To understand the ultra wealthy, read a recent Atlantic article on Jeff Bezos. And then read Fitzgerald’s “A Diamond as Big as the Ritz.”
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Tag Archives: Ernest Hemingway
Bezos and the Diamond as Big as the Ritz
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Literature in Time of War
Poetry has always been present in times of war but with mixed success at improving conditions.
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Panic Gripping Russian Soldiers
In Ukraine, some Russian troops are throwing down their arms and running, bringing to mind such a scene in “Red Badge of Courage.”
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Hemingway on What War Atrocities Mean
Undisciplined conscripts are likely to commit atrocities–and also, as Hemingway notes in “Farewell to Arms,” to lose.
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On Men and Novel Reading
Thoughts on the differences between women and men reading novels.
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Imagine Hemingway in Ukraine
Ukrainian resistance to the Russians has me reading “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” and I’m seeing a lot of similarities.
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Stronger in the Broken Places
Joe Biden picked the perfect Hemingway quote for his Covid address to the nation.
Trump: Hemingway Wastrel, Le Carré Con
Trump has some things in common with Campbell in “Sun Also Rises” and even more with Rick in “A Perfect Spy.”
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Cather’s Handling of the 1918 Flu
In her Pulitzer-winning “One of Ours,” Cather shows the impact of the 1918 flu.
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