Showing posts with label Ernest Hemingway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ernest Hemingway. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Where the Books Went

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The books had become a burden. That’s not a sentence I would ever have dreamed of writing when I was younger. “Younger” meaning eighte...
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Friday, May 24, 2019

This Memorial Day, Will Everyone Please Be Quiet, Please?

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In a perfect world, Memorial Day would be as quiet as the grave. But we don’t live in a perfect world. We live in a country that, for th...
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Saturday, March 16, 2019

A Dead Man’s Books: Jennifer Spiegel’s Library

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Reader:  Jennifer Spiegel Location:   Phoenix, Arizona Collection Size:  No real clue. The one book I'd run back into a burning...
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Saturday, November 11, 2017

Chasing Spiders With a Pen: Gary Reilly’s War

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by Mark Stevens I know jackshit about war. In particular, Vietnam. I had a low draft number but then the draft was cancelled, right ...
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Friday, November 4, 2016

Friday Freebie: Vanity Fair’s Writers on Writers

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Congratulations to Nebojsa Zlatanovic , winner of last week’s Friday Freebie: Father Figure by Lamar Herrin. This week’s contest is fo...
Thursday, November 3, 2016

All the Hungry Possibilities: Elizabeth J. Church’s Library

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Reader:  Elizabeth J. Church Location:  Los Alamos, NM Collection Size:  est. 6,000 The one book I’d run back into a burning building...
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Thursday, August 25, 2016

Book Radar: Paul Auster, Martyn Burke, Paula McLain, Kathleen Alcott, Michael Crichton, Christian McKay Heidicker

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Book Radar rounds up some of the latest publishing deals which have caught my eye, gathered from reports at Publishers Marketplace ,...
Wednesday, May 4, 2016

It Started in Wood Shop: Chris McClelland’s Library and Its First Resident, J.R.R. Tolkien

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Reader:  Chris McClelland Location:  Provo, Utah Library Size:  Approximately 250 books My personal library had its humble beginni...