Episode 27: Hemingway

The recently-premiered new PBS documentary "Hemingway" (from the renowned filmmaking team of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick) provided the BXC brothers with the perfect excuse to dive back into the short fiction of one of America's most celebrated and influential writers. Because the film centers on Hemingway's stories rather than his novels, John and Jude choose four of "Papa's" most famous tales, unpack them and examine how they exhibit his most impressive, intriguing and challenging qualities as a writer. Along the way we also get into some biographical details, our personal responses to Hemingway's work and how they may have changed over the years, and discuss and debate what made him both an admirable talent and a complex, tragic human being. It's all things Hemingway on Episode 27 of the XChange... we hope you'll jump on board and join us for a wild, bumpy ride through some exotic locations and pretty dark tunnels. BOOKS DISCUSSED/MENTIONED/RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE: What John is currently reading/plans to read next: 'The Drowned World,' J. G. Ballard - 'Ready Player Two,' Ernest Cline - What Jude is currently reading/plans to read next: 'The Life of Graham Green, Volume II: 1939-1955,' Norman Sherry - TBD - Short Stories by Ernest Hemingway discussed in this episode: "The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber" - "Hills Like White Elephants" - "Big Two-Hearted River (Parts 1 & 2)" - "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" - Planned next episode of the Book XChange podcast: Celebrating the first anniversary of the podcast (thank you listeners!), Jude and John decide to link back to the genesis/unique 'hook' of our show to kick around books (both fiction and non-fiction) about twins.