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HBO's Awful 'Hemingway And Gellhorn' Is Worse Than 'Sharktopus'

Maureen Ryan | Posted 05.25.2012

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Maureen Ryan

Why is hate-watching the only realistic option? Because loving or even liking this expensive misfire is simply not possible. Don't let the fancy names in the cast fool you: "Hemingway and Gellhorn" is a stupid, stupid movie.

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My Trip to Cuba With Mary Hemingway!

Jay Weston | Posted 04.03.2012

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Jay Weston

I had the adventure of going to Cuba with Hemingway's fourth wife, Mary, and also director Sidney Pollack and screenwriter Waldo Salt, to meet with Fidel Castro.

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PHOTOS: Epic Literary Mustaches

| Posted 01.20.2012

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By Alison Nastasi for Flavorwire: Happy birthday to Gothic lit god Edgar Allan Poe, whose chilling tales have influenced innumerable artists of eve...

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Don't Laugh: Norm Macdonald Loves Shakespeare

Adult Swim | Posted 02.14.2012

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Comedian Norm Macdonald is known for his cutting-edge humor, but, backstage, his undying love is classic literature. Yep, a guy who is fond of the ...

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Cuban Officials' Invite-Only D.C. Bar Toasts 'Papa'

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ and JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 02.08.2012

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WASHINGTON — Washington and Cuba have had an icy relationship for decades, but the Cold War foes now have a place to share something else: chill...

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A Fighting Lion: Exercises in Awesome Titles

Jeff Klima | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Literature, Funny, Lessons, Author, Books, Writing, Agriculture, Leonardo Da Vinci, Hemingway, Wind in the Willows, Culture, Life, Happiness, Religion, Thomas Pynchon, Faulkner, Comedy, The, Comedy News
Jeff Klima

Bar none, the best tool in your author toolbox is a title. Not some suck-ass combination of words culled from your manuscript, supposedly embodying so...

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Think Different: Mental Illness Linked to Creativity, Not Violence

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert David Jaffee

Some of the world's greatest geniuses were and are mentally ill. Take Hemingway. Whatever one thinks of his womanizing, the deeply depressed novelist ushered in a new form of prose.

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Revisiting Manhattan

Michael Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hemingway, Movie Reviews, Bloomberg, Manhattan, Marquez, Central Park, Woody Allen, Marvelle, George Gershwin, Allen Stewart Konigsberg, Music Box, Shakespeare, New York News
Michael Jones

I just saw Manhattan again for the first time in twenty years. It was magnificent. Not as much for the story, but for how the movie literally vibrates with the vitality of the city.

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Does This Tattoo Make Me Look Like a Bestseller?

Melanie Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Melanie Benjamin

A couple of years ago, in that rosy flush of a little success, I did something stupid. I promised my husband, myself, a taxi driver and several bemused bystanders that I would get a tattoo.

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7 Best Small Press Books of the Decade

Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lev Raphael

Independent presses have been putting out books every bit as good as those published by New York's major houses. They typically don't get the same media attention or space in bookstores, so here are some of the best small press books of the decade.

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Cuba: 90 Miles to "Freedom"

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michealene Cristini Risley

The Cuban people have a love/hate relationship with Americans: a hate for what they consider our "actions" that contribute to their suffering, and yet a love for a country that would offer relief from Castro's dictatorship.

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Under The Influence

The Huffington Post | Gabe Habash | Posted 05.25.2011

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Writing a book is usually a long, hair-pulling affair for the author. But in the end, only one name appears on the front of the book: their own. What...

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'For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn'

NPR | JJ Sutherland | Posted 05.25.2011

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"When they opened the cadaver, they found a house. A couple argued inside. There was a rhythm to their words, like the beating of a heart."...

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Paris: A Feast of Contemporary Art?

Rebecca Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rebecca Taylor

Is contemporary art welcome in the city of lights? The art world has descended upon Paris in search of an answer to that question, with all eyes on a major contemporary art fair.

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Is Life An Ordeal Or A Joy?

Tom Morris | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tom Morris

Here's a test: Can you ever find a moment of wonder in watching light reflected through ice cubes in a glass? Or do you hardly ever savor the little sparks of mystery and magic all around you?

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"Only Disconnect..." With Hemingway's Notebook

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elizabeth Benedict

I wrote three pages. By hand. With a pen. I woke up early every day for two weeks and wrote this way. It was primitive and thrilling, like cooking over a campfire, like celestial navigation.

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Writer Wednesday: Do You Suffer From One of These Writing Viruses?

Nathan Bransford | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nathan Bransford

Do You Suffer From One of These Writing Maladies? There are pernicious writerly germs out there infecting pages all around the world. Left uncured th...

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No Way, Hemingway!

Jeff Klima | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Klima

Ernest Hemingway once famously said that in order for one to be a man, a guy had to do four things: 1.) Plant a tree 2.) Fight a bull 3.) Have a son 4.) Write a book.

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Lindsay Lohan Denied Hemingway In Jail

GossipCenter | Posted 05.25.2011

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She's been hanging in there as she serves her time in jail, but Lindsay Lohan isn't getting any special treatment when it comes to getting gifts....

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Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Winner: 'I Enjoy Women, I Fish And I Drink, But I Don't Write'

Posted 05.25.2011

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KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- A white-bearded 64-year-old Florida man won this year's Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest, an event in Key West's annual Hemi...

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"Laura Bush" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "An Oil Spill by Ross Macdonald", "Racial Profiling" by Papa

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Kelly

What Hemingway, Fitzgerald and others tells us about Laura Bush, Arizona immigration and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Drunk Writers Were Better Sober, Says Psychiatrist

The Independent | John von Radowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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While many artists and writers were famous for substance abuse, most produced their greatest works while not intoxicated, according to the psychiatris...

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April in Paris: The Last Month for Oysters

Cheryl Carlesimo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: April, Paris, Oysters, Raw Oysters, Hemingway, Eric Rohmer, French New Wave, Muscadet Springtime, Romantic, Food News
Cheryl Carlesimo

In Paris, couples sit in the outdoor cafes, even if it's chilly, and order an aperitif, flirt, talk, smoke, kiss, and of course, have oysters. For April is the last month that's safe to eat oysters.

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Nabokov vs. Hemingway, Byron vs. Keats, Bronte vs. Austen: The 50 Best Best Author vs. Author Disses Of All Time

Examiner | Michelle Kerns | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yes, hell hath no fury like one author gleefully savaging another author's work. And, lucky for us, there's plenty to be had where that came from. ...

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Hemingway's Key West House Named Literary Landmark

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ernest Hemingway's Key West home, where the American author lived in the 1930s, has been designated a literary landmark....

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