Ernest Hemingway

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Hemingway's love letter to Marlene Dietrich goes on the auction block

He called her "daughter" or "dearest Kraut." She called him "Papa." A letter from Ernest Hemingway to Marlene Dietrich goes on sale next month in New York, and it speaks to their intense, flirty relationship.

Hemingway's love letter to Marlene Dietrich goes on the auction block
Populations of marlin and other big game fish in the waters between Florida and Cuba are under growing pressure from overfishing and habitat destruction.

Can Hemingway help break down the barriers between the US and Cuba?

Can Hemingway help break down the barriers between the US and Cuba?
Cannabis close-up

Do alcohol and pot really make you more creative? It depends

Do alcohol and pot really make you more creative? It depends
Books and globe

Here are the books that we loved reading this year, and you might too

Here are the books that we loved reading this year, and you might too
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin.

The 6 highly effective habits of the creative genius

The 6 highly effective habits of the creative genius

New information revealed in photos of Ernest Hemingway's 'Dangerous Summer'

Ernest Hemingway captures the imagination of many Americans. His summer of 1959 was well-documented in photos, but for the longest time no one knew who was in the photos, or where they were taken. Now more information has come to life, thanks to extensive research.

New information revealed in photos of Ernest Hemingway's 'Dangerous Summer'

Photos of Ernest Hemingway's 'Dangerous Summer'

Librarian Megh Testerman has gone through thousands of photographs taken during Ernest Hemingway's bullfighting summer 1959 in Spain.

Photos of Ernest Hemingway's 'Dangerous Summer'
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George Saunders

George Saunders writes short stories mostly set in a weird America of the near future and the futuristic present.

George Saunders

American veteran of Spanish Civil War remembers life under suspicion of communism

98-year-old James Benet left the United States in his 20s to fight on the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War. The Republicans were backed not only by foreigners, like Benet, but also by Mexico and the Soviet Union. After his side lost, Benet came back to a United States where he was immediately viewed as a communist.

American veteran of Spanish Civil War remembers life under suspicion of communism

98-Year-Old American Veteran Remembers the Spanish Civil War

James Benét was in his 20s when he left the US to go fight the fascists in Spain's Civil War. He became part of a volunteer force of Americans known as the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.

98-Year-Old American Veteran Remembers the Spanish Civil War
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Bahamian Remembers Martin Luther King's Visits

For the Geo Quiz, we want you to name the westernmost district of the Bahamas where Martin Luther King Jr. visited in 1964 and 1968.

Bahamian Remembers Martin Luther King's Visits
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Global hit

Dutch avant-garde composer Stephen Emmer has a new "music and spoken word project." The World's April Peavey tells us how Emmer wrote the music to complement the words of old recordings by writers such as Jorge Luis Borges.

Global hit