In this episode, I take a deep dive into a Nick Adams Story, "A Way You'll Never Be," in which Hemingway looks to some of the cataclysmic events of World War I that left Nick (and other veterans) so emotionally scarred--something we clearly saw in season 1 with stories like "Soldier's Home" and "Big Two-Hearted River."
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Episode 10: "Big Two-Hearted River Part 2"
With this episode, I conclude my look (for now) at In Our Time. You can make a contribution to the show HERE. You can also make a one-time contribution and Buy me a Coffee. Books referenced in the podcast can be purchased HERE (and I will receive a small percentage of the sale). I also reference an essay of mine in this episode, which you can find HERE.
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Episode 9 "Big Two-Hearted River Pt. I
I take a close look at the first part of Hemingway's masterful story, "Big Two-Hearted River," that ends the collection, In Our Time, reflecting on the way the story ties together many earlier stories from the collection and again focuses on the power of artistic understanding to help contend with complex human emotion.
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Episode 8: "Soldier's Home"
In this episode I take a deep dive into "Soldier's Home," Hemingway's complex look at PTSD, likely derived from his own experiences of being wounded in WWI, and suddenly being back home in Oak Park.
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Episode 7: "Cross Country Snow"
A close look at another Nick Adams story from In Our Time.
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An analysis of Hemingway's stories and novels based on my many years of reading and writing about Hemingway and teaching him to high school and college students. I'm a writer and educator who has presented many essays at international Hemingway conferences and published articles on the nuance and complexity of his work. I put special emphasis on how his work echoes thinkers like Carl Jung and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, paying little attention to the deeds and misdeeds of his life, trying to ignore the tremendous shadow these cast on his art.
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