition to Faulkner studies. It is an essential source for Faulkner specialists--and interesting reading for all Faulkner enthusiasts. Faulkner the man as well as the writer is presented in all the various phases of his life. The book is informative, revealing, and, in quite a few rewarding instances, surprising.--Robert W. Hamblin, editor of A William Faulkner Encyclopedia.