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Dos Passos-Savvy

I’ve been working so hard on the Dos Passos legacy lately, I wrote a poem about it:   Dos Passos-savvy When I was a boy I knew books; they showed […]

Earth Day

I found this quote quite recently in the John Dos Passos oeuvre. Given the salience of environmental matters today and always, I’m delighted to share it. It’s certainly appropriate for […]

New Review for The Ambulance Drivers

Publishers Weekly has released its review of The Ambulance Drivers: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a Friendship Made and Lost in War. Here is an excerpt: As Morris perceptively argues, “Unlike […]

Times for Dos Passos

These days, I’ve thought often about the political writings of John Dos Passos. I found these passages from The Theme is Freedom. They really move me. I have lots more […]

Happy Birthday, John Dos Passos!

My grandfather’s birthday is a great time to spread word about James McGrath Morris’ forthcoming book on the Dos Passos-Hemingway friendship. The adventure arrives March 28!

John Dos Passos Society Update

Congratulations to David Murad, the new president of the John Dos Passos Society. I’m confident in his leadership of this special group. To donate to the Society and support its […]

Dos Passos On the Move

Currently reading Miguel Oliveira‘s 2013 book, From a Man without a Country to an American by Choice: John Dos Passos and Migration. Critical family history. Reading one’s ancestry is a […]