Reader’s Corner: When Faulkner Reviewed Hemingway

William Faulkner, 1954 (Library of Congress)

Ernest Hemingway had no problem withexpounding onhis talent, courage, or general manliness. To nobody’s surprise, this didn’t arise from a well of confidencebut rather one of rabid insecurity. Just see his rivalry with F. Scott Fitzgerald, and all those petty little put-downs inA Moveable Feast.

Papa Hemingway also scrapped (albeit in a mildly literary way) with the other big prize-winning author of his time, William Faulkner. They respected each oth...