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February 28, 2012

So is it okay to admire Ernest Hemingway again?

Hemingway was proud that his books were so close to the earth and yet so high in the heaven of art.

--Milan Kundera, in Immortality

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The author in 1918. Is the Weenie Era over yet?

Posted by JD Hull at February 28, 2012 02:51 AM

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For a new appreciation of Hemingway I recommend the recently-published "Hemingway's Boat" by Paul Hendrickson.

Posted by: Andy Johnston at February 28, 2012 10:04 AM

Thanks, old friend. You've always known your terrain here. I'll go get that one. :)

Posted by: Dan Hull at March 4, 2012 11:23 AM

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