The Writing Life of Ernest Hemingway

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Philosophy, Education

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

How did one of history's greatest writers — Ernest Hemingway — get going with his craft, develop his indelible style, and infuse his narratives with memorable life and compelling tension?

Today we delve into the answers to those questions with Hemingway scholar Mark Cirino, who is a professor of English, the editor and author of half a dozen books on Hemingway — including Ernest Hemingway: Thought in Action — and the host of the One True Podcast which covers all things related to Papa. Mark and I our begin our conversation with how Hemingway cut his teeth with writing as a journalist, how the "iceberg theory" underlay his approach to writing as a novelist, and how his years in Paris — and the books, people, and art he encountered there — influenced his work and the trajectory of his career. We then discuss how his travel and recreational pastimes allowed him to write with a vivid firsthand understanding of certain places and pursuits, what his writing routine was like, and how the characters in his novels explore the tension between thought and action. We end our conversation with Mark's recommendation for where to start reading Hemingway if you've never read him or haven't read him in a long time, and what Mark thinks was Hemingway's "one true sentence."

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0:00.0	Bratmicae here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast, had
0:11.3	it one of history's greatest writers, Ernest Hemingway.
0:14.3	Get going with this craft, develop his indelible style, and infuse his narratives with memorable
0:18.8	life and compelling tension.
0:20.4	Today, we delve into the answers to those questions with Hemingway's scholar Mark
0:23.9	Tarrino, who is a professor of English, the editor and author of half a dozen books
0:27.4	on Hemingway, including Ernest Hemingway's thought and action, and the host of the One True
0:31.1	Podcast, which covers all things related to Papa.
0:34.2	Mark and I begin our conversation with how Hemingway cut his teeth with writing as a journalist,
0:37.9	how the iceberg theory underlies approach to writing as a novelist, and how his ears
0:41.0	in Paris, and the books, people, and art he encountered there, influenced his work and
0:45.1	the trajectory of his career.
0:46.4	We then discuss how his travel and recreational pastimes have allowed him to write with a vivid
0:50.2	firsthand understanding of certain places and pursuits, what his writing routine was like,
0:53.9	and how the characters and his novels explore the tension between thought and action.
0:58.0	We enter conversation with Mark's recommendation for where to start bringing Hemingway, if you
1:01.3	have never read him or haven't read him in a long time, and what Mark thinks was Hemingway's
1:05.0	One True Sentence.
1:07.0	After the show's over, check out our show notes at a-wim.is slash Hemingway.
1:10.9	Mark joins you now via clearcast.io.
1:23.6	Mark Trino, welcome to the show.
1:26.1	Thanks, Brett.
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