Did Hemingway “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”?

It’s no secret writers—especially American writers—like their drink. In fact, one of my earliest memories from English class in high school was one of my teachers telling us: Never become a writer because as an American you could win the Nobel, yes, but you’d more likely end up dead before your time or at least a hopeless alcoholic. I was skeptical at first, but I started to do some research starting with some of the American writes who won the Nobel. And turns out, my English teacher was mor...