US and Cuba join forces to preserve Hemingway’s Havana materials
The house outside of Havana, Cuba, where Ernest Hemingway wrote some of his most celebrated works will be undertaking new efforts to preserve thousands of the writer’s books and papers,… Read more »
Authors Against Flowery Language
“You can phrase things clearer and better. You can remove words which are unnecessary and tighten up your prose.” This note-to-self was found among Ernest Hemingway’s papers early last year. It is… Read more »
Writing drunk: Olivia Laing finds links between writing and drinking
We’ve all heard Hemingway’s “Write drunk; edit sober,” and Baudelaire’s “One should always be drunk.” We’ve imagined our favorite writers at typewriters with highballs or with rings of wine on… Read more »
A cover art history of The Great Gatsby
Books with Leonardo DiCaprio on the cover usually take me back to Scholastic book fairs at my elementary school where, in the wake of Titanic, every girl except me lined up to buy titles like Lovin’ Leo,… Read more »
Hemingway: not above the law, it would seem
It’s that time of year again: the annual Hemingway lookalike competition in Florida is approaching. In preparation, one Frank Louderback, an attorney and regular entrant, made all manner of plans… Read more »