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The letters in Volume 2 show a Hemingway very different from the one we see in his novels—a funny, irreverant writer carrying on casual conversations with his friends. His letters are peppered with 1920s slang and words he and his friends invented to talk to each other. Take our quiz and see how many you can figure out!
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Volume 2 may span only two years (1923-1923), but it spans a tumultuous period in Hemingway's life: he travels to Spain and discovers bullfighting; he moves his family to Toronto; he resents it so much he moves back to Paris; he publishes his first book of short stories, and begins work on what would become The Sun Also Rises. This timeline presents key events that take place in this installment.
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Our library marketing associate traveled to Illinois, where she visited the birthplace and home of a young boy named Ernest Hemingway. To celebrate the upcoming release of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Vol. 2, she gives us an inside peek at the place where it all began.
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What would it be like to get a love letter from one of America’s greatest writers?
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In A Moveable Feast, Hemingway chronicled his Parisian experiences and the many things it had to offer a writer hungry for life, not the least of which was the food itself. But, if you wanted a restaurant recommendation, or asked about his favorite childhood dish, what would Hemingway say?
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Fifty years after the passing of Ernest Hemingway on July 2, we asked Hemingway expert Professor Sandra Spanier (Penn State University) about the lasting legacy of this American icon. Why, after half a century, does Hemingway still captivate such a large following?
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