Again, well done. So many people project onto Hemingway what they wish him to be. And he is a great canvas on which to project as he is so many things simultaneously. Again, well done for highlighting this complexity with a good dose of fairness.
Last weekend, we hiked up Proctor Mountain just beyond the Hemingway memorial in Sun Valley. On the descent, my border collie jumped in Trail Creek which runs through the monument and reads:
“Best of all he loved the fall, the leaves yellow on the cottonwoods. Leaves floating on the trout streams and above the hills. The high blue windless skies, now he will be a part of them forever.”
Some older visitors looked on disapprovingly as she splashed and drank but in that moment I was very grateful for a beautiful autumn day - the wet dog appeared content as well.
Great article thanks David. I enjoyed the Esquire article also, I wish they'd commission writers like you to also write more fiction and sporting non-fiction. I think Hemingway's best book is Islands in the Stream, it feels like he got a bit of his experience and real perspective into it. Who knows?
Complicated, indeed. I've never really been attracted to Hemingway as a writer, or liver of life for that matter. Something seemed off, some grounding, some rooting. Maybe as I get older, Gandhi's dictum that "my life is my message" becomes more apparent. And I feel less attracted by people who's life tell a message they probably wish it didn't.
Really great piece, David. As is your Esquire article. I was a big fan of Hemingway (his books) in my college days. He was a good writer.
Thanks Dad!
Again, well done. So many people project onto Hemingway what they wish him to be. And he is a great canvas on which to project as he is so many things simultaneously. Again, well done for highlighting this complexity with a good dose of fairness.
Last weekend, we hiked up Proctor Mountain just beyond the Hemingway memorial in Sun Valley. On the descent, my border collie jumped in Trail Creek which runs through the monument and reads:
“Best of all he loved the fall, the leaves yellow on the cottonwoods. Leaves floating on the trout streams and above the hills. The high blue windless skies, now he will be a part of them forever.”
Some older visitors looked on disapprovingly as she splashed and drank but in that moment I was very grateful for a beautiful autumn day - the wet dog appeared content as well.
Really enjoyed the read David. Nicely done 👌🏼
Really enjoyed the Esquire article. They owe you a boat!
Great article thanks David. I enjoyed the Esquire article also, I wish they'd commission writers like you to also write more fiction and sporting non-fiction. I think Hemingway's best book is Islands in the Stream, it feels like he got a bit of his experience and real perspective into it. Who knows?
David; the Esquire piece is fantastic!
Complicated, indeed. I've never really been attracted to Hemingway as a writer, or liver of life for that matter. Something seemed off, some grounding, some rooting. Maybe as I get older, Gandhi's dictum that "my life is my message" becomes more apparent. And I feel less attracted by people who's life tell a message they probably wish it didn't.
Great article - is this your first byline in Esquire?
I wrote a guide to Naples for the Big Black Book years ago.
Perhaps they’ll send you to Piggott, AR to write about Hemingway’s time there working for his in-laws
thank you!