Reading a great biography is like watching a tragedy unfold. The promises of youth gradually give way to the limitations imposed by reality, and demise and denouement inevitably ensue. This is ...

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in October 2019 Long before Ernest Hemingway wrote, drank, and fought his way into the ranks of America’s legendary wordsmiths, the beloved author cut ...

Ernest Hemingway was a man of letters in more ways than one. The celebrated author of many books also had many friends he wrote letters to. And as Rita Braver now shows us, more than 50 years after ...

Ernest Hemingway on guard at Finca Vigia, his home outside Havana. The Cuban Revolution led him to fear looters and kidnapping. From "Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy," by Nicholas Reynolds. William ...