Internet memes purporting to quote a statement by 20th-century novelist Sinclair Lewis about fascism coming to America have circulated more or less continuously since the mid-2000s, even though there ...

Novelist Sinclair Lewis often mocked American social mores and a growing wave of materialism he witnessed in the 1920s. However, when it came time for Lewis to raise a family, he did what many ...

Some remembrances of Sinclair Lewis from people who knew him or have studied his life and work: Virginia Lewis, daughter of Sinclair`s brother, Claude Lewis, and a favorite of ”Uncle Sin” while ...

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At first glance, one might ask what does an American novelist have to do with a column devoted to medical discoveries and great medical events? Well, when considering he helped initiate our popular ...

When 45-year-old Sinclair Lewis received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930, he was the first American writer to be so honored. There had been speculation for some years that an American would ...

Of all the great modern American novelists, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Steinbeck and Faulkner, Sinclair Lewis has always been my favorite. His works were required reading for my generation, and ...

Sinclair Lewis once remarked that he wanted no ceremony at his funeral except the singing of “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here.” The committee of prominent citizens which last week was making plans for ...

Early in June 100 years ago, literary notable Sinclair Lewis arrived in Mankato to work on a manuscript that turned out to be his most well-known book. The J.W. Schmitt house was home for Lewis and ...

Now that machines can think for us, we have to choose whether to be the passengers or pilots of our lives. Now you’re going to sit in that chair and watch me load the dishwasher my way. And you’re not ...

The Nobel Prize in Literature stands as one of the world's most respected appreciation, which, in the words of Alfred Nobel's will, presents authors every year, who produce "the most outstanding tasks ...

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