Artist Edward Hopper's Lost America Nov 16, 2009
Hopper s Barber Shop offers a visual counterpart to Sinclair Lewis 1922 novel Babbitt, which details the "rich and delicate" luxury of the Pompeian Barber Shop and its steaming hot towels, fawning staff, and "hundreds of tonics, amber and ruby and emerald." ... Babbitt Sinclair Lewis (Dover Thrift Editions, 2003). (Suite101.com)
The Palin Persuasion Nov 13, 2009
such towns as Galesburg, Monmouth, and Dixon--just the sorts of places responsible for one of the raging themes of American literature, the soul-murdering complacency of our provinces, without which the careers of Edwin Arlington Robinson, Sherwood Anderson, Sinclair Lewis, and Willa Cather, to name just a few, would never have found glory. The best and brightest fled all our Galesburgs and Dixons, if they could, but [Reagan] was not among them. (CBS News -- Opinion)
Hemingway’s papers come to JFK Library Oct 29, 2009
Other documents in the collection include letters to Hemingway from his family, including his mother, Grace Hall, and his sons John and Patrick; more than a dozen letters from Adriana Ivanich, a muse for his novel Across the River and Into the Trees ; and letters to Mary Hemingway written when they first met and were both serving as correspondents in Europe covering World War II. It also includes letters or cables from luminaries such as photographer Robert Capa, musician Pablo Casals, actress... (Boston Globe)
Tant: Right-wingers can't have it both ways with Obama Oct 24, 2009
In 1930, when controversial novelist Sinclair Lewis became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, some of the precursors of today's crybaby conservatives set up quite a howl against the award to the acerbic author. Critics of the writer grumped that Lewis was given the Nobel only because his unflattering portrayals of American people and institutions naturally found favor among the effete and ungrateful Europeans who awarded the prize. (Athens Banner-Herald)
'Appearance': Andrea Higgins' fresh paintings Oct 23, 2009
When Sinclair Lewis' "Babbitt" was published, the seething 1922 portrait of materialism, chauvinism and their violent discontents brought new life to Oscar Wilde's dictum that "there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." Although the fictional Midwestern town portrayed in the novel isn't exactly a shining beacon of humanity, several newspapers in the area claimed that their fair cities were the settings for the satirical romp ...... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
For author of ‘Not Now, Voyager,’ there’s no place like home Oct 18, 2009
She is not alone, and quotes in support such varied writers as Sinclair Lewis in Dodsworth ( the irritation of getting tickets, packing, finding trains. digging out passports, and fighting through customs ) and W.G. Sebald in The Emigrants ( sitting in the train, the country passing by. (Boston Globe)
Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone? Oct 17, 2009
Sinclair Lewis thought he was witnessing Philistinism in excelsis when he wrote his debunking novels in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s and Lewis was a thoroughgoing and incorrigible Philistine himself. In fact, he hadn t seen anything yet. (The American Conservative)
Daily TV and radio guide Sep 19, 2009
Adaptation of Sinclair Lewis s novel, with Burt Lancaster and Shirley Jones (both won Oscars). NR (1960). (Boston Globe)
The Rescue of The Lost Battalion Sep 18, 2009
" The unit, commanded by Lt. Marty Higgins, had repelled a series of German attacks. But food and ammunition were running short. Attempts to air drop supplies had only minimal success, and casualties were mounting. On Oct. 29, Dahlquist showed up at the 100th Battalion command post, demanding more aggressive action. But that simply resulted in Dahlquist's aide, Lt. Wells Lewis, being killed by sniper fire. Lewis, the son of Nobel Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis, died in the general's arms.... (Suite101.com)
Garrett Peck discusses Prohibition and its aftermath Sep 18, 2009
There s a Sinclair Lewis quote from Babbitt that I included in the book. I don t know how you fellows feel about Prohibition, but the way it strikes me is that it s a mighty beneficial thing for the poor zob that hasn t got any will-power, but for fellows like us, it s an infringement of personal liberty. (Boston Globe)
Good Books Dont Have to Be Hard, Lev Grossman, The Wall Street Journal Sep 1, 2009
Pity the poor Pulitzer judge for 1926, who had to choose between "The Professor's House," "The Great Gatsby," "Arrowsmith" and "An American Tragedy." (It went to "Arrowsmith." Sinclair Lewis prissily declined the prize. The 20th century had a full century's worth of masterpieces before it was half over. (Harper's Magazine)
Kidnap Suspect Linked to Prostitute Slays? Aug 29, 2009
Mainer, as Sinclair Lewis said, "when Fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.". by Marc1986 August 28, 2009 8:52 AM EDT. (CBS News)
Arts and entertainment events calendar Aug 28, 2009
