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16. Something to do with the special on him... I guess

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Mon Apr 5, 2021, 10:02 AM

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If you don't like Hemmingway, DON'T READ HIM [View all] orangecrush Apr 2021 OP

Hemingway CurtEastPoint Apr 2021 #1

Critic! orangecrush Apr 2021 #53

Maybe spell his name correctly?? nt USALiberal Apr 2021 #2

Yes. Important. Treefrog Apr 2021 #12

If you google 15 famous bad spellers multigraincracker Apr 2021 #14

Thanks for this. But how did you find it in the first place? Surely you... LAS14 Apr 2021 #23

I suffer from a few learning disabilities that affect my language skills. multigraincracker Apr 2021 #32

Wo! Glad I asked and read this inspiring mini-biography! nt LAS14 Apr 2021 #36

I used to be the director of a dyslexia clinic Poiuyt Apr 2021 #80

I read a book by our friend Thom Hartman multigraincracker Apr 2021 #81

I have a minimal level of dyslexia... electric_blue68 Apr 2021 #93

Hmmm TuxedoKat Apr 2021 #100

😄 I finally got used to "Balrog"! 😁 electric_blue68 Apr 2021 #104

.... orangecrush Apr 2021 #55

I did! orangecrush Apr 2021 #54

Hemingway USALiberal Apr 2021 #61

It's a joke orangecrush Apr 2021 #62

Lol, ok, good one, I should've picked that up. Nt USALiberal Apr 2021 #65

What's really weird orangecrush Apr 2021 #64

He's in good company DFW Apr 2021 #94

The PBS program is on tonite... nt mitch96 Apr 2021 #3

Thanks! I didn't know this! Treefrog Apr 2021 #27

Thanks, I'm recording the series now eissa Apr 2021 #77

"I'm a fan of anything Ken Burns". meeeee toooooo!!! nt mitch96 Apr 2021 #99

Is there an anti- Hemingway crusade going on, or something? whathehell Apr 2021 #4

Something to do with the special on him... I guess whistler162 Apr 2021 #16

YES orangecrush Apr 2021 #56

Why should NPR (or anyone) 'apologize' for him? whathehell Apr 2021 #67

I see... you're pretending a literary and social critique is an apology. LanternWaste Apr 2021 #85

Well, his attitudes toward women was for shit. Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2021 #97

Agree. Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2021 #5

No idea where this is coming from, but I like him and I read him. TreasonousBastard Apr 2021 #6

Love the first two paragraphs of a Polly Hennessey Apr 2021 #7

A shout out to Ash from Evil Dead. TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #11

What prompted this? smirkymonkey Apr 2021 #8

I love that he misspelled words, I assume on purpose Johonny Apr 2021 #9

How do you know you don't like Hemingway if you don't read him? eom DonViejo Apr 2021 #10

As a human being. orangecrush Apr 2021 #57

"If you don't like what NRP has to say, don't listen to them!!!" LanternWaste Apr 2021 #86

Don't like him and don't read him PatSeg Apr 2021 #13

thank you. bigtree Apr 2021 #17

Oh yes, that sums it very succinctly PatSeg Apr 2021 #22

"I found him to be a misogynistic, self-absorbed bore." My Aunt went to Key West back in mitch96 Apr 2021 #47

What a cool aunt. I've seen Hemingway's appalachiablue Apr 2021 #69

How incredible to hear from someone PatSeg Apr 2021 #76

She was in the off Off OFF Broadway theater in NYC. She was a book person and loved the mitch96 Apr 2021 #78

Same here. His brilliance was real, but I didn't enjoy any of Hortensis Apr 2021 #18

I took a college English course PatSeg Apr 2021 #24

Funny. My first impression that I remember (looong ago!) was a brief Hortensis Apr 2021 #31

