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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-48761770418270570982015-05-09T09:57:00.000-07:002015-05-09T09:57:14.159-07:00He called him Hal.In <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ERmq9iZe2fwC&lpg=PP1&dq=sinclair%20lewis%20remembered&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q=sinclair%20lewis%20remembered&f=false">Sinclair Lewis Remembered</a></i>, Upton Sinclair is quoted as referring to Sinclair Lewis as Hal at Helicon Hall, the utopian community in New Jersey that was destroyed by fire.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-18313722408596478172015-05-09T09:01:00.000-07:002015-05-09T09:01:11.186-07:00Sweet Socialist Home AlabamaRarely is Alabama thought of as a home for a socialist colony, where redistribution of the wealth was encouraged. But a beautiful bay will attract all schools of political thought and Alabama's Mobile Bay at Fairhope, Alabama, is no exception. The single tax colony in Fairhope got the attention of Upton Sinclair and other intellectuals. Sinclair moved <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pYiXTzx-fWEC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=single+tax+colony+fairhope+al+upton+sinclair&source=bl&ots=rf-klXhezl&sig=YhkYs6MMBNX1T129bi9oilYaEQk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kStOVYfkKYa9sAXJgYGICA&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=single%20tax%20colony%20fairhope%20al%20upton%20sinclair&f=false">there.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-73975706620275848012014-02-23T19:22:00.003-08:002014-02-23T19:50:47.436-08:00Upton Mentors Sinclair"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px;">You seem to me one of the most curiously uneven writers I have ever known. You will write pages and pages of interesting stuff, and then you will write a lot of conversation which is just absolute waste, without any point or worth-whileness at all; and you don’t seem to know the difference. Everything of yours that I have read is about half and half…wherever you are writing about the underworld, you are at your best, and when you come up to your own social level or higher, you are no good."</span><br />
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Myrna Loy is one of the stars of this film. She was in a Sinclair Lewis film too, Arrowsmith. So she was Sinclair Squared too!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-68867708389400400612012-07-04T10:18:00.002-07:002012-07-04T10:23:15.196-07:00WJON and Sinclair Lewis<a href="http://wjon.com/sinclair-lewis-wins-nobel-prize-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/">WJON remembers Sinclair Lewis with stories on his Nobel anniversary </a> and <a href="http://wjon.com/life-and-legacy-of-sinclair-lewis-celebrated-in-st-cloud-audio/">the celebration of the Lewis House in St. Cloud.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-19411087589912044422011-04-22T07:45:00.000-07:002011-04-22T07:47:18.948-07:00Things Change Or NotUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-54338323250661589892010-12-26T08:23:00.000-08:002010-12-26T08:44:09.012-08:00Call Of The Sinclairs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkjyPozMDBymExgK6qEHfJj5QeUeaK7gEpB-ze02Jh6WgXdgjGqVS8ljLUpw_Qnlai192ae5MGYSWmkghEZflS3oWeBQ2HI1TuwxWSmRzYo7UbsExUECxSv-YKLBpqSOBbVxNdw9Ssz16/s1600/Wolf.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkjyPozMDBymExgK6qEHfJj5QeUeaK7gEpB-ze02Jh6WgXdgjGqVS8ljLUpw_Qnlai192ae5MGYSWmkghEZflS3oWeBQ2HI1TuwxWSmRzYo7UbsExUECxSv-YKLBpqSOBbVxNdw9Ssz16/s400/Wolf.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555032426076980066" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Both Sinclairs paid homage to Jack London and as a result both became friends with London. The details of those initial calls to "Wolf" are in James L. Haley's biography of London.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-70547968042465637742010-11-27T09:13:00.000-08:002010-11-27T09:21:32.199-08:00Well, Yes It Can<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dbb9r5bKzMbLbydyohPhkVpq9AGcrEtFHztUz7NMHwWcBalNLxrEPUSUs2tgwdKcTeOBhgO-SZ8nzOFgKlgsq7fqY-CvcGDO7cfxFQoMChN9gBtbT2ScGhqBGgiNeEjlX62UkA-xhyKP/s1600/LewisItcant.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dbb9r5bKzMbLbydyohPhkVpq9AGcrEtFHztUz7NMHwWcBalNLxrEPUSUs2tgwdKcTeOBhgO-SZ8nzOFgKlgsq7fqY-CvcGDO7cfxFQoMChN9gBtbT2ScGhqBGgiNeEjlX62UkA-xhyKP/s320/LewisItcant.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544279452651463474" /></a> <br /><br />Lewis' fictional account of facism in America is still getting attention even in 2010. <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10318/1102590-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml">Click here</a> for a current review.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-36493205841330229622010-11-27T08:42:00.000-08:002010-11-27T09:01:38.692-08:00The Birth Of The Attack Ad<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNj1lNR7iaFYM9StycLOBOLDLsrd2Cwyf7nOvPvfLtFJFoGYXIteoZBPvig7GuJI5Ze3L1ne_ZtoShPKI7cRP7H-ZhFLl5zRffKY59pRW-Oo4WWLoOgdUlc2ocmX5jE65zKjbtU6EMzhg/s1600/5155sLTchnL._SS500_.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNj1lNR7iaFYM9StycLOBOLDLsrd2Cwyf7nOvPvfLtFJFoGYXIteoZBPvig7GuJI5Ze3L1ne_ZtoShPKI7cRP7H-ZhFLl5zRffKY59pRW-Oo4WWLoOgdUlc2ocmX5jE65zKjbtU6EMzhg/s320/5155sLTchnL._SS500_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544271502732975842" /></a> Greg Mitchell's fascinating read about the connection between Upton Sinclair and modern "dirty" politics. Huffington Post discusses the book <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/dispatches-from-incredibl_b_776903.html?ir=Politics">here.