Sinclair Lewis 2009 Writers Conference, Oct. 10 in auditorium; cost is $60 for adults, $55 for college students and senior citizens and free for high school students, but they have to register and pay for lunch and breaks: More information go to www. saukhearald. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
The Magnificent Mencken Aug 28, 2009
His friendship with Sinclair Lewis was strained to the breaking point by Lewis s dipsomania and shabby behavior. And he found repugnant Dreiser s adulteries and prodigious womanizing while she lived with her husband, hardly a day went by that Mrs. Dreiser did not come home to find lipstick prints here and discarded brassieres there. (The American Conservative)
Tracing Welsh Ancestry Aug 27, 2009
Some well known Welsh descendants in America are actress Bette Davis, actor Humphrey Bogart, explorers Daniel Boone and Meriwether Lewis, authors Sinclair Lewis and Jack London, comedian Bob Hope and U. S. presidents James Madison, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James Monroe, Calvin Coolidge and current President Barack Obama. The copyright of the article Tracing Welsh Ancestry in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
STRINGER BEEPS OUT AIDE'S SPEECH RIGHTS Aug 3, 2009
What happened to Landor is eerily similar to the 1935 book "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis. In the book, the main character must fight the censorship of speech, thought and ideas. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Holiday magazine: A majestic trip to 1961 S.F. Aug 2, 2009
Reporting on the city's nascent counterculture is theater critic and producer Kenneth Tynan, creator of the seminal, sexy "Oh! Calcutta!" Tynan's canny take in "San Francisco: The Rebels" harks back to cultural malcontents Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Sinclair Lewis, William Saroyan, Isadora Duncan and Gertrude Stein and contemporaries including Alan Watts, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Kenneth Rexroth. Taken together, according to Tynan, they illustrate that "In this bright, free-wheeling,... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Random House Publisher Profile Aug 1, 2009
Random House is home to world famous, contemporary authors such as John Grisham, Danielle Steel, Michael Crichton, Anne Rice, Dean Koontz and Dr. Seuss and literary legends like James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, William Faulkner and Sinclair Lewis. About Random House. (Suite101.com)
Click to read:Calif. Leaders Reach Deal on Budget Gap Jul 21, 2009
The Nobel prize winning author Sinclair Lewis said, "when facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." I'm certain it is here right now and you don't have to look any further then the huge growth of psuedo-christian churchs that are just evangelical hate factories in disguise. These people are no different then the radical Muslims they preach against. (CBS News)
Tant: Train is best route to nation's capital Jul 18, 2009
On a street near the city's Du Pont Circle, Joy and I found and photographed the modest two-story row house where the controversial and iconoclastic author Sinclair Lewis lived when he finished "Main Street," the novel that would catapult him to fame and fortune when it was published in 1920. A decade later, when Lewis became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, he called "Main Street" "my first novel to arouse the embattled peasantry." With puckish humor, Lewis added... (Athens Banner-Herald)
R&R Makes A Unique Comeback: Recessionary Road-Trippers Hit the Pavement Racking Up Miles & Smiles Jul 2, 2009
Once a Bohemian playground drawing the likes of Ansel Adams, Jack London, Robinson Jeffers, Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair, today visitors are more likely to run into ex-mayor Clint Eastwood (1986-1990), Pebble Beach players and celebrities seeking a bit of solace. Hikers who value nature at its naked best can head South on Highway 1 and experience true bliss at Point Lobos State Nature Reserve, home to some of the region's most dramatic seascapes and thousands of seabirds, seals, sea lions... (PR Newswire)
Click to read:Inside Hemingway's Havana House Jun 19, 2009
Like this one - in the fall of 1944: "I'm so damned anxious not to be killed, Pickle on account of loving you." And this letter from fellow writer Sinclair Lewis: "Dear Ernest- Jesus, that's a great book, "Bell Tolls. " "What would have happened if these documents had been left as is. (CBS News)
Why Feel Embarrassed By The World of Business? (Part I) Jun 19, 2009
During his historic speech to the Swedish Academy in 1930, novelist Sinclair Lewis lamented the fact that In America most of us not readers alone, but even writers are still afraid of any literature which is not a glorification of everything American, a glorification of our faults as well as our virtues. At the same historical moment that Mussolini ruled Italy, Stalin reigned in Russia, the militarists already dominated Japan and Germany poised on the verge of Nazi takeover, the... (Townhall.com)
