{"product_id":"the-importance-of-not-being-ernest-my-life-with-the-uninvited-hemingway-a-unique-ernest-hemingway-biography-gift-for-writers-9781642504637","title":"The Importance of Not Being Ernest: My Life with the Uninvited Hemingway (a Unique Ernest Hemingway Biography, Gift for Writers)","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Not Being Ernest\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed journalist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Mark Kurlansky focuses on the sprawling life and work of Ernest Hemingway while drawing parallels to his own. This memoir and biography contains an in-depth analysis of the places and people in Hemingway's life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKurlansky, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark\u003cbr\u003eKurlansky\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Hartford, Connecticut. After\u003cbr\u003ereceiving a BA in Theater from Butler University in 1970--and refusing to serve\u003cbr\u003ein the military--Kurlansky worked in New York as a playwright, having a number\u003cbr\u003eof off-off Broadway productions, and as a playwright-in-residence at Brooklyn\u003cbr\u003eCollege. He won the 1972 Earplay award for best radio play of the\u003cbr\u003eyear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has worked many other jobs, including as a\u003cbr\u003ecommercial fisherman, a dock worker, a paralegal, a cook, and a pastry\u003cbr\u003echef.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1970s, unhappy with the direction New York\u003cbr\u003etheater was taking, he turned to journalism, an early interest--he had been an\u003cbr\u003eeditor on his high school newspaper. From 1976 to 1991 he worked as a foreign\u003cbr\u003ecorrespondent for the \u003cem\u003eInternational Herald\u003cbr\u003eTribune\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cbr\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e. Based in Paris and then Mexico, he reported\u003cbr\u003eon Europe, West Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America, Latin America, and the\u003cbr\u003eCaribbean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis articles have appeared in a wide variety of\u003cbr\u003enewspapers and magazines, including the \u003cem\u003eInternational Herald\u003cbr\u003eTribune\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cbr\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eChicago\u003cbr\u003eTribune\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles\u003cbr\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePartisan\u003cbr\u003eReview\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003eMagazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAudubon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFood\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; Wine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGourmet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBon\u003cbr\u003eApetit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eand \u003cem\u003eParade\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is a member of\u003cbr\u003ePhi Beta Kappa. In addition to numerous guest lectures at Columbia University\u003cbr\u003eSchool of Journalism, Yale University, Colby College, Grinnell College, the\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Dayton, and various other schools, he has taught a two-week\u003cbr\u003ecreative writing class in Assisi, Italy; led a one-week intensive non-fiction\u003cbr\u003eworkshop in Devon, England for the Arvon Foundation; and guest lectured all\u003cbr\u003eover the world on history, writing, environmental issues, and other subjects.\u003cbr\u003eIn spring 2007, he was the Harman writer-in-residence at Baruch College, teaching\u003cbr\u003ea fourteen-week honors course titled \"Journalism and the Literary\u003cbr\u003eImagination.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has had 35 books published including\u003cbr\u003efiction, nonfiction, and children's books. His books have been translated into\u003cbr\u003etwenty-five languages and he often illustrates them himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50561724940562,"sku":"9781642504637","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e99d9573-1dcd-437b-81f8-e1a19310475d.jpg?v=1731851923","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-importance-of-not-being-ernest-my-life-with-the-uninvited-hemingway-a-unique-ernest-hemingway-biography-gift-for-writers-9781642504637","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}