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Portuguese Surnames in America: Dos Passos and Pereira

Again, per Miguel Oliveira‘s book on John Dos Passos as immigrant, many Portuguese-American immigrants change their surnames to assimilate into American culture.

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Dos Passos and Tolstoy

Another discovery in re-reading the 2 biographies of John Dos Passos–his fondness of Tolstoy’s War and Peace.

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Dos Passos and Democracy

“War is a time of Caesars,” wrote John Dos Passos in The Grand Design (1949). As I study biographical material for my Lisbon speech, I’m noticing material I can use for an essay I’ve long wanted to write about John Dos Passos and democracy.

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All Aboard for Lisbon

2 Weeks to go to submit for the 2018 Conference of the John Dos Passos Society in Lisbon, Portugal!

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Official Poster for John Dos Passos Society Conference in 2018

It’s here! The official poster for the 2018 Conference of the John Dos Passos Society in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Dos Passos and Hemingway in EMS World

A truly fascinating perspective. I never would have expected a review of The Ambulance Drivers at the EMS World website. It’s lengthy and very interesting.

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John Dos Passos: Recorded Audio, 1965

JDP legacy news has been at king tide lately. On Twitter, I found a very rare audio recording of John Dos Passos reading from U.S.A. and discussing the influences on him as a young artist.

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The Audacity of American Letters: 1916

Reading a bit of Virginia Spencer Carr’s bio of John Dos Passos for a writing gig. She writes that in 1916, Harvard did not yet have a single course in American literature.

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Dos Who?—An Editorial by Prof. Aaron Shaheen

When one thinks of the American modernist pantheon—and who doesn’t at least three times daily?—I suspect the usual names rise to the fore.

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Dos Passos in the Washington Post

Coming of age in the Washington DC area, learning how to write and finding my way as a writer, I’ve long loved The Washington Post. It represents Woodward and Bernstein. It represents truth.

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Dos Passos and the Sound of New York City

Intriguing new article in The Guardian about the “sound art” of Manhattan Transfer and parallels between Dos Passos and composer Edgar Varèse.

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Dos Passos-savvy

I’ve been doing so much JDP legacy work lately I was inspired to write a poem about it.

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Dos Passos in the Economist

Congratulations to author James McGrath Morris for this fine review of his new Dos Passos-Hemingway book in The Economist. A career achievement indeed!

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John Dos Passos Society

Introducing the brand new John Dos Passos Society website! Join today! The next conference is in 2018 in Lisbon.

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The Loyalty of John Dos Passos

The 2016 2nd biennial John Dos Passos Society conference in Madrid brought me to joyful tears. My first trip to Madrid in 2014 gave me the chance to participate in Sonia Tercero Ramiro’s wonderful documentary on the Robles-Dos Passos story, Robles, Duelo al Sol.

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Dos Passos in the Daily Beast

Biographer James McGrath Morris, author of the new book The Ambulance Drivers: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a Friendship Made and Lost in War, pens a wonderful guest piece in The Daily Beast.

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The Ambulance Drivers—Santa Fe New Mexican

Another review to share for James McGrath Morris’ The Ambulance Drivers: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a Friendship Made and Lost in War. This time in The Santa Fe New Mexican.

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Trailer for The Ambulance Drivers

Enjoy the trailer for James McGrath Morris’ new book exploring the Hemingway-Dos Passos friendship. Morris delivers the narration in a fabulous radio voice and the pictures bring the era alive!

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Press for The Ambulance Drivers

With the book release just a week away, press coverage is revving up for The Ambulance Drivers: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a Friendship Made and Lost in War by talented biographer James McGrath Morris. The New York Post has a piece on it today.

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Kim Stanley Robinson

I think I’ve seen John Dos Passos mentioned as an influence on author Kim Stanley Robinson before. Here is a reference in a Sacramento magazine. I’ll have to discover Robinson’s work!