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A new episode of MASTER THE 40 explores Fitzgerald's underappreciated foray into sci-fi with the weird story "The Ants at Princeton," from ESQUIRE (June 1936). No need to ant-icipate our exploration of this tale of an insect who becomes a football hero---jump right in!
The Ants at Princeton - Master the 40: The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Appearing in the June 1936 issue of Esquire, "The Ants at Princeton" is by any measure a singularly kooky entry in F. Scott Fitzgerald's short-story corpus. A fantasy about a human-sized ant who steps onto the field to save the game between h...Great show about a so so story.
Born #OTD 24 September 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota to Edward Fitzgerald and Mollie McQuillan Fitzgerald — Happy 127th Birthday Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald 🍸🎉🥳🍾🎊
Happy birthday, sir!
So handsome and talented! If only he hadn't left us so prematurely.
Awesome writer and fast living life.
Happy birthday, Scott 🌌 Yesterday I defended "our" master's thesis on Gatsby and 💎 A double celebration 🥂
As a short story writer he was peerless, as good as Hemingway certainly. The Great Gatsby is his masterpiece, less than one hundred pages, yet remarkable in its sweep of early 20th century history and its murky beginnings hidden from view but there, like an elephant in the villas of the wealthy.
In spite of his "shortcomings"... he has given me magic for many decades. Would I like to have known him? Probably not. I love his writing. That's what matters to me. Thanks, Mr. Fitzgerald.
Doni Wilson
I’ve been reading my 1917 Princeton yearbook. Greatest writer of 20th century!
Eleanor Cox
Grave is at St Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Rockville, Maryland.
Fitzgerald friends! The American Literature Association is looking for a few good scholars to fill some remaining slots in its Santa Fe symposium Oct 26-28. This will be your only time you'll ever find a hotel room in Santa Fe for $135 a night ($300 regular). Below is the link to the conference info.
ALA Symposium “Wildness and Wilderness” – The American Literature Association
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Please make your reservations by Saturday, September 23, 2023 to receive your group rate. Reservations made after this date will be subject to prevailing rates and availability. Reservations may also be made by calling 1-800-325-0720 and referring to your group number 2358885.
After a bit of a sabbatical our podcast on Fitzgerald short stories both famous and forgotten is back with an episode on the 1934 short story "Her Last Case." Although not one FSF's more celebrated Saturday Evening Post works, it's an important one for charting his attitude toward the South. Plus the house where it's set is currently an AirBnB where you can stay and commune with the spirits of Fitzgerald, Maxwell Perkins, and Thomas Wolfe (thanks to the spirit of its owner in the 1930s, Elizabeth Lemmon). Check it out at: www.welbourneinn.com/
Meanwhile, we'll be back Aug 15 with an episode on 1936's "The Ants at Princeton"!
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Her Last Case - Master the 40: The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Published in fall 1934 in the Saturday Evening Post, "Her Last Case" is one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most important stories about the South. Indeed, it challenges consensus opinions about the writer's regard for the region that the Tarleton storie...
If you're free tomorrow (Wed, July 26) and are looking for something to engage your brain, we're teaming up with the Hemingway Society for a little colloquium on little magazines---an opportunity to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of the IN OUR TIME vignettes in The Little Review's EXILES issues. We have three great scholars who, far from little, are giants in their field talking about modernism, the avant-garde, the literary and popular marketplace, and "pure literature." You can register at this link:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KMJN9-_DQKuImscWAJwXZg
When: Jul 26, 2023 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Hemingway & the Little Magazine Modernists
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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Greetings from our president, Jackson Bryer!
Board member Erin Templeton during the summer of 2019 in the room in which Scott and Zelda stayed in 1926 in Salies-de-Béarn, France:
Two of our members from Brasil, Marcela Lanius and Roberta Fabbri Viscardi, also in Salies-de-Béarn in 2019 (the last time we could all be together!):
