Macro Literature

Room scenes by Edward Hopper (1882-1967)

Stephen Vincent Benét (b. 22 July 1898)

Happy birthday, Selena Gomez (b. 22 July 1992)

Literary history that happened on 22 July

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The Short Stories Ernest Hemingway

It’s Hemingway’s birthday (b. 21 July 1899), and I happen to be reading a 1932 copy of A Farewell to Arms. This book is quickly becoming a favorite… not so much for the writing itself (it’s pretty good but not great) but for the history of this particular edition. I posted earlier about the old wedding announcement I found between the pages, but I didn’t mention that this book evidently became part of the library of St. Ignatius Residence in Portland, Maine. (No one checked this book out?) And somehow it made it from Maine to California, where I bought it several years ago. So even though it has been owned and given away multiple times, I may be the first person to actually read it. :)

Literary history that happened on 21 July

— A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway (b. 21 July 1899)

The Hemingway Reader and The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

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