The Hemingway Lookalike contest at Key West Bar, Sloppy Joe’s, boasts some real likeness of the great “Papa”. Celebrate, drink, and look incredible. What else is there?

Should these writers be in rehab? Their favorite drinks and recipes follow! 1. Jack Kerouac -Famous for: American writer; ‘King of the Beats’; On the Road. -Favorite Drink: Margarita -Recipe: Ice cubes, crushed ice, margarita salt, lime juice, lime wedge, 1.0 tbsp powdered sugar, 1.5 oz tequila, .5 oz triple sec -Quote: “I’m Catholic and [...]

Ernest Hemingway, 18, is seriously wounded on the Italian front by an Austrian mortar shell that explodes just feet away. The blast knocks Hemingway out, wounds many others, and kills an Italian soldier.  Accounts of what happened next are unclear. One of Hemingway’s comrades wrote that, ignoring over 200 pieces of shrapnel lodged in his legs, [...]

I know I’ve been carrying on both about Robert Butler’s new novel, Hell, and Hemingway recently, so I can understand if this post makes you shake you head. However, I was reviewing part of  Hell and found the perfect opportunity to blend these two recent topics. In one early section of the book, the protagonist [...]

Today’s daily quote comes from For Whom the Bell Tolls. I think it aptly reflects Hemingway’s strong literary style of realism according to and dealing with death. Death is prevalent in all of Hemingway’s most popular works, and he writes it uniquely in each instance. Here, Sordo, the leader of a group of Republican rebel [...]

I’m reading For Whom The Bell Tolls. Yeah, I’m on a Hemingway binge right now. So what? Anyway, I thought this quote/page was a powerful religious sentiment and ideal for the time. Robert Jordan, the protagonist, and his guide Anselmo are speaking about killing.  “No. I am not against all killing of men.” “Yet you [...]

Well, here’s the first post. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do here, so I’ll update you on a couple writers that I plan on interviewing. It will be commonplace that I only reveal a couple of writers that I will be interviewing. It’ll add to the suspense. Also, I’ll talk about some new [...]