Welcome to “F” day in the A to Z Challenge. My theme this year is Ernest Miller Hemingway (EMH). Fossalta di Piave is a town in the province of Venice in the region of Veneto, Italy. Fossalta di Piave is the place where EMH was injured in World War I. EMH did not pass the…
Max Perkins . . . was famous for his ability to inspire an author to produce the best that was in him or her. More a friend to his authors than a taskmaster, he aided them in every way. He helped them structure their books, if help was needed; thought up titles, invented plots; he…
EMH is known for being a great novelist for such books as The Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Bell Tolls, but my favorite works of his to read are the short stories. These short stories, as well as the novellas The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber and The Snows of Kilimanjaro are…
“C” day in the A to Z Challenge commences. My theme for the challenge is Ernest Miller Hemingway (EMH). Cuba was the locale where EMH lived for the longest time. After many trips to the island (fishing, writing) when he lived in Key West, EMH moved to Cuba with Martha Gellhorn in 1939. Gellhorn was…
Sundays are off days during the A to Z Challenge. Tomorrow’s post will be “C” day in the challenge. I am posting a link to Dallas radio station KERA 90.1’s podcast of Krys Boyd’s THINK show and her interview with the great novelist Yann Martel. I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did.…
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