One True Podcast celebrates the publication of Volume 6 of the Letters of Ernest Hemingway by welcoming two of its editors, Sandra Spanier and Verna Kale. These letters, spanning 1934-1936, find Hemingway in Key West, fishing, publishing Green

Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera on "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"

27 days ago 54m 5s

We continue our exploration of Hemingway's short stories with his masterful narrative, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." To aid us in this effort, we're joined by Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera, who is a professor at the University of Puerto Rico and served

in our time, chapter 8: "While the bombardment was knocking the trench to pieces"

May 30th, 2024 45m 37s

Welcome to the eighth of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.On the heels of the vignette about Nick's war injury, this bombardment scene evokes the idea that there are

in our time, chapter 7: "Nick sat against the wall of the church"

May 27th, 2024 52m

Welcome to the seventh of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.In this important vignette, Hemingway depicts Nick's war injury and his "separate peace" with Rinaldi. We

Amanda Vaill on the Spanish Civil War

May 13th, 2024 53m 21s

The Spanish Civil War was a brutal and maddeningly complex historical event, with enormous repercussions on Ernest Hemingway’s life and career. To guide us through the many moving parts and frayed relationships, we welcome back Amanda Vaill to

One True Sentence #35 with Julie Schumacher

Apr 29th, 2024 37m 21s

Julie Schumacher, author of The Dear Committee Trilogy (Dear Committee Members, The Shakespeare Requirement , and The English Experience), shares her one true sentence from Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. As Schumacher explores, Hemingway's sho

in our time, chapter 6: "They shot the six cabinet ministers"

Apr 18th, 2024 49m 1s

Welcome to the sixth of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.The scene depicts the execution of six Greek officials toward the end of 1922. In this episode, we discuss

in our time, chapter 5: "It was a frightfully hot day"

Apr 15th, 2024 50m 52s

Welcome to the fifth of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.This scene of a barricade and a retreat continues Hemingway's brilliant depictions of Battle of Mons. In thi

Ahmed Honeini on William Faulkner

Apr 1st, 2024 1h 1m

The two great titans of twentieth-century American literature – Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner – never met. They corresponded only a time or two; however, they were always on each other’s minds. Their hyper-awareness of the other’s recen

Stephen Koch on the Breaking Point with John Dos Passos

Mar 18th, 2024 50m 56s

This episode will focus on the Spanish Civil War and how one particular incident – the murder of accused Fascist spy José Robles – ruptured the relationship between Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos.To sort out the many moving parts to this

in our time, chapter 4: "We were in a garden at Mons"

Mar 7th, 2024 43m 34s

Welcome to the fourth of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.At 75 words, this short scene describes the Battle of Mons. To Ezra Pound, Hemingway would refer to this co

in our time, chapter 3: "Minarets stuck up in the rain"

Mar 4th, 2024 53m 13s

Welcome to the third of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.In this scene, Hemingway describes the minarets rising over the landscape overlooking the harrowing evacuati

Mark Whalan and Karen Leick on American Modernism

Feb 19th, 2024 1h

American modernism is a concept that is so slippery that even scholars don’t always agree on its definition. Is it a historical era, or a literary technique? Was Ernest Hemingway even a modernist? If so, which of his works are most modernistic?

One True Sentence #34 with Mark Kurlansky

Feb 5th, 2024 25m 17s

Mark Kurlansky, the author of dozens of books of fiction, nonfiction, and children's literature (including Cod, Salt, and The Importance of Not Being Ernest), shares his one true sentence from Hemingway's story "In Another Country."

in our time, chapter 2: "The first matador got the horn"

Jan 26th, 2024 46m 20s

Welcome to the second of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.In this scene, Hemingway puts us into a chaotic bullfighting scene, with gorings, hooting crowds, and a kid

in our time, chapter 1: "Everybody was drunk"

Jan 22nd, 2024 54m 39s

One True Podcast reads in our time! Welcome to the first of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of Hemingway’s book of vignettes.Starting with the unforgettable opening salvo -- “Everybody was drunk” -- chapter one describes a kitchen

Verna Kale on Hemingway in 1924

Jan 8th, 2024 56m 34s

What was Ernest Hemingway doing in 1924? Where was he? What were his important relationships? What were his challenges? What was he writing? The excellent Verna Kale -- Hemingway biographer and Associate Editor of the Hemingway Letters Project

Suzanne del Gizzo on "A North of Italy Christmas"

Dec 25th, 2023 48m 52s

‘Tis the season! And it wouldn’t be the holiday season without welcoming Suzanne del Gizzo to discuss a seasonally appropriate Hemingway work. In this episode, we examine “A North of Italy of Christmas,” a raucous article he wrote for the Toron

One True Sentence #33 with Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

Dec 14th, 2023 37m 11s

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, author of the short story collection The Smallest of Entryways and Ernest's Way: An International Journey Through Hemingway's Life, shares her one true sentence from her great-grandfather's story "Big Two-Hearted River

Charles Scribner III on the House of Scribner

Nov 27th, 2023 57m 59s

The longest and most mutually beneficial relationship of Ernest Hemingway’s life was with the Charles Scribner's Sons publishing house, a partnership that continues to the present day. Charles Scribner III joins the show to discuss his family’s

One True Sentence #32 with Tim O'Brien

Nov 16th, 2023 50m 44s

Tim O'Brien, the author of The Things They Carried, Dad's Maybe Book, and America Fantastica, shares his one true sentence from The Sun Also Rises. Toward the end of the episode, we also reflect on Tim's riveting speech at Dominican University

Michael Kim Roos on Rinaldo Rinaldi in A Farewell to Arms

Nov 6th, 2023 1h 1m

Join us for a special episode devoted to Lieutenant Rinaldo Rinaldi from A Farewell to Arms!On this episode, scholar Michael Kim Roos (co-author of the essential Reading Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms) explores the many dimensions of this belov

Ian Marshall on "The Porter"

Oct 16th, 2023 55m 41s

Have you ever read “The Porter”? In this episode, we take you to a seldom-visited corner of Hemingway’s short story catalogue to discuss this fascinating outtake from his discarded novel about a father-son train trip across the United States in

David Wyatt on Grace Under Pressure

Oct 5th, 2023 59m 33s

Hemingway coined the phrase “grace under pressure” in a 1926 letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald. Since then, the phrase has been repeated like a mantra to describe Hemingway’s attitude toward life and death, his definition of courage, and is regular