Outside the Southern Myth

Like many other southern men, Noel Polk doesn''t fit the outside world''s stereotype of the southern male. This notable Faulkner critic is a native of the small Mississippi city of Picayune. In his career as an international scholar and traveler and in his role as a teacher and a professor of literature, he has moved beyond his origins while continuing to be nourished by his hometown roots.

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