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-63507822409089025522010-05-22T09:23:00.000-07:002010-05-22T09:23:08.919-07:00Metropolitan Playhouse Presents DODSWORTH 5/15-6/6 2010/05/15<a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Metropolitan_Playhouse_Presents_DODSWORTH_51566_20100515">Metropolitan Playhouse Presents DODSWORTH 5/15-6/6 2010/05/15</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-2473657909274005292010-05-22T09:21:00.000-07:002010-05-22T09:21:39.735-07:00Probing the link between slaughterhouses and violent crime - thestar.com<a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/809521--probing-the-link-between-slaughterhouses-and-violent-crime">Probing the link between slaughterhouses and violent crime - thestar.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-51347024280533674152010-05-22T09:16:00.001-07:002010-05-22T09:16:55.834-07:00Ronald Gottesman dies at 77; longtime USC professor - latimes.com<a href=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ronald-gottesman-20100522,0,7878222.story>Ronald Gottesman dies at 77; longtime USC professor - latimes.com</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-5373614978212803112010-05-22T09:14:00.001-07:002010-05-22T09:14:26.625-07:00Chevron suit and journalist's privilege - latimes.com<a href=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-chevron-20100521,0,3553969.story>Chevron suit and journalist's privilege - latimes.com</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-15760116606569853222009-10-23T18:45:00.000-07:002009-10-23T18:46:28.374-07:00Arrowsmith And The Swine Flu?Yet again the writings of Sinclair Lewis remain as relevant as ever.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-14182910398496818192009-01-11T09:00:00.000-08:002009-01-11T09:01:59.194-08:00King Coal 3Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-64720888112223351652008-11-16T08:41:00.000-08:002008-11-16T08:45:22.718-08:00Babbitt BubbleOnly a few literary characters are entries in dictionaries. George Babbitt is one of those. And with the current real estate ruin, babbittry bubbles. Local communities relive the novel in plays <a href="http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5725:babbitt-auditions-will-be-held-nov-18-in-paonia&catid=35:north-fork&Itemid=70">like this one.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-20177644317773109392008-11-16T08:29:00.000-08:002008-11-16T08:39:22.062-08:00Socialist SinclairWe have the recent presidential campaign for yet another spike in interest in Upton Sinclair who proudly wore the socialist label and even ran for governor as a socialist.<br />He probably would have won the election if a capitalist newspaper owner and the hollywood money interests had not viciously opposed his campaign with rabid dog rhetoric. As our country adopts many of Sinclair's ideals and popularizes his novels (Oil!), a wry smile forms on my lips as I watch the newspaper whose vitriol destroyed Sinclair's campaign slowly swirl down the financial sinkhole. Upton up as capitalism collapses. Upton lives as <a href="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003878351">this article here shows.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-65226378303075446972008-02-22T16:08:00.000-08:002008-12-09T21:17:57.460-08:00It's A Sinclair Love Fest!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54vBHiFXRc8G8J0j6jN_KtH_ShK3OnSx9pRmqfmSZ7idURGXCk_kVz60Y6qJU-kDeF5c32TeWmLxAHJGjAPnyABo4WyXQLIv7IrKqRmCqqTaPmI9VBLXEA0xOu4Tk-Z-j4LxM-oNILK_g/s1600-h/9780143112266L.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54vBHiFXRc8G8J0j6jN_KtH_ShK3OnSx9pRmqfmSZ7idURGXCk_kVz60Y6qJU-kDeF5c32TeWmLxAHJGjAPnyABo4WyXQLIv7IrKqRmCqqTaPmI9VBLXEA0xOu4Tk-Z-j4LxM-oNILK_g/s400/9780143112266L.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170423770392121538" /></a><br />Upton Sinclair's novel <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/books/review/Essay-t.html?ex=1361422800&en=c1571d360de2829e&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">Oil!</a> is out in a new paperback version in stores. <a href="http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780143112266,00.html">Penguin Books has a great new edition available.</a>It is a fab read, the story timeless, with plenty of sex, violence and greed, everything that sells. It's even got religion and rivals today's Hollywood for scandal. The only thing that might turn people off is that the book supports the working poor and they are never popular.<br /><br /><a href="http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/roundupstory/0,,2259478,00.html">The Guardian calls it forgotten treasure!</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-80385430113586041642008-02-18T15:39:00.000-08:002012-07-04T11:24:17.330-07:00A Sinclair's Work Is Never DoneIt is time to re-read <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/140">The Jungle.</a> Those meat folks are <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/business/18recall.html?ex=1361077200&en=88d412ab592c470a&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">at it again.</a> Or then there is the cow's perspective compliments of <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=kBukhtsCMDUC&pg=PA415&lpg=PA415&dq=james+agee+a+mother%27s+tale&source=bl&ots=XX8FPHIDEF&sig=-XprLBELvJZDLp3QbZsmJ0wQ69A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=J4n0T_DEK4ug8gSuz4zTBg&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=james%20agee%20a%20mother%27s%20tale&f=false">James Agee.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-36713729168538984342008-02-17T07:13:00.001-08:002008-02-17T07:13:37.579-08:00King Coal 2Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-54543917204620007832008-01-20T10:41:00.000-08:002008-01-20T10:49:48.725-08:00King Coal 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554519219902990773.post-56569739650800294292008-01-20T08:06:00.001-08:002008-01-20T08:06:42.907-08:00Upton Sinclair's Oil! Turns To Blood<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/ml2Ae2SIXac' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/ml2Ae2SIXac'/></object></p><p>On the stage in a new opera and now on the big screen, our Sinclairs are as relevant and as popular as ever.</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0