The event will be held Thursday, Sept. 7, through Saturday, Sept. 9, and will include both an in-person and virtual component.

This year’s seminar will look at Hemingway as a father and son. It will also dissect six of his short stories that focus on father-son relationships: “Indian Camp,” “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife,” “Ten Indians,” “My Old Man,” “Fathers and Sons” and “An African Story.”

Then it gets underway for good with an Opening Reception at 5 p.m. and Opening Keynote by Sherman Alexie, poet, writer, filmmaker and winner of the PENFaulkner and National Book Awards. Alexie will focus on “Two Indians: My Father and I Imagine Hemingway.”

The remaining schedule:

Friday, September 8

10:00 a.m.

Welcomeby Mary Tyson, The Community Library

10:30 a.m.

Boise State University Panel: “The Father and Son Stories: Continuity and Change in Hemingway´s Themes”by Clyde Moneyhun, and “Exploring Ernest Hemingway’s ‘My Old Man’: Origins, Publication History and Narrative Artistry” by Stacey Guill

12:30-2:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

2:00 p.m.

Breakout Discussionson "Indian Camp,"" The Doctor and The Doctor's Wife," and "Ten Indians"

3:30 p.m.

Break

3:45 p.m.

Introduction and Film Screening: Under My Skin

5:30-6:15 p.m.

Join us at The Community Library’s new museum, The Wood River Museum of History and Culture, for a glass of wine and to explore the exhibit: A Writer in New Country: Hemingway in 1939.

Saturday, September 9

10:00 a.m.

"Ernest Hemingway: Fathers, Sons, and the Natural World"by Marc Seals, Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Baraboo

11:00 a.m.

Breakout Discussionson "My Old Man,” “An African Story,” and “Fathers and Sons"

12:30-2:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

2:00 p.m.

“We Loved Each Other:” The Letters Between Patrick and Ernest Hemingwayby Stacey Guill, performed by Clyde Moneyhun, Robert Wilson, and Stacey Guill

3:15 p.m.

Break

3:30 p.m.

Closing Keynote by Verna Kale, Associate Research Professor of English at the Pennsylvania State University and Associate Editor of the Hemingway Letters Project

4:30-6:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks & Reception

The seminar costs $95 to attend in person and $30 to attend virtually.

To attend in person, visit https://thecommunitylibrary.libcal.com/event/10739230. To register to attend virtually, visit https://thecommunitylibrary.libcal.com/event/10739137