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Ernest Hemingway: A Moveable Feast – A Book Review

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

I decided to give Hemingway another try. I liked “The Old Man and the Sea” enough (having read it in high-school), but found “Green Hills of Africa” insufferable, involving mostly Hemingway wandering around the African Savana whiskey-in-hand talking about what … Continue reading →

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Two Cities of Books

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

When I was a young man in high school and early college I would often drive down to the local Borders or Barnes and Nobles bookstore to peruse the shelves; spending an afternoon reading entire books while seated on the … Continue reading →

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The Rag and Bone Bookshop

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

“Read a book a day” was one of the guidelines of George Whitman to those “tumbleweeds” who visited his English language bookstore Shakespeare and Company in the Latin Quarter of Paris across the Seine from Notre Dame Cathedral. So what … Continue reading →

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