Posts in the category “books”
The Heming Way
I just received an email from the publisher of a new book about Hemingway. The book is titled The Heming Way: How to Unleash the Booze-Inhaling, Animal-Slaughtering, War-Glorifying, Hairy-Chested Retro-Sexual Legend Within, Just Like Papa!. The email asked if I’d be interested in getting a copy to review, to which I of course replied in
To Have and Have Another
How to drink like Hemingway
Republican Party Reptile
A boy is hitchhiking on a country road. A car stops for him, and the driver asks, “Are you a Republican or a Democrat?” “Democrat,” says the boy, and the car speeds off. Another car stops, and the driver asks, “Are you a Republican or a Democrat?” “Democrat,” says the boy, and the car speeds
Happy Birthday, Papa
Today would have been the 113th birthday of Ernest Hemingway, born in Oak Park, Illinois. He started his writing life as a journalist, but when he was in Paris after World War I, working as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star, he was encouraged to take a more literary turn by other American writers
Across the River and into the Trees
On reading Hemingway to my son
Ernest Hemingway’s Favorite Books
“In a 1935 piece for Esquire magazine … Ernest Hemingway listed seventeen books that were among his favorites.” — via kottke.org
Small Vices
Reading a book for the second time
Globalization at Mach Speed
If you enjoy reading things which are awesome, I highly suggest grabbing a copy of Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed, by Gregg Easterbrook. It took less than two pages for my jaw to drop, but that wasn’t unexpected; I’ve loved every Easterbrook article, haiku, and book I’ve ever read. The man is a genius.
#FridayFive: Villains
View the Friday Five from April 9th, 2010
#FridayFive: Favorite Magazines
View the Friday Five from February 5th, 2010