Author talk: Hemingway's Passions with Dr. Nancy W. Sindelar

Thursday, March 20, 2025, 7:00-8:00 PM

Oak Park Main Public Library-Veterans Room, 2nd Floor

834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL

We continue our Hemingway in the 21st Century series, with a author talk hosted by the Oak Park Public Library as Dr. Nancy Sindelar returns to discuss her latest book, Hemingway’s Passions: His Women, His Wars and His Writing . Books will be available for purchase.

In 1950, Hemingway told Marlene Dietrich that he truly loved only five women. Who were these women and why did he love them? In Hemingway’s Passions, Dr. Sindelar answers these questions. Through quotations from his works and personal letters, as well as sixty photographs-many of which have not been previously published-she captures Hemingway’s life and romantic adventures, revealing his own feelings about his romantic relationships and the ways his experiences with these women appear in his literary works.

Books will be available for purchase.

Please register via the library link to reserve your space (RESERVE SPACE)

Nancy W. Sindelar, PhD , has spent over 30 years in education as a teacher, administrator, university professor and consultant. She has published numerous articles and three books on educational topics and two Hemingway biographies. She has made multiple presentations at the International Colloquium Ernest Hemingway in Havana, Cuba; the American Literature Association Conferences in Washington, DC, Boston, and San Francisco; the Hemingway Society Conferences in Venice and Paris as well as Oak Park, Illinois, and Sheridan, Wyoming; and keynoted the Hemingway Festivals in Sun Valley, Idaho. You can learn more about here at http://nancysindelar.com/

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Ernest Hemingway, Teaches Us About Who We Are

Friday, June 20, 2025, 7:00-9:00 PM Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum 339 N Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL

We are natural-born learners, and we learn through story. Everything, from history and art to science and economics, is framed in story. Another way to say this – we seek qualitative answers, not just quantitative ones. Story is a way for people to understand their meaning and purpose in the world. In this workshop, participants will develop this framework of story as a way of learning through literary models in order to understand who they are and the world around them.

Story gives us answers to life’s most challenging questions such as “Why we are here?” and “What happens after we die?” The intersections of philosophy, poetry, and psychology provide a sense of comfort and community.

The presentation/workshop delves into the hero archetype, Hemingway’s hero, and chasing your better self. Participants will explore work and ideas from Joseph Campbell, Maureen Murdock, Goethe, Ernest Hemingway, David Brooks, Carol Dweck.

The event is FREE, but ask you to please register so we can make the proper arrangements.

Dr. Aaron Lawler is an assistant professor of humanities at Waubonsee Community College with nearly 20 years of experience as an educator. He is a researcher at Chicago’s Field Museum, a lifelong member of the National Geographic Society, and a classically trained painter. Aaron has dedicated his personal and professional lives to the humanities as a thinker, a writer, an artist, and a lover of culture and expression. For Dr. Lawler, learning and education are sacred acts.