Ernest Hemingway wrote some of his most enduring works from his estate in Cuba, where he lived off and on from 1939-1960, but until now most of his papers from that… Read more »

The L.A. Times just unveiled an interactive map of literary L.A., just in case you happen to be there for the L.A. Times Festival of Books. Or, if you’re not, you… Read more »

Buzzfeed features 35 book plates from famous people, many of which are presidents and Hollywood stars. But the authors put up a good fight! Some book plates from famous authors… Read more »

I love it when someone punctures a “rules of good writing” myth with a large resounding pop, and so this week I’m indebted to Geoffrey Pullum, who has a post… Read more »

Faithful readers of MobyLives may recall last year’s sultry slideshow of writers in their underpants, including figures like Allen Ginsberg, Ernest Hemingway, Ray Bradbury, William Carlos Williams, and William Faulkner.… Read more »

It’s the iconic example of flash fiction, a story in six words, widely attributed to Ernest Hemingway: “For sale, baby shoes, never worn.” It’s brilliant, almost a perfect short story.… Read more »

Ingrid Bergman’s flirty letter to Ernest Hemingway is flecked with fly droppings. The correspondence of Agnes von Kurowsky, upon whom Hemingway based Catherine Barkley in A Farewell to Arms, needs… Read more »

On a recent afternoon, in the middle of some research for an upcoming book, I fell down a Google rabbit hole and landed on a Polish blog post with the… 1 / Read more »

Wordsmiths, obviously, should know how to sting other writers. But some have proven especially good at it. Herewith, the ten historic barbs we think the most notable and the story… 1 / Read more »

Ernest Hemingway’s second novel, A Farewell to Arms, has just come out in a new edition from Scribner, and for the first time, it includes the various alternate endings to the… Read more »