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Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway: Crossdresser

Ernest Hemingway boxing

Hemingway’s mom, Grace Hall Hemingway, was a little off: Ernest had four sisters but always wanted a brother, vocally expressing his discontent at the births of his two sibling sisters. In his very early childhood his mother, as was not totally uncommon, dressed Ernest in frilly girls clothes and paraded him and his elder sister, Ernest Hemingway: Crossdresser

The Great Gatsby and A Farewell To Arms, Redux

I just bought these used but brand new at Half Price Books. There were other editions that were a dollar less but I bought these because I liked their covers. This is what “splurging” means when you have a mortgage and two kids.

Book Review: All Quiet on the Western Front

Continuing my unofficial tour of all the books you read in high school and never entertained a thought about again, I come to All Quiet on the Western Front. Erich Maria Remarque’s archaic, turn-of-the-century German prose, weirded out teenage reading levels America-wide and was rivaled only by Hemingway’s casual, complacent-shrug narration about life-changing events. All Book Review: All Quiet on the Western Front

The Appropriation of Nonsense, Part 2

Read the first part here. If you’re on Facebook, chances are you’ve listed quotes that reflect your philosophy or outlook on life. They are quotes with which we agree from people we admire, but there’s never a real opportunity to showcase the ones we don’t like — unless you have your own blog and can The Appropriation of Nonsense, Part 2