Sometimes characterised as the most significant author since Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway was an acknowledged master of the short story. In this collection, thirteen teachers from all levels discuss aspects of his work, demonstrating how they motivate students to appreciate what Hemingway is doing.

Frederic J. Svoboda is professor of English at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan, where he is also the English MA program director. He served two terms as a board member and treasurer of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation, and he is a past president and current vice president of the Michigan Hemingway Society. He is also the coeditor, with Suzanne del Gizzo, of Hemingway's The Garden of Eden Twenty-Five Years of Criticism.