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The Complicated Ethics of Rare-Book Collecting
The Atlantic· 3 days agoIn 1939, Ernest Hemingway left a large collection of his belongings—the manuscript of his earliest short story, childhood trinkets, memorabilia from his...
The Gift of Experiencing ‘Ego Death’
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoESSAY In “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” Ernest Hemingway crafted a tale of a safari gone awry. The protagonist is dying from gangrene when his pain suddenly...
The Years With Ross
The Atlantic· 6 days agoEVERY time I go back to the letters, and there are dozens of them, that Harold Ross wrote me during the last three years of his life, I realize, and marvel, that they formed only a small corner ...
Gabriel García Márquez Wanted His Final Novel Destroyed. Here’s Why His Sons Published It Anyway.
The Huffington Post· 4 days agoFollowing García Márquez’s death in 2014, his bequeathed literary estate included drafts and notes...
On This Day, May 4: Construction begins on Panama Canal
UPI· 2 days agoOn May 4, 1904, construction began on the Panama Canal.
Film Noir Made Me Conservative - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
American Spectator· 4 days agoThe film noir helped shape what intellectuals call my zeitgeist and, I believe, constitutes one of...
Lakewood Ranch Prep class publishes collaborative novel | Your Observer
The Longboat Observer· 3 days agoAlthough not a typical English class lesson, Bockus’ students were learning various literary aspects...
The Rep’s ‘Three Mothers’ promising but overwrought, overwritten
Albany Times Union· 4 days agoThe premise is extraordinarily promising: A contemporary playwright imagines the private meeting in...
Stroller: Mother's Day, App challenge and springtime
Martinsville Bulletin· 2 days agoTHURSDAY’S WORD was smorgasbord, meaning an extensive array or variety. Example: The music festival offered a smorgasbord of musical genres, appealing to all kinds of music lovers. Mother’s ...
Class of ’24 faces bittersweet college graduation amid ongoing protests
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days agoSam Nahins arrived at Columbia University in the fall of 2020 and spent the year taking classes online - hardly thevibrantIvy League experience he’d expected. Now he, like college seniors across ...
