tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745203541404649634.post5143617052246905319..comments2023-07-09T02:32:24.771-10:00Comments on The Common Loon: Book Review: The Bean TreesDan Stringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034644024071932552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745203541404649634.post-69202813580122532412011-10-10T14:50:04.101-10:002011-10-10T14:50:04.101-10:00I've heard the parable attributed to a number ...I've heard the parable attributed to a number of origins. Where in the Divine Comedy is it?Dan Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11034644024071932552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3745203541404649634.post-56448328247062724722011-10-10T14:27:03.444-10:002011-10-10T14:27:03.444-10:00The story of the long spoons in heaven and hell wa...The story of the long spoons in heaven and hell was invented by Dante Alighieri, around the year AD 1300. From The Divine Comedy. While I admire Barbara Kingsolver's writing ability, I really think you are doing an injustice by not giving credit to a founder of writing as an art in Western culture, along with Shakespeare, Homer, and whoever is the unknown author of Beowulf. Too bad not enough people learned about these foundations of Western civilization and great literature.Ruthnoreply@blogger.com