The 242 letters in Volume 2 can show Hemingway’s brash, uncouth, unedited self, but they also reveal his thoughtful, generous side, one more than willing to send support and advice. Here we collect pieces of his wisdom sent to his friends, family, and fellow writers.
Read MoreWe challenged our readers to imagine that they found Hemingway's missing suitcase and his long-lost short stories. What would be in it? What would the opening line say? We are excited to announce the winners here!
Read MoreHemingway immortalized Pamplona's Fiesta of San Fermín in The Sun Also Rises (1926), but he never would have gone to Spain had it not been for a fortuitous tip from his mentor Gertrude Stein. In Volume 2, we witness the beginning of his lifelong passion for the bullfight.
Read MoreLetter writing is a dying art form—but a still noble one. We turn to Ernest Hemingway, a master letter writer himself, for tips on how to pen an old-school “screed.”
Read MoreHemingway lived a peripatetic life in Europe: first as a journalist for the Toronto Star, then as a full-time writer based in Paris. We trace the key locales that shaped him and his writing in Volume 2.
Read MoreVolume 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.
Read MoreWe will soon know what Ernest Hemingway was writing from 1923-1925. But what was he listening to? We may never know for sure, but we'd like to bet that some of these popular tunes for the Roaring Twenties had his toe-tapping.
Read MoreCambridge's publicity team visits The Hemingway Collection to see a handful of his famed letters.
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