The Letters of Ernest Hemingway
FAIN: RQ-279901-21
Penn State (University Park, PA 16802-1503)
Sandra W. Spanier (Project Director: December 2020 to present)
Preparation for print publication of volumes 6, 7, and 8 of a scholarly edition of the letters of American author Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). (36 months)
The Letters of Ernest Hemingway is a comprehensive scholarly edition of the 6,000 surviving letters of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), 85% previously unpublished, planned for 17 volumes. A 1954 Nobel Laureate, Hemingway made a profound impact on modern prose and still commands enormous popular and scholarly interest worldwide. The letters afford new insights into the life and work of this most influential American writer and narrate a running eyewitness history of the 20th century. With prior NEH support, Vols. 1-5 (1907-May 1934) were published by Cambridge University Press between 2011 and 2020; an electronic edition was launched in August 2020. The entire project is expected to be completed in 2044. Our proposal responds to the "A More Perfect Union" initiative. We are requesting 3-year funding to publish Vol. 6, submit Vol. 7, and begin work on Vol. 8, spanning June 1934-1942. https://www.cambridge.org/hemingway-letters; https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/hemingway-letters-project.
Media Coverage
Brookville Library Presented with "Hemingway Letters" Books by WPSU (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Alex Nelson
Publication: Courier Express (DuBois, PA)
Date: 3/8/2022
Abstract: Newspaper article about a local library being presented with the complete edition of publish volumes of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway by the local public television and radio affiliate (includes prominent photo of the books)
URL: https://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/local/brookville-library-presented-with-hemingway-letters-books-by-wpsu/article_8c3bd53a-9e64-11ec-956b-a7115ba3e55d.html
Happy Birthday, Sylvia Beach! (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Verna Kale
Publication: Hemingway Review Blog
Date: 3/14/2022
Abstract: Article about the proprietor of the famous Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris and Hemingway's friend for many years, Sylvia Beach, written by Associate Editor and mentioning the Letters Edition as a prominent source of information about their relationship
URL: https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/happy-birthday-sylvia-beach
The Great Gapsby? How Modern Editions of Classics Lost the Plot (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Dalya Alberge
Publication: The Guardian (The Observer)
Date: 2/12/2022
Abstract: Guardian article about how classic books, including Hemingway's 'The Sun Also Rises' and others, entering the public domain creates problems with editing editions and in their public perception; quotes Associate Editor Verna Kale, as well as Hemingway scholars Robert Trogdon, James West, and Kirk Curnutt
URL: Alberge, Dalya. “The Great Gatsby? How Modern Editions of Classics Lost the Plot.” The Guardian, 12 February 2022. Quotes Verna Kale, Robert Trogdon, and Kirk Curnutt. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/12/the-great-gatsby-copyright-expires-cheap-modern-editions
"Ernest Hemingway: A Life" radio/podcast interview on "Talking History" (Media Coverage)
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Publication: NewsTalk Radio (Ireland)
Date: 2/6/2022
Abstract: Interview on radio / podcast program "Talking History" in Ireland about a large overview of the life of Ernest Hemingway, hosted by Patrick Geoghegan and featuring a panel of General Editor Sandra Spanier, Associate Editor Verna Kale, as well as Carl Eby, Richard Bradford, and Mary V. Dearborn
URL: https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-talking-history/ernest-hemingway-a-life
"The Importance of Being Ernest" podcast episode of "No Cure for Curiosity" (Media Coverage)
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Publication: No Cure for Curiosity Podcast
Date: 3/24/2022
Abstract: Interview about Ernest Hemingway with two scholars who have worked on the Hemingway Letters Project, Professor Ross Tangedal and PhD Candidate and former HLP Graduate Research Assistant Katie Warczak
URL: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-importance-of-being-ernest-hemingway/id1555626832?i=1000555263658
Hemingway Society Webinar: Pack Your Bags with the Hemingways (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Sandra Spanier, J. Gerald Kennedy, Gioia Diliberto
Publication: Hemingway Society
Date: 11/19/2021
Abstract: Hemingway Society Webinar event and presentation, focusing on Ernest and his first wife Hadley's move to Paris in December 1921, featuring panelists General Editor Sandra Spanier, as well as scholars and authors J. Gerald Kennedy, Gioia Diliberto, and Hilary K. Justice.
