The Hard Truth About “Tortured Artists”

Hemingway, pain, and the cost of great writing.

Chris Wojcik
The Writing Cooperative
6 min readMar 24, 2024

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Photo by Anshu A on Unsplash

I watched a video the other day about the life of Ernest Hemingway.

After my recent trip to Spain, he and his work fascinated me. I’ve been kind of obsessed with classical literature this year and I took my trip to Spain as a sign to look into the work of one of the most famous American…

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