Hemingway would be a “content manager” at some website without a war to go fight in.

No. I’m literally saying the opposite. The racism isn’t good. But the times weren’t good for race in general. Hemingway was a TOTAL DICK. But I honestly think that when it comes to racist he was a garden variety racist for the time. He wasn’t burning crosses are supporting Nazis.

At the risk of sounding like an old, I…

A man with that much talent, drive, obstinance and most of all charisma would probably be famous in any era. Probably wouldn’t be a literary legend now though, you’re right... I think he’d have a trajectory of fame and disgrace. 

I’m not a fast reader by any means, but I also I finished The Old Man and The Sea in a day. That one, in particular, is very easy to get engrossed in and just breeze through.

I’m a fan, too, and am glad to see someone acknowledge “his work stands apart”. It’s sad to think that, if Hemingway were a contemporary author, he would not have the impact today—perhaps even the career--with all the social movements.

And he even bred them for six toes for extra eating!

Yeah, I know that. Always wondered if he wrote that as a bit of a “what if ...”

I chose The Old Man and The Sea; I finished it the same day I started.

...a wartime bystander...

If you want to have an uncomplicated love of a certain artist’s work, learn as little as possible about that artist. They will all disappoint you, every last one.

Hemingway, the myth and the writing, will always hold a special place in my heart, even if he was already seen as the problematic symbol of the American “canon” even back when I was a writing major in ‘95.

“I’m Ernest Hemingway and now I am going to eat this cat.”

As a teacher, I must say:

May she be eating the absolute pants off some shrimp, forever & ever. RIP, Mrs. Walter.

“Get rid of the Seaward.” -Michael to Gob

Do you want death notices that bum me out?

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