Tag Archives: Ernest Hemingway

“the damned Irish”

Ernest Hemingway wrote in a letter to Sherwood Anderson – after reading Ulysses: “Joyce has a most goddamn wonderful book. It’ll probably reach you in time. Meantime the report is that he and all his family are starving but you … Continue reading

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“goddamn wonderful”

Ernest Hemingway, true to form: Joyce has a most goddamn wonderful book.

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6 Word Masterpiece

Thanks to CityIslandMichael – I came across this in the New York Post: ERNEST Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in six words. The result: “For sale: baby shoes, never used.” It’s rumored that Hemingway thought it was … Continue reading

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Ernest Hemingway on Ulysses

“Joyce has a most goddamn wonderful book. It’ll probably reach you in time. Meantime the report is that he and all his family are starving but you can find the whole celtic crew of them every night in Michaud’s where … Continue reading

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“I Beat Mr. Turgenev.”

Here’s another quote from Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway was asked, by an interview, about another so-called “war writer”, who thought of himself as Tolstoy: He never hears a shot fired in anger, and he sets out to beat who? Tolstoy, an … Continue reading

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Unserious Birds

Here is Ernest Hemingway on New York City: In this town birds fly, but they’re not serious about it.

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