“Reading Advice on Writing from Ernest Hemingway,” by David W. Landrum
Dec 20th, 2019 | By Defenestration
You like his advice because
he was tough—a hunter, deep-sea fisher,
one who had seen war, and not
some namby-pamby academic
who sat behind a desk
all his days and only imagined
what killing, sex, and getting
drunk were like.