Faulkner students: You have not yet encountered Noel Polk, but you will this semester. Of particular interest to you may be the news that he had recently edited an edition of The Sound and the Fury in which Benjy’s section was color-coded in the way Faulkner had originally wanted, as I described in class on Monday. As you plow through Faulkner scholarship this term, pay attention to how often Noel Polk’s name comes up. We owe him much.

Faulkner scholar Polk dies at 69 | Hattiesburg American | hattiesburgamerican.com.