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The Young Hemingway Gift Guide

What to get the Hemingway fan for the holidays? The obvious choices might be a good fishing pole, or a few bottles of Ballantine Ale. But why not take some suggestions from Hemingway himself? Read More ?

14 Dec 2011

English Men of Letters

If you want to know how the late Victorians viewed the Great Writers, look no further...

12 Dec 2011

Dragon Ladies and Girls Next Door

Heathur Stur discusses the ways women were portrayed and understood during the Vietnam War.

Heather Stur | 12 Dec 2011

Florence and Art: 5 Things You Didn’t Know

As an artistic center and cultural hub, few cities rival Florence – and for nearly 300 years, it was unmatched in the array of media it produced. Florence examines this astounding work of this period,...

8 Dec 2011

On the Road for The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Part Two: California

Dateline: The Bay Area, November 1 Book Passage in Corte Madera lives up to their own tagline, “The Bay Area’s liveliest bookstore!”. Events Coordinator Johanna Rupp hosted a lovely event that resulted...

Melissanne S. | 6 Dec 2011

Bjorn Lomborg is one of Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers

For the second year in a row, Bjorn Lomborg is on Foreign Policy’s List of Top 100 Global Thinkers. Read More ?

6 Dec 2011

Deluxe Hemingway Letters Releases Despite Spilled Ink and Surprising Snow

Following the much-heralded publication of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume I: 1907-1922, the deluxe leather-bound edition was finally released on November 4. Limited to 500 volumes, the orders...

Tom W. | 1 Dec 2011

A Q&A with David Stahel

In just four weeks in the summer of 1941, the German Wehrmacht wrought unprecedented destruction on four Soviet armies, conquering central Ukraine and killing or capturing three quarters of a million men. This was the Battle of Kiev – one of the largest and most decisive battles of World War II and, for Hitler and Stalin, a battle of crucial importance.

David Stahel | 30 Nov 2011

After Broadcast News

Is there a difference between Tina Fey and Katie Couric? With the boundaries between news and entertainment getting fuzzier, sources of politically relevant information are coming in many different guises.

28 Nov 2011

The Making of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: A Visit to Cuba

Hemingway’s home outside Havana, the Finca Vigía, turned into a shrine and museum shortly after the writer’s death, and all of Hemingway’s documents there were turned over to the Republic of Cuba....

23 Nov 2011

Objecting in the Open

Not since the 1960s, during the civil rights era, have Americans acted to commandeer public places like parks in anything like the manner seen during the recent “Occupy _____” protests. Americans are not prone to take to the streets and other public places en masse to protest governments or social conditions.

Timothy Zick | 21 Nov 2011

On the Road for The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Part One: The Pacific Northwest

For This Side of the Pond readers who couldn’t attend one of the recent West Coast bookstore events for The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, we wanted to share some of the highlights with you. Read More ?

Melissanne S. | 17 Nov 2011