Posts in the category “Hemingway”

The War Books

A paper I wrote for an English class at the University of Florida at some point in 1996

Technique is not enough to make a great writer.

For some reason reading this scathing review of To Have and Have Not, my favorite Hemingway novel, really made my day. You will never please everybody, and that’s okay.

Hemingway’s Love Letter to Marlene Dietrich Goes on the Auction Block

“Every man’s life ends the same way. It’s only the details of how he lived that distinguish one man from another.”
Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway: American Sniper?

The first casualty of war is the truth.

Hemingway describes it as a cocktail to be enjoyed from 11:00am on.

What Hemingway Says About Drinking in Nine Quotes

How to Make a Death in the Afternoon, Hemingway’s Favorite Aperitif

Hemingway’s Advice on Writing, Ambition, the Art of Revision, and His Reading List of Essential Books for Aspiring Writers

Hemingway’s Cuba, Cuba’s Hemingway

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Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.