Favorite Lines: What are yours? It never gets old or irrelevant and there are so many. Here just a few.
1.) There’s no one thing that’s true, it’s all true. For Whom the Bell Tolls. 2.) If we win here, we will win everywhere. The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it. For Whom the Bell Tolls. 3.) But did thee feel the […]
Hemingway’s Death: July 1, 1961
It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing. The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love […]
Did Hemingway Have a Favorite Wife? Hadley
Did Hemingway have a favorite wife? Of course he did despite each wife having suited him at the time he married each. Hemingway had four wives: Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gellhorn, and Mary Walsh. Of the four, three were from the St. Louis area. Only Mary was from elsewhere—Minnesota. Hadley was the great love […]
Hemingway Myth #2: Mr. Hemingway Drinks a little
Actually he drank a lot but it didn’t start out that way. He drank socially although significantly. He did not drink while working. On one occasion when asked by a journalist if he drank while writing his novels and short stories, he said, “Jeezus Christ! Have you ever heard of anyone who drank while he […]
Why the Hemingway Collection is in Boston.
The largest collection of Hemingway letters and memorabilia is in Boston, Massachusetts at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. Mary Welch Hemingway, Hem’s fourth wife, made that selection. While Hemingway and John Kennedy never met, Kennedy respected Hemingway’s writing and person. In his own Pulitzer Prize winning book, Profiles in Courage, Kennedy cited Hemingway’s […]
Hemingway Myths: MYTH ONE
Hemingway Myths Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. Ernest Hemingway MYTH 1 Hemingway cultivated the macho image because he wasn’t really. Actually he really was all that and more. Macho that is. While we can quibble about what macho means, for the purpose […]
So what’s with the Woman in the Mask on this Site?
A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not. Ernest Hemingway Who knows what’s real? “According to those who knew him well, Hemingway was a sensitive, often shy man whose enthusiasm for life was balanced by his ability to listen intently. That […]
Is Hemingway making a Comeback?
Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it-don’t cheat with it. Ernest Hemingway Is it just me or are we seeing Hemingway everywhere? And don’t you have to “recede” […]
Up in Michigan: Hemingway Country. Dear Readers: My friend and fellow Hemingway fan, Don, called my attention to the below article. I loved it and hope you enjoy it too. I added a few more photos. Best, Christine
Following Hemingway: Motorcycle Adventure on Michigan’s Lower Peninsula By William M. Murphy – July 9, 2014 Iconic author Ernest Hemingway followed his own path in a distinctively adventurous manner. I’ve compared his approach to life to that of motorcyclists, pursuing adventure on lonely ribbons of asphalt, willingly exposed to difficulties they could have chosen to avoid. There are […]
What does Hemingway’s New Story Mean?
Dear Readers: The below is also by Nicolaus Mills, a Hemingway Scholar. All very interesting. Media photos added by me. Best, Christine Nicolaus Mills chairs the literature department at Sarah Lawrence College. He is currently working on a book about Ernest Hemingway and his World War II circle. The Real Message Of Hemingway’s ‘New’ Story […]