Comments on: An Interview with F. Scott Fitzgerald http://drinkinanddronin.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/an-interview-with-f-scott-fitzgerald/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:38:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: J.R. http://drinkinanddronin.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/an-interview-with-f-scott-fitzgerald/#comment-166 J.R. Mon, 19 May 2008 21:30:30 +0000 http://drinkinanddronin.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-166 One guy who was probably more depressed and drunk than Hemingway--all these depressed Mid-western authors--maybe its American authors--I don't think you can be happy and be an American author. I have have an article on Hemingway and how he got the F out of Chicago and said his hometown was full of "wide lawns and narrow minds."--its still true although the area has expanded to hellish proportion to the point where people are cars--maybe i'm ranting--but its true. Thank God for medication, all those authors might have made it a little longer if they had the pharmaceutical advances we do. One guy who was probably more depressed and drunk than Hemingway–all these depressed Mid-western authors–maybe its American authors–I don’t think you can be happy and be an American author.

I have have an article on Hemingway and how he got the F out of Chicago and said his hometown was full of “wide lawns and narrow minds.”–its still true although the area has expanded to hellish proportion to the point where people are cars–maybe i’m ranting–but its true. Thank God for medication, all those authors might have made it a little longer if they had the pharmaceutical advances we do.

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