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5 Legendary Writers' Homes
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the Fall 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
William Faulkner's office
William Faulkner's Office

Rowan Oak, Oxford, Mississippi

According to legend, after Faulkner outlined the seven-day plot of his Pulitzer Prize winner, A Fable, on the walls of his home (he kept a bed in his office), his wife demanded the text be painted over. Outraged, Faulkner rewrote it and shellacked the wall, where the writing remains today.

Open Tuesday to Sunday; $5 admission (free on Wednesdays); www.olemiss.edu/depts/u_museum/rowan_oak/interactive.html
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