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The Literary Mystery of Catch-22's Hero

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Many thanks to LitHub for releasing Brian Birnbaum's article about this journey of discovery!

Jonathan Fish Uncategorized 2 Comments May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 1 Minute

Riding the Catch-22 Train

The newest adaptation of Catch-22 is coming soon, with a May 17, 2019 release on Hulu. As I walked on to the S train in Times Square this week, Catch-22 was everywhere! Click on image for full post.

Jonathan Fish Uncategorized Leave a comment May 4, 2019 2 Minutes

The Doctor’s Letter

Like Yossarian, Lt. Fish sought a medical diagnosis of mental instability in order to ground himself. Such a diagnosis, "aero-anxiety" was received from Dr. Marino, but would this be enough to get Lt. Fish home? Click image to read this post.

Jonathan Fish Uncategorized 7 Comments April 9, 2019May 6, 2019 3 Minutes

“It was love at first sight.”

‪Asked how he conceived of Catch-22, Joseph Heller mostly stuck to a similar answer as he gave George Plimpton when interviewed by the Paris Review in 1974...‬

Jonathan Fish Uncategorized Leave a comment January 7, 2019January 11, 2019 1 Minute
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