Monthly Archives: October 2019

The October Storm and After

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

There is something nostalgic and haunting about soviet literature. I often wonder why that is…? How did writers participating in a project as wicked as that one harness the written word to such a degree as to be able to … Continue reading →

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I Come From Homer

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

What responsibility does a writer have to the world around him? Should he be good, and kind? Faithful and free and gentle? Should he suffer the little children and fight for the weak and make common cause with the powerless? … Continue reading →

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For Whom the Bell Tolls – A Review

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

There is a certain amount of nostalgia and some sadness in Hemingway’s best novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls”. How could there not be? It’s about the Spanish Civil War; that most terrible of events pitting the bad against the … Continue reading →

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