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On the Road for The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Part Three: Back to Where It All Began

Dateline: Oak Park, Nov 3   Back to where it all began, for Ernest. The Ernest Hemingway Museum in Oak Park, hosted by the Ernest Hemingway Friends of Oak Park, was a great way to end Sandy’s tour....

Melissanne S. | 5 Jan 2012

Learning from Papa: Editor Robert Trogdon on Collecting Hemingway’s Letters

Working on The Letters of Ernest Hemingway for the past several years has been and continues to be a truly wonderful experience. Since my graduate school days I have loved working with primary documents—manuscripts,...

Robert Trogdon | 29 Dec 2011

Dickens in 2012

Why do we still care so much about Charles Dickens? That he is a cherished figure around the world is clear from the scale of international preparations for the Dickens bi-centenary of 2012.

21 Dec 2011

David Conway on the absence of Jews in Western art music

Author David Conway talks about writing his latest book Jewry In Music (out now).

20 Dec 2011

Holidays with Hemingway: 1917-1921

Hallmark cards were just getting started when Ernest Hemingway was writing his earliest letters, but Hem sent his own versions of holiday greetings. A look through The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume...

19 Dec 2011

Dr Jacques Pépin on the myths of the AIDS virus

Thirty years since the discovery of AIDS, and despite huge scientific advances made since its discovery, the origins of the AIDS virus continue to puzzle doctors and scientists. In The Origins of AIDS, Dr Jacques Pépin has written an immensely readable and scholarly study that finally provides an answer.

15 Dec 2011

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