Suzanne del Gizzo on "The Christmas Gift"

We welcome back Suzanne del Gizzo to ring in the season with a discussion of “The Christmas Gift,” Hemingway’s account of his 1954 plane crashes in East Africa.

Del Gizzo, editor of The Hemingway Review and widely published scholar, guides us through this extraordinary piece originally written for Look magazine, its role in Hemingway’s self-mythologizing, its examination of his near-death experience, its representation of Mary, and how the article both reveals and obscures what actually happened. 

It has been a triumphant 2022 for One True Podcast, so we hope you’ll enjoy unwrapping this gift of an episode. Thank you for listening and supporting the show.