URL: https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/pack-your-bags-hemingways
Hemingway, 3-part PBS Documentary film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Publication: PBS
Date: 4/5/2021
Abstract: Hemingway, 6-hour, 3-part documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, Florentine Films, broadcast premiered on PBS 5-7 April 2021. General Editor Sandra Spanier and Associate Editor Verna Kale served as advisors to the project 2016-2021. On-camera interviews with Verna Kale and Miriam B. Mandel are featured in the finished film series.
URL: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/hemingway/
El Primer Asalto de Hemingway: Historia de un Debut Literario (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Mar Padilla
Publication: El Pais
Date: 10/3/2023
Abstract: Article about Hemingway's first published book, "Three Stories and Ten Poems," which quotes Verna Kale for the Spanish newspaper El Pais
URL: https://elpais.com/cultura/2023-10-03/el-primer-asalto-de-hemingway-historia-de-un-debut-literario.html
Hemingway's 1932 Arkansas Hunting License Now Part of Archive (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Bill Bowden
Publication: Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Date: 10/8/2023
Abstract: Article in Arkansas newspaper which covers the local angle of Hemingway's time in the region, and quotes Sandra Spanier, in relation to the Bruce Family Collection of Ernest Hemingway, newly housed at the Penn State Library
URL: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/oct/08/arkansas-a-hemingway-haunt-writers-1932-arkansas/
‘Sarei uno sciocco se mi accontentassi della felicità domestica’. La maledizione di Hemingway, il padre-imperatore (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Verna Kale
Publication: Pangea
Date: 6/30/2020
Abstract: Article in Italian cultural and arts journal which extensively quotes Verna Kale's article "How Hemingway Felt About Fatherhood" and discusses Volume 5
URL: http://www.pangea.news/hemingway-lettere-morte-ritratto/
An Adventure for Isolation (Review)
Author(s): Sophie Stein
Publication: Center for American Literary Studies at Penn State University
Date: 11/13/2020
Abstract: Review of Volume 5 that talks about the experience of reading the volume, and quotes Sandra Spanier, Verna Kale, and Graduate Research Assistant Katie Warczak for the Penn State Center for American Literary Studies (CALS)
URL: https://cals.la.psu.edu/news/an-adventure-for-isolation/
PBS Event: Hemingway, Journalism and War (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Alex Vernon
Publication: PBS Conversations - Webinar
Date: 11/7/2023
Abstract: PBS online Conversations series (Zoom webinar event) discussing Hemingway's early life, with previewing the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick three-part "Hemingway" film on PBS, and featuring the two film makers as panelists, along with HLP Volume 7 editor Alex Vernon, and Kansas City Star reporter Melinda Henneberger
URL: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/hemingway/filmmaker-q-a-hemingway-journalism-and-war/
Young Hemingway: The Path to Paris, Documentary film by George Colburn (Media Coverage)
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Date: 2/1/2021
Abstract: Feature-length documentary, "Young Hemingway: The Path to Paris," produced by George Colburn. Starbright Media Corporation. Released February 2021. Features interviews with Letters Project scholars and advisors Sandra Spanier, Linda Miller, Scott Donaldson, and Robert W. Trogdon.
