... . A list of visitors to their home would read like a who's who of the literary and art world. Stein had a habit of "adopting- young authors, most notably were Fitzgerald, Hemmingway, and Sherwood Anderson, all who were undoubtedly influenced by her experimental style of writing. The closest of these to her were Picasso and Hemmingway. Picasso once asked Stein to pose for him. It ... ...

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... he had an obstacle on the form of his long-term publishing contract. In 1926, Hemingway submitted The Torrent of the Spring to Bonn & Liveright. A literary parody of his "sponsor" Sherwood Anderson's Dark Laughter and it was not a manuscript that his publishers had expected. When they refused to publish it, Hemingway was effectively released from his legal ties to them and signed ... ...

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... for Europe in May (2). When Hemingway returned home from Italy in January of 1919 he found Oak Park dull compared to the adventures of war (3). With a letter of introduction from Sherwood Anderson, Hemingway met some of Paris' prominent writers and artists and forged quick friendships with them during his first few years (4). Counted among those friends were Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Sylvia ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School