EPISODE · Sep 25, 2023 · 3 MIN
William Faulkner Was An Iconic Author And A Mediocre Mailman
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
Today in 1897, the birthday of William Faulkner, the Nobel Prize winning author of novels like The Sound and the Fury, and, for a few years, one of the most unproductive postmasters the US mail has ever seen. Plus: on this day in 2020, a German rapper calling himself Hans Solo released the first full-length hip hop album entirely in Klingon. William Faulkner Was Really Bad at Being a Postman (Lit Hub) Hans Solo NUQNEH (Upcoming Vinyl) Not everyone makes a great postmaster, but everybody would make a great Patreon backer for our show
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Today in 1897, the birthday of William Faulkner, the Nobel Prize winning author of novels like The Sound and the Fury, and, for a few years, one of the most unproductive postmasters the US mail has ever seen. Plus: on this day in 2020, a German rapper calling himself Hans Solo released the first full-length hip hop album entirely in Klingon. William Faulkner Was Really Bad at Being a Postman (Lit Hub) Hans Solo NUQNEH (Upcoming Vinyl) Not everyone makes a great postmaster, but everybody would make a great Patreon backer for our show
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