How the Toxic Masculinity of Hemingway Leaves Me Perpetually Conflicted

He writes with the kind of beauty that burns like salt in an open wound

Walter Rhein
The Book Cafe
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7 min readMay 1, 2024

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I found myself presenting on Ernest Hemingway as a student teacher and realized I’d come full circle. When I first met the guy, I didn’t like him.

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Walter Rhein
The Book Cafe

I have 10+ years experience as a certified English and Physics teacher. 20+ years of experience as an editor, journalist, blogger and novelist.