Tag Archives: Cheever

Well, a few weeks into the fall semester and once again, The Swimmer is the biggest hit of my weblog (I’m not linking to it here–let them dig!). What astounds me is the number of times a yahooer comes back … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Literature Students, listen up! I feel compelled to warn you that at this point, there have been hundreds of hits on my previous postings regarding Cheever’s wonderful short story, The Swimmer. You can quote from these entries, but please, do … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It looks like schools across America have The Swimmer as Assigned Reading this week; much as Atwood’s Happy Endings was the hot topic back in October. I’ve had more hits from Google, Yahoo and the like on this subject over … Continue reading → Continue reading →

…A storm comes up, and there are many ways that this could be interpreted. In my view, as Neddy wonders why he loves storms, how it sweeps into a home and up the stairs, and how it always means good … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The sad saga of protagonist Neddy Merrill in The Swimmer is one that should be made required reading in every marketing major’s course studies before sending one out into the corporate world sport of cross-county swimming. I see here parallel … Continue reading → Continue reading →