Ernest Hemingway

The old is new again at Saturday Evening Post

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Saturday Evening Post, a centuries-old publication that helped make illustrator Norman Rockwell a household name and showcased some of America's greatest writers, is returning to its roots to show...

Theory in Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms

Lukács and Marxist Criticism versus Brooks and New Criticism Ernest Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms could be seen as an exemplar of Modernism and in conflict with Marxist thought. In “The Ideology of Modernism,” Georg...

Sonny Garrett's Odds & Ends: Catalogues are books of dreams

I got a new catalogue this week from the Duluth Trading Co. You may have seen a couple of ads for the company at The Bulletin Web site. There are times when I do order from a catalogue, but mostly they're just wish books, like...

Find the authentic Spain in Madrid

The attractive Plaza Mayor is Madrid's main square Ernest Hemingway, who loved Spain almost as much as his mojitos, said of Madrid: "I do not believe anyone likes it much when he first goes there." So why then did the American...

INT: Michael Mann

Michael Mann's newest epic, PUBLIC ENEMIES, is released today and he could not have cast three more brilliant performers. The film stars Johnny Depp as 1930's bank robber and folk hero John Dillinger, Marion Cotillard as his...

On the second day of July

… in 1776 the Continental Congress approved a resolution declaring independence. Twelve of the 13 colonies voted in favor. (New York did not approve independence until July 9th.) Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of...

Fame beyond the grave

Nicolette Jones surveys the writers who made their mark posthumously, including Siobhan Dowd, the winner of the Carnegie Medal Last week, Siobhan Dowd won the CILIP Carnegie Medal for Bog Child. She died of breast cancer in...

Joe Posnanski: Mariano Rivera's a true Yankee, almost mythical in his dominance

If there's an expression of the Yankee myth, it's Mariano Rivera in the ninth Rivera has 502 saves by essentially throwing one pitch -- the cut fastball Rivera learned the pitch in 1997 while playing catch with Ramiro Mendoza...

Today in History: July 2nd

Today is Thursday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2009. There are 182 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution saying that "these United Colonies are, and of...

No ‘Farewell’: Hemingway lives on Ark. town

Writer’s forgotten, remote haven is a place of renewed interest to visitors A woman walks past the converted barn once used as a studio by author Ernest Hemingway in Piggott, Ark. Eleven photographers come together to celebrate...

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