During this three-part, seminar-style class, we will embrace the day as Ernest Hemingway did when he was in the Wood River Valley in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Join Sun Valley Community School English teacher Phil Huss and local author of Hemingway’s Sun Valley in a course that combines seminar discussions on Hemingway’s radical, innovative short story collection In Our Time and excursions to canoe Silver Creek and visit local Hemingway sites to learn about the local stories that connect Hemingway to the Wood River Valley and his fiction.

Writing opportunities involve imitation of a Hemingway short story in microfiction that connects a local story and a Hemingway character, and nonfiction personal essays that manifest a principle of the Hemingway Code. No prior knowledge of Hemingway’s life or texts needed. Just a curious mind. 

Space is limited for this three-part class series. Please register ONLY if you can attend ALL three sessions. Signing up once signs you up for all three classes.
 
Required texts (students responsible for acquiring):

• Ernest Hemingway In Our Time - A specific edition can be purchased through the instructor after registration.
• Phil Huss Hemingway’s Sun Valley: Local Stories Behind His Code, Characters, and Crisis 

 Dates: 

• Tuesday, August 1, 2023: 5:00-8:00 pm – Meet outside Picabo, Idaho, at the Silver Creek Nature Conservancy Visitor Center Classroom for a seminar discussion, BBQ and canoe ride down Silver Creek.
• Tuesday, August 8, 2023: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Meet in The Community Library's Idaho Room for a seminar discussion and visit to Hemingway’s grave at the Ketchum Cemetery, Trail Creek Memorial, and Room 206 at the Sun Valley Lodge.
• Thursday, August 15, 2023: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Meet in The Community Library's Idaho Room for a seminar discussion and a local excursion to Hemingway sites in the valley.