Clancy Sigal has written a new book: Hemingway Lives!: Why Reading Ernest Hemingway Matters Today.

Sigal investigates the significance of Hemingway’s works, and also the personal life of the famous author. Hemingway was influenced and inspired by powerful figures from Teddy Roosevelt to the Kansas City Star journalists to Fidel Castro, as well as key events including the Great War.

We learn that Hemingway’s life experiences helped prepare him for a prominent role in fighting fascism, including against Franco’s coup in Spain.

Listen to the full interview at The Taylor Report.