#morley callaghan

[oldshowbiz]

Fighting Words (1953-1962) was a CBC Television series hosted by Toronto theater critic Nathan Cohen.

It was sort of like an argumentative version of Information Please.

This episode features Dublin poet Brendan Behan, Canadian novelist Morley Callaghan, and Nigerian musician Babatunde Olatunji.

They argue with Claude Dewhurst, a retired British General who defends colonialism by claiming people want to be oppressed.

[thesandpiper]

They Shall Inherit the Earth

Morley Callaghan

1935

[justwalkiingthedog]

Luke Baldwin’s Vow …

[mioritic]

The University of Toronto, illustrated by Eric Aldwinckle

From Morley Callaghan’s “The Varsity Story”, 1948

[catskewl]

Happy birthday to one of my favourite writers of one of my favourite books. Morley Callaghan, February 22, 1903. “Strange Fugitive”, 1928.

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3 Books to Read on Your Next Trip

One of my resolutions is to read more this year.  I’m just starting to tackle Russian literature (nerdy I know).  Usually, the only time I have to read is on flights, and I always find myself going back to the same three beloved books.  What I love about these novels is that they seem to embody the very essence of why travel.  Like every great trip, each book is full of adventure, spontaneous decisions, interesting characters, and mishaps.  

Travels with Myself and Another by Martha Gellhorn

Martha Gellhorn is one of my all time favorite Authors. Martha was a war reporter and covered the Spanish civil war as well as many other conflicts in Europe and South America. She was a fearless, confident, and ambitious woman.  I love Travels with Myself and Another because Martha captures the very essence of the excitement of travel.  This novel documents a few of her trips (China, Africa, Russia, and the Caribbean). Each story is full of mishaps, funny anecdotes, and plenty of adventure.  

That Summer in Paris by Morley Callaghan

Ever wonder what it would be like be friends with Hemingway and Fitzgerald? Morley Callaghan was one of the many American authors that moved to Paris in the 1920’s.  In That Summer in Paris Morley shares the adventures he had while spending a summer among artists and literary elites. That Summer in Paris is one of my favorite books to read on a flight to Europe.  

Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

One of the things I love most about travel is that I come back to the place I left with a fresh perspective.  John Steinbeck’s novel Travels with Charley is an account of a road trip he took with his dog across the United States to rediscover America.  I love that this novel seems to capture the feeling of looking at life through another lens.  

I hope you love these books as much as I do.  What is your favorite book to read when you travel?

x Smack

[canadachronicles]

There is only one trait that marks the writer. He is always watching. It's a kind of trick of the mind and he is born with it.

Morley Callaghan, who would have been 114 today, and it is true. Observance is one of, if not my only virtue. 

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Arm in arm we walked down the Boul’ Mich’, wondering why the big cafes were half deserted, cafes that in Oscar Wilde’s time had been crowded, for this had been his territory. Every generation seemed to pick out its own territory in Paris, we agreed.

Morley Callaghan, That Summer in Paris: Memories of Tangled Friendships with Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald.