Welcome to The Hemingway Project
It all started with A Moveable Feast, the first Hemingway book I read for pleasure (without being assigned to read it). Hemingway’s voice was warm, and yet detached, one could feel the ...
Hadley talks about the lost manuscripts
The autumn of 1922 was difficult for Hadley and Ernest, who had been married just over a year and were living in Paris. Ernest was a foreign correspondent for the ...
“Love, Remorse, Contrition”: The Perils of Pauline by Kirk Curnutt
Dear Readers - Have I told you how much I appreciate you lately? In the last couple of weeks I’ve had such nice emails and encouraging comments from readers. ...
Unbelievable Happiness and Final Sorrow: The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Marriage – An Interview with Ruth Hawkins
Today I am posting an interview with Ruth Hawkins, author of the book Unbelievable Happiness and Final Sorrow: The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Marriage. Ruth dedicated over 10 years of her life ...
In Praise of Sylvia Beach
“Sylvia carried pollen like a bee. She cross-fertilized these writers.” French writer Andre Chamson wrote, “She did more to link England, the United States, Ireland, and France than four ...
The Bull Runners of Pamplona – An Interview with Filmmakers Aubrey Powell and Chris Cary
The Bull Runners of Pamplona is a captivating documentary that distills seven days of exhilaration into an hour of breathtaking film. Watching this documentary will give you an excellent sense of ...
Bull Runners of Pamplona Moive Review
The Bull Runners of Pamplona is a captivating documentary that distills seven days of exhilaration into an hour of breathtaking film. We have all seen footage of the running of ...
Ernest and Hadley begin their life in Paris: 74 Rue du Cardinal Lemoine
I think of Hadley often as I have had my own adventures in Europe and South America. In the last few years, I have been able to visit some of ...
Adventures in Paris
Happy New Year friends! Not every New Year feels fresh and new, but this one sure does. This will be my fourth year of The Hemingway Project, and I could ...
Stories from Cuba: An Interview with Rene Villarreal
I am delighted to share with you more stories from Rene Villarreal’s memories of his life with Ernest Hemingway in Cuba. Rene began working for Hemingway at the Finca, outside ...
Hemingway’s Havana: Reflections of an Era by Raul Villarreal
Today’s post is part one of a two-part feature on Raul Villarreal and his father Rene, who lived and worked with Ernest Hemingway for over 20 years in Cuba. Raul ...
Poison Pens: Kirk Curnutt’s Review of “Faulkner and Hemingway: Biography of a Literary Rivalry” by Joe Fruscione
It is my pleasure to publish Kirk Curnutt’s review of Joe Fruscione’s book, Faulkner and Hemingway: Biography of a Literary Rivalry, here on The Hemingway Project. Joe’s book was ...
The Key West Shuffle
It is hard to imagine a more radical change of lifestyle, culture, and geography, than Hemingway’s move from Europe to Key West, Florida in 1928. It is a testament to ...