URL: https://www.younghemingway.com/
'An Indelible Legacy with the Written Word': Experts Reflect on Importance of Hemingway Collection in Special Collections Library (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Nathan Campbell
Publication: Daily Collegian
Date: 11/2/2022
Abstract: Article in the Penn State University newspaper about the new Hemingway Collection, it's acquisition, it's contents, and it's importance, including quotes from Sandra Spanier, and other Hemingway scholars
URL: https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/an-indelible-legacy-with-the-written-word-experts-reflect-on-importance-of-hemingway-collection-in/article_e5ee22ce-5a69-11ed-b50b-2b3d2f43ea6f.html
Hemingway Had a Way With Words, to LIer: Private Letters to Long Beach Friend to Be Auctioned (Media Coverage)
Author(s): John Asbury
Publication: Newsday (Long Island, New York)
Date: 3/28/2023
Abstract: Article about two specific Hemingway letters that he had written to a friend from Long Island that are now being auctioned
URL: https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/ernest-hemingway-letters-long-beach-auction-u3542ewr
Hemingway Letters Project Archives the Past, Makes Modern Connections (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Julia Mertes
Publication: CALS - Center for American Literary Studies at Penn State College of the Liberal Arts
Date: 3/31/2023
Abstract: Article written by CALS 2022-2023 Undergraduate Intern about the Hemingway Letters Project, giving a general overview of the Project at Penn State, and interviewing Associate Editor Verna Kale and several current and former graduate and undergraduate interns
URL: https://cals.la.psu.edu/news/hemingway-letters-project-archives-the-past-makes-modern-connections/
Interview with Sandra Spanier about the Bruce Family Ernest Hemingway Collection on "As It Happens," CBC Radio Program and Podcast (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Nil Koksal
Publication: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company)
Date: 9/21/2022
Abstract: Interview with General Editor Sandra Spanier about a major collection of materials, the Bruce Family Ernest Hemingway Collection, which was recently acquired through her facilitation by Penn State University Libraries Special Collections
URL: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-2/clip/15938007
"Preserving Ernest Hemingway's House, Finca Vigia" - Episode of "American Voices with Senator Bill Bradley" Sirius/XM Radio show (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Bill Bradley
Publication: Sirius/XM Radio
Date: 6/1/2023
Abstract: Interview with Sandra Spanier and Mary-Jo Adams about the preservation project on Ernest Hemingway's home in Cuba, the Finca Vigia, and the organization dedicated to it, on Senator Bill Bradley's Sirius/XM Radio show. Also hosted on his Soundcloud page.
URL: https://soundcloud.com/billbradley/preserving-ernest-hemingways-house-finca-vigia-plus-the-garbar
Virtual Seminar: Ernest Hemingway Seminar 2023 - Day 3 at The Community Library in Ketchum, Idaho (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Verna Kale
Publication: Community Library in Ketchum, Idaho
Date: 9/9/2023
Abstract: Speech by Associate Editor Verna Kale, the closing keynote presentation of the Ernest Hemingway 2023 Seminar at the Community Library in Ketchum, Idaho
URL: https://vimeo.com/856899635/34ce49e111?share=copy
Interview with Sandra Spanier on Bruce Family Ernest Hemingway Collection with "As It Happens," CBC Radio Show and Podcast (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Hosted by Nil Köksal
Publication: "As It Happens," CBC Radio Show and Podcast
Date: 9/21/2022
Abstract: Interview segment with HLP General Editor Sandra Spanier on CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation) radio show and podcast about the Bruce Family Ernest Hemingway Collection and its acquisition by Penn State University Libraries
URL: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-2/clip/15938007
Cache Reveals Hemingway Foresaw His Own Death (Media Coverage)
Publication: The Times (of London)
Date: 9/24/2022
Abstract: Article about the Bruce Family Ernest Hemingway Collection for the Saturday print edition of the Times of London which extensively quotes Sandra Spanier
Ernest Hemingway: Archive Opened to Public After Six Decades (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Jacqui Goddard
Publication: The Times (of London)
Date: 9/23/2020
Abstract: Article about the Bruce Family Ernest Hemingway Collection and its acquisition by Pen State University Libraries, for the eletronic edition of the Times of London which extensively quotes Sandra Spanier
URL: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ernest-hemingway-archive-opened-to-public-after-six-decades-gd2lhjr5w
Papa's Mother Lode: Penn State Presents Newly Uncovered Works of Author Ernest Hemingway (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Dan Weckerly
Publication: Montco.Today
Date: 9/22/2022
Abstract: Article in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania news publication about the Bruce Family Ernest Hemingway Collection's relocation to Penn State University Libraries
URL: https://montco.today/2021/10/ernest-hemingway-materials-psu/
New Hemingway Writings Discovered: Will They Change "Papa's" Image? (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Amanda James
Publication: La Voce di New York
Date: 9/30/2022
Abstract: Article focusing on the content of the new material from the Bruce Family Ernest Hemingway Collection for "the first Italian English digital daily newspaper in the U.S."
