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Adele Fasick's avatar

What an interesting idea. The project reminds me of so many of the books I heard of or read years ago. It's nice to know that they are still being talked about.

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Kathleen McCook's avatar

I'm really impressed someone still has the skill to type on a manual.

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elm's avatar

"Youd will retype The Man with the Golden Arm on the same make/model typewriter that Algren himself used, a Remington 17."

Umm, OK! Sure! (I just remember the movie with Frank Sinatra in it.)

elm

i've never seen or read /leave her to heaven/

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Kathleen McCook's avatar

_The Man with the Golden Arm_ takes place right after WWII in Polish Chicago. Odd fact about Algren--he had a long affair with Simone de Beauvoir.

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Kathleen McCook's avatar

Quite a trail of passion, intrigue and crazy love.

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elm's avatar

Yeah! I'm wouldn't knock Sartre et de Beauvoir for being polyamourous (in the current terminology), since I endeavour to be super tolerant (it's built into my psychology according to the psych tests), but I do have to say picking off undergrads for quicky affairs is *really* kind of tacky and awful. Talking shit about said undergrads after the fact is a bit much.

elm

too much is...ok, maybe it's just too much

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Kathleen McCook's avatar

elm--the article about NA and SdB was simply wonderful. I had never known how they connected. Will be following up on other recs. Thank you.

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elm's avatar

Mon plaisir, cheri! 😎 That picture of de Beauvoir's butt stuck in mind when I first saw it on twitter years ago. (I have weakness for cheesecake, particularly mid-20th century cheesecake, sorry! 🫣☺) So I went looking for that, thinking it was Kerouac, and hit the Algren/de Beauvoir except, so I *had* to give that you!

elm

late night search follies

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Kathleen McCook's avatar

I'm sure SdB thought it was ok. She was buried with NA's ring.

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The Dandy Highwayman's avatar

Um, they could just type their OWN book.

I am not getting the joke here, obv.

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Kathleen McCook's avatar

Neither did I but maybe typing is now seen as so arcane...like spinning your own wool?

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David Roberts's avatar

Such a cool idea!

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Kathleen McCook's avatar

Manual typewriter. Hard work.

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