Hypocrisy, thy name is Mel Gibson Jun 2, 2009
That meme was popularized by author Sinclair Lewis in 1927, when he drew on real life examples to paint a vividly disturbing portrait of a religious charlatan in his classic novel Elmer Gantry. . (MSNBC -- News)
APA Honors the Year's Best Audiobooks at 14th Annual Audies Gala in New York City Jun 1, 2009
com Executive Producer: Shiloh Light Foundation Producer: Luke Thoene Director: Anne Rosenfeld Inspirational / Faith-Based Non-Fiction The Word of Promise(R): Next Generation--New Testament By: ICB Translation Read by: Sean Astin and cast Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc. Executive Producer/Co-Producer: Dan Lynch Producer: Carl Amari Directors: John Kirby and Jeff Lupetin Production Supervisor: Brenda Noel Literary Fiction Elmer Gantry By: Sinclair Lewis Read by: Anthony Heald Publisher: Blackstone... (PR Newswire)
Homosexuality is a sin May 18, 2009
Last Updated on Monday, May 11, 2009 - 09:18:29 pm AKDT. News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Tant: For 35 years, a chronicler of the American cavalcade Apr 11, 2009
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sinclair Lewis was correct when he said, "Every compulsion is placed upon writers to be safe, polite, obedient and sterile." Writer Elbert Hubbard was right when he said, "To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.". Newspapers are called "the first rough draft of history," and during a span of more than a third of a century as an Athens scribe I have seen much history as it happened and have had the opportunity to talk with many of the makers of... (Athens Banner-Herald)
NY TIMES threatens to shut down BOSTON GLOBE... Apr 4, 2009
Posted by Eric Arthur Blair April 3, 09 10:35 PM" genuinely funny...and accurate...two thumbs up, way up! Posted by wearedone April 3, 09 10:48 PM Such hatred and vitriol on the conservative side of the ledger. What a sad commentary. Check your history, folks. Unions made the country a much more fair place and newspapers kept the politicians honest. Without either, you'd have an oligarchy and this country's civil society would be much, much poorer. Sure, there's some bias on the editorial page -... (The Drudge Report)
Court ruling favors Franken... Apr 1, 2009
" - adcurt Because those are not their rules. You know...rules, laws, regulations...things that GOVERN society and keep it from going haywire. Few states have run-offs, due to the added costs involved. Course, an individual state could change the way they do things...and have it apply to the NEXT election.radicaliray Party: NA Reply #11 Date: Mar. 31, 2009 - 5:25 PM EST This should not go further than the State Supreme Court! This is a state issue not a federal issue. Every state has their own... (The Drudge Report)
An exuberant balance between music and dance Mar 23, 2009
Inspired by the novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis, and composed for the phenomenal young saxophonist Wallace Halladay, Babbitt is a farrago of different styles, from lush, romantic impressionism to Big Band swing, a separate style for each of the four saxophones soprano, alto, tenor and baritone that Halladay plays, each one corresponding to a different aspect of the title character's chameleon-like personality. Jay Hirabayashi's choreography seemed less collaboration than commentary: It... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Inside The Embryonic Stem Cell Debate Mar 10, 2009
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." - Sinclair Lewis. Posted by DefendLiberty at 9:47 PM : Mar 9, 2009. (CBS News)
Get behind the gun cause Mar 9, 2009
Observer wrote on Mar 8, 2009 2:58 PM:" It does not appear HR45 will get far AT THIS TIME however in the event of a real or staged crisis(like the German Reichatag fire) or other "emergency" it could become active. Rahm Emmanuel states "no crisis should go to waste" and the Chicago Gang would waste no time in eploiting one at the expense of our Constitutional rights. With the many difficulties we face and the prospect of hyperinflation in the near future America is ripe fruit for a potential... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Sinclair Lewis Biography Feb 15, 2009
Biography of American writer, Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Novelist Sinclair Lewis is famous for his books Arrowsmith and Babbitt ... Early Life of Sinclair Lewis. (Suite101.com)
Where is Americas best hotel? Feb 7, 2009
Several decades later, the Ranch boasted a guest list that could substitute for a gossip page: Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, Audrey Hepburn, Groucho Marx, Winston Churchill, Sinclair Lewis, Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock have all stayed here. John Houston finished writing the screenplay for The African Queen while in residence; Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh were married on the grounds; and Oprah regularly puts up her guests here. (MSNBC -- Travel)
