Moore of Harold Matson Company concerning the work of Margerie Lowry (April 30, 1956) a letter from Margerie Lowry concerning his unfinished novel and her plans to finish it when she recoveredįrom his death (July 14, 1957) and letters from Marie D. The book Under the Volcano itself is the villain, and ending in 'triumph,' so to say.' (September 23, 1947) Erskine's criticismĪnd concerns about La Mordida (March 21, 1952) snapshots of Lowry (August 15, 1953) reference to Lowry's hospitalization in a letter from Dave Markson

2.Įridanaus - a lyrical interlude, or intermezzo, taking place in Canada, and ending in a conflagration. To whom I was known as The Maker of Tragedies, and finding he had been murdered after drinking muchissimos mescalitos. Which deals with our search for the original of Dr. Dark as the Grave Wherein my Friend is Laid. Includes a letter of gratitude for all the work by Erskine and Frank Taylor on Under the Volcano while at Reynal & Hitchcock and his return from his visit to New York (March 22, 1947) mention of Ultramarine and Lunar Caustic ( and May 3, 1947) snapshots of Margerie and Malcolm Lowry with an outline of his future work, 'The book He had previously been married to Katherine Anne From the late fifties until hisĭeath, Erskine was married to Marisa Bisi and they had one daughter Silvia. He also did a lot of work with Williamįaulkner and authors writing about Faulkner, as well as many of the books by James Michener. With at Random House included Karl Shapiro, Ralph Ellison, and Robert Penn Warren. Some of the first authors that Erskine worked Erskine was on the staff of Random House from 1947 until 1976, Was subsequently hired by Reynal and Hitchcock from October 1943 until February 1947, serving as director of production andĭesign as well as being a member of the editorial department. He began his job with Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. The Saturday Review of Literature as advertising manager in December 1941. In 1940,Įrskine left LSU for New Directions Publishing, Norfolk, Connecticut, where he remained for about a year until he moved to He also served as an editorial assistant for the Louisiana State University Press while living in Baton Rouge. When The Southern Review began in July 1935, Albert Erskine was listed as the business manager but he played a much larger role in the magazine than In between finishing his degree, Erskine ran a bookshop, 'The Three Musketeers ' in Memphis, until Robert Penn Warren helped him secure an academic position at the Louisiana State University English Department He then enrolled in Vanderbilt University (1932-1933) and completed his course work for his Master'sĭegree but did not complete his thesis until 1939.

was born in Memphis, Tennessee on April 19, 1911, and received his bachelor's degree from SouthwesternĬollege in Memphis in 1932.

William Faulkner by Frederick R. Karl