Suzanne del Gizzo on "Christmas on the Roof of the World"

Published: Dec. 23, 2021, 2 p.m.

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Ring in the season with One True Podcast! Hemingway Review editor Suzanne del Gizzo joins us on our holiday show for the second year in a row. For this episode, we discuss Hemingway\\u2019s charming 1923 article for the Toronto Daily Star, \\u201cChristmas on the Roof of the World,\\u201d his chronicle of a skiing idyll in the Swiss Alps with his wife Hadley and \\u201cChink\\u201d Dorman-Smith.

We discuss the article\\u2019s fascinating prose style, its uncharacteristic tone, and the placement of this obscure piece in Hemingway\\u2019s career. Our conversation also considers Hemingway\\u2019s biography in the winter of 1922-23, the setting of this skiing getaway.\\xa0

As a bonus, del Gizzo offers up her \\u201cone true sentence\\u201d from \\u201c"Big Two-Hearted River" to round out the episode. Also, enjoy a musical performance by University of Evansville students Kate Maue, Alyssa DeCorrevont, and Rachel Taylor.\\xa0

Happy Holidays from One True Podcast!

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