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tacocat  ·  1488 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Poem

Don't think Hemingway called his reactive short story a poem

Bullshit artist didn't respect the art form of poetry





tacocat  ·  1488 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Lousy beatnik.

am_Unition  ·  1477 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No seriously, everyone, the guy was lousy

    Hey I'm a writer, so I can put my dick where'ere I want

- Hemmingway's conscience, apparently

    his son, Bumby

No but that's forreal. Bumby. How did two people agree to that??

tacocat  ·  1477 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"What if a guy couldn't use his dick? One for the canon right there baby."

am_Unition  ·  1477 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The other kid would be named "Dimbo".

Origin story for "Dimbo": One time like two years ago, I was making fun of my wife for something, and she goes "Well I'm not just some blonde dimbo!", meaning to say "dumbo" or "bimbo", but we laughed for the next five minutes straight, solid

am_Unition  ·  1488 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And while we're at it, Key West is overrun with tourist trap bullshit. I'd rather go almost anywhere else.

There are always some legit spots for locals emerging and fading, but man, I'd be frustrated if I lived there for even a few months of the year.

tacocat  ·  1488 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Lousy ass. I read a really good criticism of the sun always rises. Probably couldn't find it. Not sure if I can get in my Twitter where I saved it

tacocat  ·  1488 days ago  ·  link  ·  

First rejection for a novel of his. I suppose

tacocat  ·  1488 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Scathing

tacocat  ·  1488 days ago  ·  link  ·  
am_Unition  ·  1488 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wow. A seemingly-righteous feministic roasting of the patriarchy. In 1925. Solid and scathing, yep. Suck it, Ernest.

mk  ·  1487 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Martha Gellhorn was a badass that got fed up with his shit.

I love Hemingway's short stories, however. Remove his flaws, and they would suck.

tacocat  ·  1485 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Kinda what I thought when I read the book too

Probably only finished because his prose is simple

I don’t hate him categorically. But fuck that book so much

user-inactivated  ·  1487 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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