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Don Daiker

Don Daiker is a Professor Emeritus of English at Miami University (Ohio) and a noted Hemingway scholar, author of "Hemingway's Earliest Heroes: Nick Adams and Jake Barnes."

Oct 1, 2026

One True Podcast

One True Podcast

Don Daiker on "The Three-Day Blow"

Oct 1 · 55m

Mark Cirino
Mark CirinoHOST
33:57
What happens if the end of something isn't really the end? And so it's almost like the clouds pass over and he has what he thinks, at least, is clarity.
Don DaikerGUEST
34:10
Yes.
Don DaikerGUEST
34:10
And it's a consolation for him.
Don DaikerGUEST
34:13
The last lines of the story are, this is the last paragraph of the story.
Don DaikerGUEST
34:19
None of it was important now.
Don DaikerGUEST
34:21
The wind blew it out of his head.
Don DaikerGUEST
34:23
Still, he could always go into town Saturday night.

10 MINS LATER

Mark Cirino
Mark CirinoHOST
44:54
Can't help the emotions, right.

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