A Young Hemingway

10 01 2010

This has always been one of my favorite photos of Ernest Hemingway, so young and such innocence.





Book Review: Fitzgerald and Hemingway: Works and Days

8 12 2009

For a great review on Scott Donaldson’s book Fitzgerald and Hemingway: Works and Days (Columbia University Press, 2009 – 520 pages/$22.50) see the Oxonian Review.





Hemingway’s Cuba in Photos

7 12 2009

I’m always on the lookout for interesting photos of Ernest Hemingway or the areas he spent significant time in – in this case Cuba. See this site that I came across that has some interesting photos regarding EH.





Bening and Hopkins Slated for Hemingway Movie

7 11 2009

Actress Annette Benning will play Hemingway’s fourth wife (Mary Welsh) and actor Anthony Hopkins will play Ernest Hemingway in Andy Garcia’s new film “Hemingway & Fuentes” scheduled for sometime in 2010. Garcia will also be casting himself in the role of Gregory Fuentes, the Cuban fisherman and Hemingway’s good friend.  Andy Garcia, who has always been one of my favorite actors, directed his last film, “The Lost City” 2005.





Hemingway Papers Arrive at JFK

6 11 2009

boatErnest Hemingway’s Cuban papers (1939 to 1960) have arrived at the JFK Library in Boston.  Here is a video of Susan Wrynn, the Hemingway Curator talking about EH and his papers and letters that number approximately 2,500-3,000 depending on the source you read.  The story that accompanies the video is written by Boston Globe writer  David Abel.





Time Magazine Interview (1954)

1 11 2009
1101541213_400I came across a great interview with Ernest Hemingway and Time Magazine that took place back in 1954. To read the article click here.

 





Islands in the Stream

26 10 2009

180px-IslandsInTheStreamCurrently re-reading Hemingway’s 8th and longest novel Islands in the Stream.  This has always been one of my favorite EH novels.  It was the first of two published (in 1970) after his death .  The book received little critical acclaim but it was however on the New York Times best-seller list for 24 weeks.  The novel is broken into three parts: part 1, “Bimini” (200 pages/15 chapters), part 2, “Cuba” (125 pages all in one chapter) and finally part 3, “At Sea” (135 pages/22 chapters).





Test Your Knowledge on Hemingway

8 10 2009

000ed4b6I came across this great quiz regarding Ernest Hemingway on the Kansas City Star website where it all begain for Hemingway as a reporter back in 1917.

Take the Hemingway Quiz here. If you happen to know of other such EH quizes please let me know by leaving a comment – thanks in advance.





New Hemingway Photos Uncovered

25 09 2009

logo-smallNew photos from photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt of Pulitzer Prize winning author Ernest Hemingway have surfaced and can be seen on NPR and Life.com





Reflections on Ernest Hemingway

1 09 2009