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Continue the #HemingwayinToronto conversation w/ Irene Gammel’s article for @ConversationCA and explore how anonymity, fedoras, and being mocked on the streetcar in Toronto led to Hemingway’s evolution into literary self-fashioning theconversation.com/how-a-fo…
MLCRC Highlight: Why does Hollywood keep turning Hemingway into a whiskey-drinking brawler? This video looks beyond the macho myth to reveal a much more complicated man. Shoutout to 4th-year @TMU_English student Rogene Teodoro for creating/narrating this video!
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Alter Friedhof St. Johann in Saarbrücken/Germany:
Hier ruht Willi Graf.
Mitglied der Weißen Rose.
"Jeder Einzelne trägt die ganze Verantwortung."
Willi Graf
Today at #HemingwayToronto2026: 12 sessions on modernism, race & reconciliation, Cuba, Spain, the American West, posthumanism, war & more! Sessions are followed by a fireside chat with Barry Callaghan and the Closing Reception.
Today at #HemingwayToronto2026: 11 sessions on film, Toronto journalism, ecocriticism, gender, disability, war & more! Sessions are followed by a reading + conversation w/ Michael Kleeberg, the Hemingway Society business meeting & a poetry-music open mic! hemingwaytoronto2026.com/
What do Metallica and Ernest Hemingway have in common? It all comes down to a valiant, futile final stand on a hillside.
Watch the video to see how chapter 27 of a classic novel inspired one of the greatest heavy metal tracks of all time.
Today at #HemingwayToronto2026: 14 sessions on Hemingway’s letters, fashion, journalism, sports, trauma, creative writing & more, followed by a centenary celebration of The Sun Also Rises at Jazz Bistro, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Registration required.
Program: hemingwaytoronto2026.com/
Happy 127th birthday, Hemingway! 🎂
Today at #HemingwayToronto2026: sessions on boxing, Toronto, AI, Canadian currents, teaching, spirituality & more, followed by the ticketed PEN/Hemingway Dinner from 6–8:30 p.m.
Program: hemingwaytoronto2026.com/
The 21st International Hemingway Conference, Hemingway in Toronto, begins today! 🎉
Monday at a glance:
📝 Registration + mix-and-mingle: 10–3
👋 First-time attendee welcome + lunch: 12–1:30
🚶 Walking tour: 1:30–4
🥂 Opening reception: 5–7:30
#HemingwayToronto2026
Hemingway in Toronto starts Monday! Arriving a day early? Join us for the Toronto Blue Jays vs. the Chicago White Sox game tomorrow (Sunday, July 19) at 12:15pm at the Rogers Centre.
Santiago warned of "the White Sox of Chicago" in The Old Man and the Sea, so this counts as “conference prep.” Tickets: ticketmaster.ca/event/100063…
Before Paris, Hemingway was already learning how to make a story from ordinary life. His March 6, 1920 Star Weekly piece, “Taking a Chance for a Free Shave,” follows customers at a barber college, a.k.a people willing to risk an uncertain haircut to save a little money.
That freedom came partly from J.H. Cranston, the Star Weekly editor overseeing Hemingway’s early Toronto work. Cranston encouraged reporters to pursue unusual feature ideas. The paper rewarded clarity and observation, qualities that would later define Hemingway's prose.
His 1923 return was the opposite. Under Daily Star city editor Harry Hindmarsh, Hemingway felt constrained by routine assignments and quit in January 1924. Toronto gave him creative freedom, then frustration—a tension we’ll explore at Hemingway in Toronto: HemingwayToronto2026.com
Here's how to get to The Hemingway using the TTC! Fun fact: As part of his plan to end his lease, Hemingway threw a party and asked each guest to take something with them when they left. That way, the landlord wouldn't realize that Hemingway was moving out #Hemingway2026
It's nearly here! Join us for the 21st International Hemingway Conference, Hemingway in Toronto.
Enjoy six days of panels and conversation, meet scholars from around the world, and explore the city with fun-filled events all week!
Register at hemingwaytoronto2026.com/
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#otd from Looking for Anne by @MLC_Research
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, June 13, 1908.
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‘There are things that are not sayable. That’s why we have art.’
Leonora Carrington
📷 Kati Horna
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I presented a paper on my recent publication @routledgebooks "#Fragments of #Care: Hassan Akkad’s #Refugee #Testimony in a Time of #Crisis" and to promote the amazing book so beautifully edited by @TorontoMet @MLC_Research Irene Gammel & Jason Wang. Check out the leaflet!! 😉 👇
