Category Archives: Hard Boiled Posts

In “Red Harvest” by Dashiell Hammett, I found quotes that have separate importance and yet they occur very close together.  On page 142, the second paragraph in whole says “She called me a damned double-crossing something or other who didn’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In this post there are 6 t-shirts that contain a 6-word story that helps to portray 6 of the short stories found in Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time.  I tried to capture the general theme of a story, but it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

After reading the first half of Ernest Hemingway’s short novel, In Our Time, I noticed that the author had a certain level of emotional withdrawal from his writing.  Before each chapter there is a paragraph that Hemingway uses to reflect … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Tragedy and Comedy.  DuPont tonight.  Watch.  #hardboiled
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