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Documentary--Hemingway & Michigan

The feature-length documentary, “Young Hemingway & His Enduring Eden,” explores the writer’s upbringing in Michigan and its lasting impact on his life and literary work.  The documentary was written and produced by George A. Colburn and includes interviews with Ernest H.

Board of Directors 2017 Election Results

Congratulations to Kirk Curnutt and Verna Kale who have each been elected to a three-year term as Board members.

The Hemingway Board would like to thank Raul Villarreal for his commitment in running in what was a competitive election with highly qualified candidates. Thanks to all of you who voted on our on-line ballot, now in its successful third year run.

With a strong Board and Paris before us, next years promise to be good ones indeed.

Larry Grimes, for the Nominating Committee

Biographers Speak at the JFK Library

On October 30th 2017, James McGrath Morris (author of The Ambulance Drivers) and Steve Paul (author of Hemingway at Eighteen) presented on Hemingway and the First World War at the JFK Library and Museum.

First Short Story Discovered

Sandra Spanier and Brewster Chamberlin discovered Hemingway's first extant short story in a notebook while sifting through other author-related materials located in the Bruce family archives.  The story, which was composed in September 1909, is a 14-page series of letters addressed to his parents in which the young Hemingway recounts a fictional trip to Ireland and Scotland.  

Young Hemingway Statue Unveiled

A new statue of Hemingway has been unveiled in Petoskey, MI.  The statue, which was sculpted by artist Andy Sacksteder, celebrates the writer's early years and connection to northern Michigan.