Did you know some of Ernest Hemingway’s characters were named after people he knew in his Michigan boyhood? Today, we’re going to get up close with the Michiganders that inspired Hemingway and talk about his complicated legacy today.

GUESTS:

Christopher Struble, President of the Michigan Hemingway Society

Jennifer Tianen, English Teacher and Literary Garden Club Sponsor at West Bloomfield High School and Secretary of the  Michigan Hemingway Society

Yael Mizrahi, sophomore at West Bloomfield and an Honors American Literature student

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