Watched the last two depressing episodes of Ken Burn's cancelculturefest bio of Toxic Hemingway. The good news is we will have lots of Pence and Trumplet books to read. For Whom The Cash Register Rolls. cnn.com/2021/04/07/pol…
Hemingway is hard to read but no one can take away the books even if the myth got beat up by a skinny old guy in a child actor's toupee. Pretty much everything in the doc about "Papa" is terrible, embarrassing, dastardly and ugly. I hope we don't lose Shakespeare to Me Too.
It was good filmmaking but it left out the PR aspect of authors and publishers that are often required to sell books. Hemingway embellished his story's because his audience wanted more. A warning to those who want their work stand on its own. Even if it doesn't sell as well.
But back to Pence Books. Compare the upcoming publishing million dollar ramblings of the handmaiden radio host to the published works of another Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt. BTW Great thoughts, all free to the curious. archive.org/details/workst… 
Roosevelt wrote his safari in 1909 for Scribners, Hemingway did his in 1933. Roosevelt was channeling the dime novels and the end of the wild, untamed world. Hemingway was just channeling something that was out of fashion. When he did it again in the 50's he literally crashed.
So here's to the head knocked drunk who was raised dressed as a girl who dared to write a book of short stories called "Men Without Women". pbs.org/kenburns/hemin…
And although we must admit that Bad Papa added art and culture to our nation's self image, we must admit the book industry is happy to publish dull infomercials for political morons under the guise of literature. . abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/p…
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