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William Spratling, William Faulkner and Other Famous Creoles(*).

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From: The Mississippi Quarterly
Date: 19980622
Author:HOLDITCH, W. KENNETH

The French Quarter of New Orleans became a Bohemian enclave, home to hundreds of artists, musicians, and writers during the 1920s, including William Faulkner. The artist William Spratling was one of the first to move into the area. Spratling later published a book of caricatures with text by William Faulkner entitled 'Sherwood Anderson and Other Famous Creoles,' on the French Quarter Bohemian denizens.

WHEN WILLIAM SPRATLING FIRST ARRIVED IN NEW ORLEANS in 1921 or 1922 (the date varies depending on whose account you read), he became a pioneer in the resettlement of the French Quarter, ...

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