Yearly Archives: 2011

On the Road for The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Part One: The Pacific Northwest

For This Side of the Pond readers who couldn’t attend one of the recent West Coast bookstore events for The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, we wanted to share some of the highlights with you.

The Hemingway Crossword Challenge

Think you know all about Hemingway? Find out with our Hemingway crossword puzzle! From the poet who supplied the title of his longest novel, to the son that helped with the creation of his collected letters, this puzzle will test your knowledge of Papa and his correspondence.

A Q&A with Dan Gunn

Dan Gunn, co-editor of The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Volume 2: 1941-1956 discusses Beckett’s relationship to fame, his engagement with the French language, and his unexpected bond with one of his chief correspondents.

Human Rights Activism During the End of the Cold War

In this video, Dr. Sarah B. Snyder, author of Human Rights Activism and the End of the Cold War talks with Ambassador Richard Schifter, former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, and National Security Archive Research Fellow Svetlana Savranskaya about the role of human rights activism in the end of the […]

Five Questions for R. Paul Thompson, Author of Agro-Technology

Corn, soybean, tomatoes—they form the backbone of the modern diet today, particularly in the West, but their unprecedented abundance would not have been possible without genetic modification. Increasingly, however, agro-technology has come under fire: the rise of the slow food, organic, and locavore movements illustrate that a growing number of individuals perceive such technological advancements […]

Mapping Literary London

From Dickens’ bustling cityscape to Martin Amis’ gritty dystopia, London has provided the setting and inspiration for some of the greatest literary works in English. It also has been a hub of literary activity, attracting great writers and poets for hundreds of years.

Reading Hemingway for the First Time, Part 3

Beckett’s Reading List

Samuel Beckett’s letters are full of the literary names he encountered through his work: authors he wrote about (Proust), poets he translated (Apollinaire), peers he monitored (Ionesco), and predecessors he admired (Joyce). But, in his non-professional life, Beckett was also an avid reader, discussing his favorite reads (and not-so-favorite) with many of his correspondents.