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The Inevitable Hemingway Episode | Episode 011
Infinite Gestation welcomes special guest Matt Bird for the long-awaited Hemingway episode (hey, you knew we would do one eventually). While not a definitive biography (better books are available on the subject) or bibliography of Hemingway's work, this episode explores some of the interesting facets of the author's persona that have cemented his legend alongside the great works that have earned his status as an indispensable icon of American literature. Discussions of the "Lost Generation" soon transition into themes of toxic masculinity, the need to fulfill the expectations of a manufactured persona, obligatory references to hunting & fishing, pertinent musical questions of who is better (Led Zeppelin or The Beatles), and speculation regarding the reception of Hemingway's work, had he emerged during modern times.
No guns were cleaned during the recording of this episode - however there may have been drinking.
Follow @Infin8Gestation on Twitter • Visit InfiniteGestation.com for complete Show Notes & Links
Matt Bird curated an exhibit in the fall of 2011 at IU-Bloomington's Lilly Library titled "The Character of Ernest Hemingway." The exhibit utilized Hemingway's letters, photographs, typed manuscripts with edits, and artifacts of the Army's investigation into EH's activities during World War II to foster a discussion of Hemingway's personal curation and control of his image. Matt holds an MLS, specializing in Rare Books and Manuscripts, from IU-Bloomington and is currently finishing an MA in Literature at Indiana State University.
His reading interests, at the moment (fiction, non-fiction, etc), touch on graphic novels as literature (Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Brian K. Vaughan), book culture and printing/book-selling history (Umberto Eco, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Nicholas Basbanes), the Lost Generation and the fiction produced by them (Hemingway, Fitzgerald) and catching up on the O. Henry Prize Stories.
Matt taught courses over the last two years at Indiana State University on the subjects of classical mythology, the history of the physical book and its use in fiction, and the history/evolution of libraries.
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Infinite Gestation welcomes special guest Matt Bird for the long-awaited Hemingway episode (hey, you knew we would do one eventually). While not a definitive biography (better books are available on the subject) or bibliography of Hemingway's work, this episode explores some of the interesting facets of the author's persona that have cemented his legend alongside the great works that have earned his status as an indispensable icon of American literature. Discussions of the "Lost Generation" soon transition into themes of toxic masculinity, the need to fulfill the expectations of a manufactured persona, obligatory references to hunting & fishing, pertinent musical questions of who is better (Led Zeppelin or The Beatles), and speculation regarding the reception of Hemingway's work, had he emerged during modern times.
No guns were cleaned during the recording of this episode - however there may have been drinking.
Follow @Infin8Gestation on Twitter • Visit InfiniteGestation.com for complete Show Notes & Links
Matt Bird curated an exhibit in the fall of 2011 at IU-Bloomington's Lilly Library titled "The Character of Ernest Hemingway." The exhibit utilized Hemingway's letters, photographs, typed manuscripts with edits, and artifacts of the Army's investigation into EH's activities during World War II to foster a discussion of Hemingway's personal curation and control of his image. Matt holds an MLS, specializing in Rare Books and Manuscripts, from IU-Bloomington and is currently finishing an MA in Literature at Indiana State University.
His reading interests, at the moment (fiction, non-fiction, etc), touch on graphic novels as literature (Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Brian K. Vaughan), book culture and printing/book-selling history (Umberto Eco, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Nicholas Basbanes), the Lost Generation and the fiction produced by them (Hemingway, Fitzgerald) and catching up on the O. Henry Prize Stories.
Matt taught courses over the last two years at Indiana State University on the subjects of classical mythology, the history of the physical book and its use in fiction, and the history/evolution of libraries.