'Before William Faulkner
more or less defined the genre of Southern literature with his folksy
short stories, tragicomic epic novels, and studies in the stream of
damaged consciousness, he made a very sincere effort as a poet with a
1924 collection called The Marble Faun.
Published in 500 copies with the assistance of his friend Phil Stone,
who paid $400 dollars to get the work in print, Faulkner’s poetry did
not go over well. Although later judgments have been kinder, the
publisher called it “not really a very good book of poetry” and most of
the print run was remaindered. The young Faulkner fared much better
however with another of his early creative endeavors: art.'
via (and the rest of the article at) openculture.com
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