DragonKing Dark: The death of Ernest Hemingway

Karl Stern’s darkest moments in pop culture series continues.

Ernest Hemingway literally changed the entire genre of popular literature. Preceded by the flowery and verbose language of the previous era, Hemingway wrote in a more straightforward style, often holding back and allowing silence of action to speak loudly in a story. 

His novels are still read and reviewed in virtually every schoolroom in the United States. 

However, Hemingway battled mental demons throughout his life that ultimately they caught up to him in 1961. 

Join me on this week’s DragonKing Dark as I discuss the death of Hemingway on my run through the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history.

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