I think mine was the way he PatSeg Apr 2021 #37

Now that you mention Maria, it's a date! Hortensis Apr 2021 #48

We can work out the details later! PatSeg Apr 2021 #49

Have you read "A Moveable Feast"? I love it! betsuni Apr 2021 #51

I'm reading this now. Just a coincidence that I picked it up right before the Burns film Iris Apr 2021 #63

I especially like the parts about being hungry, and food. betsuni Apr 2021 #66

I like Hemingway and can't stand Steinbeck. bluedigger Apr 2021 #20

Oh absolutely PatSeg Apr 2021 #29

I've never read Cilantro lame54 Apr 2021 #26

Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Apr 2021 #30

Keep up the good work. Duncan Grant Apr 2021 #105

Same here. Not a fan n/t kcr Apr 2021 #34

Apparently, there are quite a few who agree with us PatSeg Apr 2021 #42

Agree, not into him and never will be. nt Raine Apr 2021 #73

same goes for me lanlady Apr 2021 #101

I had an English teacher in junior college PatSeg Apr 2021 #103

Looking for something to do this year multigraincracker Apr 2021 #15

I loved "A Moveable Feast" when it was discovered after his death. It was funny; a great read. CTyankee Apr 2021 #19

Technically, it is still legal in Spain PatSeg Apr 2021 #38

He recounts one story about a car trip to Paris with Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and they are all CTyankee Apr 2021 #45

Thanks! PatSeg Apr 2021 #46

I don't see any wisdom in his ironic criticism of critics. Didn't he see that it made HIM a critic? Towlie Apr 2021 #21

That's an interesting point PatSeg Apr 2021 #39

I'm enjoying this thread. I'm glad some people disregarded your advice so they... LAS14 Apr 2021 #25

Read him a long time ago ismnotwasm Apr 2021 #28

... except when you are forced to, such as high school. apnu Apr 2021 #33

For me F. Scott Fitzgerald PatSeg Apr 2021 #40

I read him when I was younger and liked him. Interesting article about the FBI and Hemingway. jalan48 Apr 2021 #35

It is believed he had a hereditary condition PatSeg Apr 2021 #41

And shock treatments for D later appalachiablue Apr 2021 #70

"A brilliant cure but you lost the patiemt" Cetacea Apr 2021 #91

Yeah. If I only partook of the arts of people whose life I admired I would be limiting myself great alphafemale Apr 2021 #43

THANK YOU! orangecrush Apr 2021 #58

Hang on - in #57, you made it clear you meant "if you don't like him as a person" in the OP muriel_volestrangler Apr 2021 #96

Good point. orangecrush Apr 2021 #98

In my early 20s I went through a period of genuine love for Hemingway FakeNoose Apr 2021 #44

Thanks! orangecrush Apr 2021 #59

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That's one reason I avoid reading him, Raine Apr 2021 #72

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A Farewell to Arms tirebiter Apr 2021 #52

Thanks orangecrush Apr 2021 #60

Great take by the wonderful Lindsey Ellis. cinematicdiversions Apr 2021 #68

How can I criticise him if I don't read him? meadowlander Apr 2021 #71

The series is running on PBS 3 nights, about 2hrs long each, also on Prime Video, good stuff Shanti Shanti Shanti Apr 2021 #74

Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole pecosbob Apr 2021 #75

I watched the first segment of the PBS documentary last night. Paladin Apr 2021 #79

I enjoyed segment one as well. Xavier Breath Apr 2021 #87

There is more than VGNonly Apr 2021 #83

I liked his story about an election decided by an internet kill switch. LanternWaste Apr 2021 #84

Bye bye orangecrush Apr 2021 #95

I read many of his books in high school college prep English. llmart Apr 2021 #88

Really, Ernest and what are serial philanderers? misanthrope Apr 2021 #89

Orson WELLES-"I made fun of him...was not in his clan... fond of him... his humor not in his books" UTUSN Apr 2021 #90

I say that about every author! Nt VarryOn Apr 2021 #92

Another good Ken Burns series---but very dark. Paladin Apr 2021 #102