Exhibitions related to Faulkner abound. At the University of Mississippi, at least two special exhibitions are noteworthy. First, "Faulkner’s World: The Photographs of Martin J. Dain" is on exhibit at the University Museums through October, after which the exhibition will be available for touring. An accompanying book of the same title, edited by Tom Rankin with a foreword by Larry Brown, will be published in September by the University Press of Mississippi and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture (ISBN 1-57806-016-8, $40). The book features 100 photos, while the museum exhibit features 40 photographs taken by Dain in Lafayette County between 1961 and 1963. Grants from the Mississippi Humanities Council and The Appalachian Regional Commission have made it possible for organizations within these areas to host this exhibit for a minimal fee. Anyone interested in hosting an exhibition of the Dain photographs should contact Angela Griffin at the University of Mississippi, aegriffi@olemiss.edu.

Also on exhibit at the University of Mississippi through the end of September are photographs by longtime Faulkner photographers Col. J.R. Cofield and his son, Jack. The exhibit, located in Barnard Observatory on the Ole Miss campus, will also be available for touring following its exhibition here.

Several photographs from both these collections may be viewed online at the Southern Media Archive of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture web site.

A third exhibit at Ole Miss is A Faulkner 100: The Centennial Exhibition, presented by the Department of Archives and Special Collections in the John Davis Williams Library. Located in the Faulkner Room in the library, the exhibit features assorted manuscripts, books, photographs, and other paraphernalia associated with William Faulkner and the Faulkner family. The library is also publishing a catalog to accompany the exhibition.

The Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast Missouri State University is presenting "The Faulkner Centennial: A Visual Arts Exhibition," from September 2-30. An art contest and exhibit based on Faulkner’s life and work, the centennial exhibit is co-sponsored by the Center for Faulkner Studies, the University Museum, and the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri. For more information about the art contest call 573-334-9233 or E-mail beverly@mvp.net. Also scheduled is a lecture, "Faulkner and the Visual Arts," by Max Cordonnier, an exhibit of the Brodsky Collection, and lectures by other Faulkner scholars. For more information on the centennial program call Robert Hamblin at (573) 651-2628 or E-mail the Center for Faulkner Studies at C708HUE@semovm.semo.edu.

September 25: William Faulkner’s 100th birthday.

A statue of Faulkner by Mississippi sculptor William Beckwith will be dedicated in front of the City Hall on the Courthouse Square in Oxford, Mississippi, on September 25. On hand for the dedication will be fellow Mississippi writers Shelby Foote and Willie Morris. Visit the Oxford city page for more details, or call (601) 236-1310.

Faulkner was actually born thirty miles east of Oxford in New Albany, and a three-day celebration there will commemorate the occasion of his 100th birthday. The celebration will include theatrical performances, an arts and crafts festival, film presentations, teacher workshops, scholarly lectures, musical performances, storytelling, a Faulkner family tour, a 5K run, and fireworks. There is no registration fee, but several of the events require tickets. For more information call the Union County Development Association at 1-888-534-8232, or write to the Union County Historical Society, P.O. Box 657, New Albany, MS 38652.

In Washington, D.C., the PEN/Faulkner Foundation is sponsoring a reading of the complete text of The Sound and the Fury on September 25 beginning at noon and going into the night at Politics and Prose Bookstore, located at the intersection of Connecticut and Nebraska Avenues. To sign up to read part of this novel, call Janice Delany at (202) 675-0345, or telephone the bookstore at (202) 364-1919.

In New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 28, a birthday party in honor of Faulkner’s centennial will be hosted by Faulkner House Books in association with the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society. The bookstore now operated by Joe DeSalvo is located in the French Quarter adjacent to St. Louis Cathedral and was where Faulkner lived in 1925 when he wrote his first novel. For more information, please contact Faulkner House Books, 624 Pirate's Alley, New Orleans, LA 701116; telephone (504) 524-2940.

On October 10, the C.G. Jung Educational Center of Houston, Texas, will present a Faulkner Centennial Program. Beginning at 5 p.m., the program will consist of four short talks on various aspects of the author's life and works, including a biographical sketch, a reader's first and second impressions, Faulkner’s contribution to Modernism, and psychological images in Faulkner’s major novels. Presenters will be James Hutchison, Ed.D., psychologist; Connie Michalos, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Literature at Houston Baptist University; and Sandi Stromberg, M.A., Director of Brigit Place, Christ Church Cathedral, Houston. The C.G. Jung Center is located at 5200 Montrose, Houston, 77006 in Houston's Museum District. The program is free and open to the general public. For more information, contact the Jung Center (Dolores Spencer, Acting Administrator) at programs@cgjunghouston.org.