William Styron, R.I.P.

William Styron, one of the postwar generation of American authors who took up the cudgels after Faulkner and Hemingway, is no more. His Pulitzer-winning The Confessions of Nat Turner raised a ruckus for his decision to portray a Black character; his moving Sophie's Choice is remembered more for Meryl Streep's role in the film; and his affecting memoir of depression, Darkness Visible, was one of the last things he wrote. Excerpts from his work are here and there's an online guest book here.