URL: https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/arts/2022/09/28/new-hemingway-writings-discovered-will-they-change-papas-image/
Newly Discovered Hemingway Cache Includes Telegram Draft About 1932 Piggott Movie Premiere (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Bill Bowden
Publication: Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Date: 10/2/2022
Abstract: Article about the Bruce Family Ernest Hemingway Collection and its acquisition by Penn State University Libraries, which describes some of the contents, focuses in part on the local Arkansas angle, and quotes several Hemingway scholars, prominently including General Editor Sandra Spanier
URL: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/oct/02/newly-discovered-hemingway-cache-includes/
How Hemingway Felt About Fatherhood (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Verna Kale
Publication: The Good Men Project
Date: 7/10/2022
Abstract: Article about Hemingway and his relationship to fatherhood, how he raised his own children, and how fatherhood figured in his fiction; originally released as an article in The Conversation with the release of Volume 5
URL: https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/how-hemingway-felt-about-fatherhood/
What Hemingway Left in Sloppy Joe's Bar 80 Years Ago (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Robert K. Elder
Publication: New York Times
Date: 9/21/2022
Abstract: Significant article (including many photos and images of documents) in the New York Times electronic edition about the Bruce Family Collection, a large collection of Hemingway material including manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, unpublished writing, personal artifacts, and other documents, and about its acquisition by Penn State University Libraries Special Collections, moving it from the Bruce family home in Key West to its new archival home, which was facilitated in large part by HLP General Editor Sandra Spanier.
URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/arts/ernest-hemingway-archive-penn-state.html
For Hemingway Fans, It's an Archival Feast (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Robert K. Elder
Publication: New York Times
Date: 9/25/2014
Abstract: Article in the Sunday New York Times Print edition as the cover story on the Arts & Leisure section about the significant Bruce Family Collection of Hemingway material, now housed at the Penn State Libraries Special Collections, including many photos and images of documents.
Discovering Ernest Hemingway's Lost Treasure (Media Coverage)
Author(s): [Editorial]
Publication: Indian Express
Date: 9/23/2022
Abstract: Article in Indian newspaper about the Bruce Family Collection of Ernest Hemingway, and its relocation from a private owner in Key West to the Penn State University Libraries
URL: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/discovering-ernest-hemingways-lost-treasure-8167360/
Libraries' Hemingway Research Potential Grows Through New Bruce Collection (Media Coverage)
Publication: Penn State News
Date: 9/23/2022
Abstract: News release article on Penn State News which announces and discusses the acquisition of the Bruce Family Hemingway Collection by Penn State Libraries, and which mentions the Hemingway Letters Project and quotes Sandra Spanier and Verna Kale
URL: https://www.psu.edu/news/university-libraries/story/libraries-hemingway-research-potential-grows-through-new-bruce/
Archive of Ernest Hemingway Writings, Photos Opens to the Public for the First Time (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Molly Enking
Publication: Smithsonian Magazine
Date: 9/26/2022
Abstract: Article about the Bruce Family Ernest Hemingway Collection and its acquisition by Penn State University Libraries, which quotes HLP editors Sandra Spanier and Verna Kale
URL: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/trove-of-ernest-hemingway-writings-photos-is-available-to-the-public-for-the-first-time-180980842/
Associated Products
Letters Of Ernest Hemingway: volume 6, 1934-1936 (Book)Title: Letters Of Ernest Hemingway: volume 6, 1934-1936
Author: ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Editor: Sandra W. Spanier
Editor: Verna Kale
Editor: Miriam B. Mandel
Abstract: The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume 6 (June 1934–June 1936) traces the completion and publication of Hemingway's experimental nonfiction book Green Hills of Africa and work on stories including 'The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber' and 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro.' In more than twenty pieces in Esquire, he relates his hunting and fishing exploits, discusses writing and writers, and becomes more politically vocal, addressing topical concerns. During this period he immerses himself in big game fishing off Key West, Cuba, and Bimini, gathering specimens for scientific study and making record catches, as well as taking on boxing challengers. He maintains longstanding literary friendships, advises and helps aspiring writers and contemporary artists, and makes public his disdain of critics. Volume 6 also features for the first time an Appendix of Earlier Letters (1918–1934) that have come to light since publication of previous volumes. Writing his epistolary autobiography, Hemingway himself reveals the many and sometimes contradictory facets of his wide-ranging genius.
Year: 2024
Primary URL:
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1385296876Primary URL Description: WorldCat
Secondary URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/literature/american-literature/letters-ernest-hemingway-volume-6?format=HBSecondary URL Description: Publisher's website
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 9780521897389
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes