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What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle

Can patter out their hasty orisons...

-- Wilfred Owen

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[-] neptune@dmv.social 35 points 1 year ago

Ernest Hemingway would out drink, out spit, poetry slam this guy to death with his bare hands.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hemmingway didn’t do any of the things he said he did- or rather, paid people to take him there and show him things. He certainly wasn’t a skilled hunter, and he’ll was a merely adequate writer.

Which is why all the good bits were shadow written

Which, I can’t really disagree with your statement. Tuberville is that useless, after all.

[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I've seen and heard nothing about Hemingway having a shadow writer? He was certainly a drunk and not entirely a good person, even for his time.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Never heard that about Hemingway, but I have heard that about Tennessee Williams. Maybe they're confusing the two?

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Wait until you find out who shakespear’s shadow writer was.

It’s actually historically very common. Most of the “classics” had them.

[-] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Where do u get this nonsense ? There’s no hard evidence for ghost writer theory and not much evidence at all.

Scholars have said such a theory is highly improbable

[-] Spacebar@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Did Hemmingway write 100% accurate biographical accounts of his experiences? No. He was a fiction writer who self promoted and built a brand.

To each is own. I'm not a huge fan, but he's hardly the first writer to build his own ethos.

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