The Key West Post

Ernest Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea primarily in Cuba, at his home Finca Vigía, where he finished the novella in the early 1950s. The story is deeply rooted in Cuban fishing culture and the waters of the Gulf Stream, inspired by the fishermen Hemingway knew in the village of Cojímar. While the book is set in Cuba, Hemingway’s earlier years in Key West played an important role in shaping it. During the 1930s, he spent countless hours deep-sea fishing from Key West o

Opinion: Yes, Liana, Santa Clause is Real: This is a reflection about the meaning of Christmas, and it connects to one of the most famous Christmas letters ever written to a little girl named Virginia.

Recommendations for Key West Poets: Past & Present: Emily Schulten is a poet, professor, and a prominent literary voice in Key West. Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1979, she earned her BA and MA in English from Western Kentucky University and her PhD in creative writing from Georgia State University. She teaches writing and literature at the College of the Florida Keys and has published three poetry collections: Rest in Black Haw (2009), The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar (2

Juana Borrero Pierra (1877–1896) was a remarkable Cuban poet and painter whose tragically short life beautifully encapsulated the worlds of Havana's literary elite and Key West's burgeoning exile community.