Hollowness is what Babbitt begins to feel as he sees the hypocrisy and homogenized world that he has created. He begins to rebel and seeks to rekindle a new vigor that was lost when he realized how sh… more →
Vanhoff Politicaldavidrochester wrote 1 week ago: 1) Most people trying to write today have no clue what they’re doing. I was forcibly slapped … more →
robertemmet wrote 2 weeks ago: By John Aloysius Farrell There are two possibilities I see, as I contemplate the loathsome media cov … more →
aziomedia wrote 3 weeks ago: Sinclair Lewis This a a rare surviving copy of the New York Times Book Review with American author, … more →
jen wrote 1 month ago: “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” Sinc … more →
Henry Bauer wrote 3 months ago: How to entice into “rethinking AIDS”, into questioning the conventional wisdom, people who have … more →
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vanhoff wrote 3 months ago: Hollowness is what Babbitt begins to feel as he sees the hypocrisy and homogenized world that he has … more →
vanhoff wrote 3 months ago: Babbitt is a novel centered on the hypocrisy of the prosperous and conservative business class of 19 … more →
bookworm wrote 3 months ago: I’ve finished reading The Forbes Book of Great Business Letters: Memos, Missives, Pitches, Pro … more →
jenndiggity wrote 4 months ago: I just finished reading Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and it was fantastic, disgusting, heartwren … more →
politichick wrote 4 months ago: Barack Obama has a chief supporter in Oprah Winfrey, who practically kicked off his campaign when sh … more →
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climach wrote 6 months ago: Salman Rushdie knows language. His sentences twist and drip with images and meanings so … more →
woowooteacup wrote 6 months ago: My writing buddy, Soloist, and I met last night to talk about, what else? Writing. During the cour … more →
Ed Darrell wrote 6 months ago: Oh, my. You can’t purchase the actual poster anywhere. It’s a photographic political c … more →
Lance wrote 6 months ago: In early February of 1948, Sinclair Lewis was quoted in the Gazette and Daily, a York, Pennsylvania, … more →
Mark Athitakis wrote 7 months ago: The New York Times has an excellent story (with audio) on the difficulties of staging and financing … more →
Jake Seliger wrote 7 months ago: Richard Russo said he’s been in Seattle to promote every one of his books, and I wish I’ … more →
Brooke Trout wrote 10 months ago: I ran across a blog and some news clips that I found unsettling. Since I just posted Zeitgeist, a fi … more →