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Remembering Ernest Hemingway on His Birthday

07.21.2022 by Fred Berman //

On July 21, 1899, Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, not far from where another literary icon was born in 1950 (modesty prohibits me saying my name).  Possibly the most over-rated writer in history, this cheap anti-Semitic hack had two things going for him that kept him from fading into the oblivion he so richly deserved;
     1.  He hated Jews and that was enough to get a substantial following of like-minded pond scum.
     2.  He wrote one of the world’s best novels; a literary masterpiece and a favorite of mine: “The Old Man and the Sea.”  For that work alone he should be remembered.  His other works have their place; under a short table leg to act as a stabilizer.

Just my opinion but I think we can all agree I am usually correct.  It’s a gift…and a curse!

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